{"id":63969,"date":"2026-02-27T10:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=63969"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:45:37","slug":"what-is-a-syningarstjori-conversation-on-curating","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/what-is-a-syningarstjori-conversation-on-curating\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a s\u00fdningarstj\u00f3ri? Conversation on Curating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is a s\u00fdningarstj\u00f3ri?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are there so few formal curatorial positions in Iceland?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How can we drive the curatorial forward here?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How can the conditions for developing curatorial practices be better?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building on our recent article, <\/span><i style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">What even is a s\u00fdningarstj\u00f3ri?<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we (KoK) invite you to an open conversation on curatorial practice, precarity, institutional structures, and the future of the field in Iceland. <em>The conversation will be held in English and Icelandic.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curating extends beyond exhibition-making. It involves research, attention, care, mediation, long-term thinking, and advocacy for the arts. If we want a strong and sustainable art ecosystem, we need to discuss the conditions that make this work possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone is welcome, and we especially hope to bring curators, museum directors, art professionals, and cultural workers into the same room.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nJoin us to listen, share, question, and reflect together as we open a thoughtful and necessary conversation about the future of curatorial practice in Iceland. We hope you\u2019ll add your voice and help shape this ongoing dialogue.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warmly,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KOK (Becky, Helena, and Tinna)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kokok.is\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow us: www.kokok.is<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Read about accessibility in The Nordic House<a href=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/opening-hours-and-accessibility\/\"> by clicking here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a s\u00fdningarstj\u00f3ri? Why are there so few formal curatorial positions in Iceland? How can we drive the curatorial forward here? How can the conditions for developing curatorial practices be better? Building on our recent article, What even is a s\u00fdningarstj\u00f3ri?, we (KoK) invite you to an open conversation on curatorial practice, precarity, institutional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":63967,"template":"","event-categories":[60],"class_list":["post-63969","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-all-events","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/63969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=63969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}