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Megan Hoetger, PhD, Projects

  • Conversational (8)
  • Curatorial (7)
  • Editorial (8)
  • Exhibitionary (4) x
  • Presentational (4)
  • Production (5)
  • Workshop (8)
  • Writing (14)

The collaborative labor of spatialising artistic projects and research processes for a visitor experience.

An archive of projects, collaborations, and engagements organized according to typologies of labor performed.

Upcoming

Thought-sounds, in collaboration with Paula Montecinos Oliva and After the siren, before the bell (a traveling sound system by Marissa Lee Benedict and David Rueter). Hosted by de Appel, Amsterdam on 7 April 2025.

“Active Archives. On Performance Curatorial Research and Historiographic Method” in The Routledge Companion to Performance Art, edited by Lucian O’Connor, et al. (Routledge, forthcoming 2025).

“Performances of Cinema, Performance Historiography, and Archival Counterapproaches” in Performance/Archiv, edited by Barbara Büscher, Franz Anton Cramer, and Ulrike Hanstein (VALIE EXPORT Center and University of Arts Linz, forthcoming 2025).

  • Performing Colonial Toxicity

    2023 – 24

    • Exhibitionary

    Part of:Performing Colonial Toxicity

    Screenshot of the exhibition announcement, written in Dutch. The exhibition took place between 8th October 2023 and 14th January 2024.
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. The legible titles read:
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. The legible titles read:
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. Next to two of them, there are vertical monitors playing videos. A video is being projected into another of the screens. The legible titles read:
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. One of the screens has both images and documents with redacted information. Next to two of the other screens, there are vertical monitors playing videos. A video is being projected into another of the screens. The legible titles read:
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images and either a video projection or a monitor. Several people occupy the space, looking at the installations.

    pct01f.mp4 

    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. A person stands in front of one of the screens, pointing to the left. A group of people sitting in front, look in the direction the person is pointing at.
    Close-up of a large screen. The installation is made from several A4 sheets attached to each other with metal rings. The title in one of them reads
    Close-up of a large screen. The installation is made from several A4 sheets attached to each other with metal rings. There are large scans of newspaper articles printed across these pages.
    Close-up of two large screens. There are photos and documents printed on them. A person studies one of them carefully, with their arms behind their back.
    Lofty exhibition space with several floor-length screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. It is night time and the space is filled with visitors. At the front, someone crouches down as they look at the text closest to the floor.
    Person looks at a large screen, which has images and text printed on.
    In an exhibition space, someone is sat down watching a video being projected on a large screen.
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. It is night time and the space is filled with visitors. Two people watch a video being projected on one of the screens.
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. It is night time and the space is filled with visitors.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

    pct-exhibition-booklet.pdf [pdf, 1.57 MB] 

    Framer Framed exhibition listing 

    Samia Henni website 

  • In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the ‘Gift Science Archive’, 1993–present

    2021

    • Exhibitionary

    Part of:Gift Science Archive

    Exhibition installation image. Sands Murray-Wassink, *In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the Gift Science Archive, 1993-present*, mistral, Amsterdam, March - May 2021. Photo: Charlott Markus, courtesy of If I Can't Dance and mistral, Amsterdam.
    Exhibition installation image. Sands Murray-Wassink, *In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the Gift Science Archive, 1993-present*, mistral, Amsterdam, March - May 2021. Photo: Charlott Markus, courtesy of If I Can't Dance and mistral, Amsterdam.
    Visitor documentation. Sands Murray-Wassink, *In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the Gift Science Archive, 1993-present*, mistral, Amsterdam, March - May 2021. Photo: Charlott Markus, courtesy of If I Can't Dance and mistral, Amsterdam.
    Exhibition installation image. Sands Murray-Wassink, *In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the Gift Science Archive, 1993-present*, mistral, Amsterdam, March - May 2021. Photo: Charlott Markus, courtesy of If I Can't Dance and mistral, Amsterdam.
    Exhibition installation image. Sands Murray-Wassink, *In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the Gift Science Archive, 1993-present*, mistral, Amsterdam, March - May 2021. Photo: Charlott Markus, courtesy of If I Can't Dance and mistral, Amsterdam.
    Exhibition installation image. Sands Murray-Wassink, *In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the Gift Science Archive, 1993-present*, mistral, Amsterdam, March - May 2021. Photo: Charlott Markus, courtesy of If I Can't Dance and mistral, Amsterdam.
    Exhibition installation image. Sands Murray-Wassink, *In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the Gift Science Archive, 1993-present*, mistral, Amsterdam, March - May 2021. Photo: Charlott Markus, courtesy of If I Can't Dance and mistral, Amsterdam.
    Visitor documentation. Sands Murray-Wassink, *In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the Gift Science Archive, 1993-present*, mistral, Amsterdam, March - May 2021. Photo: Megan Hoetger.
    Visitor documentation. Sands Murray-Wassink, *In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the Gift Science Archive, 1993-present*, mistral, Amsterdam, March - May 2021. Photo: Megan Hoetger.
    Visitor documentation. Sands Murray-Wassink, *In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the Gift Science Archive, 1993-present*, mistral, Amsterdam, March - May 2021. Photo: Megan Hoetger.
    Visitor documentation. Sands Murray-Wassink, *In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the Gift Science Archive, 1993-present*, mistral, Amsterdam, March - May 2021. Photo: Megan Hoetger.
    Visitor documentation. Sands Murray-Wassink, *In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the Gift Science Archive, 1993-present*, mistral, Amsterdam, March - May 2021. Photo: Radna Rumping.
    Visitor documentation. Sands Murray-Wassink, *In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the Gift Science Archive, 1993-present*, mistral, Amsterdam, March - May 2021. Photo: Megan Hoetger.
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    in-good-company-bulletin.pdf [pdf, 759.32 KB] 

    Sands Murray-Wassink artist website 

  • Without You I’m Nothing (Blue)

    2021

    • Exhibitionary

    Part of:Gift Science Archive

    Install documentation. Sands Murray-Wassink, *Without You I'm Nothing (Blue*), Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam, June 2021. Photo: Frédérique Bergholtz.
    Exhibition installation image. Sands Murray-Wassink, *Without You I'm Nothing (Blue*), Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam, June 2021. Photo: Tomek Dersu Aaron, courtesy of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam.
    Exhibition installation image. Sands Murray-Wassink, *Without You I'm Nothing (Blue*), Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam, June 2021. Photo: Tomek Dersu Aaron, courtesy of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam.
    Exhibition installation image. Sands Murray-Wassink, *Without You I'm Nothing (Blue*), Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam, June 2021. Photo: Tomek Dersu Aaron, courtesy of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam.
    Exhibition installation image. Sands Murray-Wassink, *Without You I'm Nothing (Blue*), Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam, June 2021. Photo: Tomek Dersu Aaron, courtesy of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam.
    Exhibition installation image. Sands Murray-Wassink, *Without You I'm Nothing (Blue*), Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam, June 2021. Photo: Tomek Dersu Aaron, courtesy of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam.
    Exhibition installation image. Sands Murray-Wassink, *Without You I'm Nothing (Blue*), Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam, June 2021. Photo: Tomek Dersu Aaron, courtesy of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam.
    Performance documentation. Sands Murray-Wassink with Megan Hoetger and Radna Rumping, *Backstage with Gift Science Archive*, Rijksakademie Open Studios, Amsterdam, June 2021. Photo: Sander van Wettum, courtesy of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam.

    without-you-i-m-nothing-blue-list-of-works.pdf [pdf, 202.53 KB] 

    Sands Murray-Wassink artist website 

  • Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and a History Made and Unmade by Maps

    2021

    • Exhibitionary

    Part of:Zone Collective

    Event announcement. Zone Collective (Kirila Cvetkovska and Megan Hoetger), *Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and a History Made and Unmade by Maps*, When Site Lost the Plot, Amsterdam, July - October 2021. Design by Karoline Świeżyński.
    Exhibition installation view. Zone Collective (Kirila Cvetkovska and Megan Hoetger), *Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema* *History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and* *a History Made and Unmade by Maps*, When Site Lost the Plot, Amsterdam, July - October 2021. Photo: Quenton Miller, courtesy of When Site Lost the Plot.
    Exhibition installation view. Zone Collective (Kirila Cvetkovska and Megan Hoetger), *Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema* *History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and* *a History Made and Unmade by Maps*, When Site Lost the Plot, Amsterdam, July - October 2021. Photo: Quenton Miller, courtesy of When Site Lost the Plot.
    Exhibition installation view. Zone Collective (Kirila Cvetkovska and Megan Hoetger), *Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema* *History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and* *a History Made and Unmade by Maps*, When Site Lost the Plot, Amsterdam, July - October 2021. Photo: Quenton Miller, courtesy of When Site Lost the Plot.
    Exhibition installation view. Zone Collective (Kirila Cvetkovska and Megan Hoetger), *Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema* *History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and* *a History Made and Unmade by Maps*, When Site Lost the Plot, Amsterdam, July - October 2021. Photo: Quenton Miller, courtesy of When Site Lost the Plot.
    Exhibition installation view. Zone Collective (Kirila Cvetkovska and Megan Hoetger), *Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema* *History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and* *a History Made and Unmade by Maps*, When Site Lost the Plot, Amsterdam, July - October 2021. Photo: Quenton Miller, courtesy of When Site Lost the Plot.
    Exhibition installation view. Zone Collective (Kirila Cvetkovska and Megan Hoetger), *Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema* *History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and* *a History Made and Unmade by Maps*, When Site Lost the Plot, Amsterdam, July - October 2021. Photo: Quenton Miller, courtesy of When Site Lost the Plot.
    Exhibition installation view. Zone Collective (Kirila Cvetkovska and Megan Hoetger), *Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema* *History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and* *a History Made and Unmade by Maps*, When Site Lost the Plot, Amsterdam, July - October 2021. Photo: Quenton Miller, courtesy of When Site Lost the Plot.
    Exhibition installation view. Zone Collective (Kirila Cvetkovska and Megan Hoetger), *Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and a History Made and Unmade by Maps*, When Site Lost the Plot, Amsterdam, July - October 2021. Photo: Quenton Miller, courtesy of When Site Lost the Plot.
    Exhibition installation view. Zone Collective (Kirila Cvetkovska and Megan Hoetger), *Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and a History Made and Unmade by Maps*, When Site Lost the Plot, Amsterdam, July - October 2021. Photo: Quenton Miller, courtesy of When Site Lost the Plot.
    Post-screening discussion. *Cinema for Houseboats* public program film night (October 2021). Zone Collective (Kirila Cvetkovska and Megan Hoetger), *Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and a History Made and Unmade by Maps*, When Site Lost the Plot, Amsterdam, July - October 2021. Photo: Aram Lee, courtesy of When Site Lost the Plot.
    Exhibition installation view. Zone Collective (Kirila Cvetkovska and Megan Hoetger), *Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema* *History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and* *a History Made and Unmade by Maps*, When Site Lost the Plot, Amsterdam, July - October 2021. Photo: Quenton Miller, courtesy of When Site Lost the Plot.

    sz-walkthrough.mp4 

    shadow-zones-handout.pdf [pdf, 230.02 KB]