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ISABEL SACHS Curation in performing arts is still a utopia for the fi eld. It entails a process of investing ongoing research and engaging in deep intellectual refl ection of the artistic practice to select projects, which will be presented within a certain selected context. The curator cares for the audience by making her intentions known and thinking about how the audience can experience the work. The curator cares about the fi eld by listening to the artists. The curator cares for the collaborative essence of a performance by collaborating with technical staff and other colleagues. The care of the curator acts on the etymological defi nition of "paying attention" to something. It is the neck turning the head for a specifi c period of time, directing its focus for a certain vision. This care should not be mistaken for "cure"-it does not prescribe preconceived discourses or forms of criticality. Instead it provides room for a personal and unmediated experience of the art. One must have a clear intention of why bringing attention to a certain piece is vital. If this intention is not absolutely clear for everyone cared for by the curator, the work usually takes a loss. In order to a

Author

Isabel Sachs

Publisher

Berghahn Books

Published

2022

Language

EN