06/05/2025
What We Learn When Systems Fail: Alternative Models of Knowing and Curating
Dates: Saturday 10 – Monday 12 May 2025
Location: Charsoo Honar: Didar Gallery
Live Streaming via: mohit.art
This three-day symposium explores alternative models of education and knowledge production in times of political challenges and socially critical conditions, with a particular focus on Iran. Challenging the constraints of formal education systems, the event investigates the potential of independent institutions, curatorial practices, and artistic research as critical pedagogical tools and sites of resistance. Topics include revolutionary and feminist approaches to learning; the role of collective and community-based practices in generating knowledge; the pitfalls of “presentism” in contemporary art discourse; and the current crisis of curating as both a practice and an institutional framework. Through presentations, discussions, film screening, and a book launch, the symposium brings together an international group of practitioners, scholars, artists, and educators to reflect on the potential of discursive, socially engaged, and context-responsive approaches to learning.
In this regard, Fereshte Moosavi, curator of the Tehran Curatorial Symposium, has invited the following practitioners, researchers, and educators to share their perspectives through talks and discussions.
