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We are excited to present our open call for the first issue of 2025 called ‘Online Curating’ guest edited by dr. Annet Dekker.
Online curating challenges traditional models and methods for presenting, accessing and distributing art in relation to the use of space (from white cubes to online spaces) and collaboration (from the expert curator or artist to technology and users). Whereas online exhibitions were perhaps something of a novelty at the time, in the last fifteen years online exhibitions are participating in a wider info-technical development that has and is impacting multiple areas of society and culture, and thus they have become relevant and of interest to people far beyond the various insider [removed];In the ongoing exploration of aesthetics, space, time and narrative are frequently discussed topics in exhibition design and curating, in which the relationality and processuality are often [removed];How is this conceptual triangle shaped in the web?
In this issue, we aim to reflect on the field of online curating, examining how exhibitions are created and presented by curators, artists, and other professionals. We will explore the influence of computational devices and online platforms on exhibition spaces and the art represented. Understanding these dynamics is crucial for grasping the future and past of online art exhibitions. Speculatively, this issue will focus on the future of online curating as well as how such online experiments might influence offline exhibition making and curatorial strategies more generally.
We seek contributions that investigate the interdependency of curatorial praxis and the socio-technical space of the web. Subsequently, we are looking for analyses of how the diversification of curating practices impacts the value and experience of exhibitions. How does this affect the traditional authority of institutions and their curatorial agency? How might it influence the historical relevance or cultural memory of online exhibitions? Finally, we are particularly interested in contributions that explore how conventional institutions are developing new ways of sharing curatorial authority, with users and technology, thereby empowering users to produce new content and value.
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