Karel Op ‘t Eynde and Camille Van Meenen led the workshop 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘈 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘹 with participants from Curatorial Studies.

In this workshop, the Curatorial Studies participants engaged with the potential of intimacy and anecdotal knowledges as tools for working together in the context of their studies. Through a process of gathering, sharing, reflecting and publishing, participants were invited to build a tangible toolbox in the shape of a publication, archiving intimate methodologies and tactics for collective governance.

Participants contributed notes, sources, case studies, objects, and ephemera from their own practice or experience. These were workshopped and assembled into a collaboratively edited toolbox; a resource that they can lean on during their Curatorial Studies trajectory and beyond.

Starting from the premise that curating is not only a public act, but also an emotional and relational one, the workshop considers how informal and often invisible aspects of curatorial work can be acknowledged and valued. 

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During the workshop 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘈 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘹, the Curatorial Studies participants developed a toolbox for collective governance grounded in empathetic and intimate methodologies. The process resulted in the publication 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙚𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙨.

Referencing the French expression 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘪, the group shifted the focus, formulating tools built on shared trust.

Five chapters emerged from their collective references and contributions: listening, boundaries, vulnerability, conflict, and decision-making. Each chapter proposes guiding principles intended to support the participants in their Curatorial Studies trajectory and future curatorial work.

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Image credits and publication design: Curatorial Studies participants