About this Event
Public Lecture
Maria Lind: Dig where you stand
We are delighted to welcome Maria Lind, Director of the Kin Museum of Contemporary Art in Kiruna, the northernmost museum in Sweden, located within Indigenous Sámi territories.
5:30pm, Wednesday 11 March
Massey Cinema - Block 10 (Old Museum building), Buckle Street, Wellington
The lecture will be followed by a reception with light refreshments
What might it mean to ‘dig where you stand’?
Lind is internationally recognised for her art-centric curatorial and educational work, which often centers on experimental, place-based approaches and a sustained attentiveness to the people and environments she works alongside. Her practice brings a depth of experience shaped by diverse contexts, long-term collaborations, and a commitment to responsive ways of working.
Lind’s visit offers an opportunity to reflect on how creative practice emerges from and is shaped by the places we each call home. Her extensive experience and perspective will resonate with the many artists, educators, community practitioners, and activists who are engaged in grounded, responsive, and locally held work.
This lecture is presented by Massey University in collaboration with Te Papa. Lind’s visit is supported by Te Papa, Massey University, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi and Enjoy Art Gallery, and facilitated by the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.
Maria Lind is a curator, writer and educator from Stockholm, currently director at Kin Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiruna. She was counsellor of culture at Sweden’s embassy in Moscow (2020–2023), director of Tensta konsthall (2011–2018), Bard College’s curatorial program (2008–2010), Iaspis (2005–2007), Kunstverein München (2002–2004), and co-curator of Manifesta 2 (1998). She curated the 11th Gwangju Biennale (2016), Future Light, Vienna Biennale (2015), and co-curated the 2019 Art Encounters Biennial in Timisoara. In 2009 she received the Walter Hopps Award. Tensta Museum (2021) and The New Model (2020) reflect long-term projects, both published with Sternberg Press.
Access: Massey University Cinema has step free access and wheelchair spaces inside the cinema. Please get in touch if you have any further questions about accessibility.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Massey Cinema - Block 10, Entrance D, 21 Buckle Street, Wellington, New Zealand
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