Sarah Johanna Theurer is a curator focusing on time-based art practices and techno-social entanglements. Her work at Haus der Kunst München ranges from new commissions of emerging artists, live events and symposia to historical surveys and retrospectives. She has collaborated with and addressed artists from various geographical and cultural backgrounds. Theurer has previously worked at the 9th Berlin Biennale and transmediale Berlin and acted as a dramaturg with performance groups including OMSK Social Club and The Agency.

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Ongoing and recent projects

WangShui: Window of Tolerance, exhibition at Haus der Kunst München
Echoes, a live exhibition on embodied intelligences, with: DEBIT, Sarah Friend, Luis Garay & Slim Soledad, Angela Goh, Lyra Pramuk, Tiara Roxanne, Kíani del Valle & Hamill Industries. Haus der Kunst München
Whistlers, Special Project at Liste Art Fair Basel, with: Geocinema (Solveig Qu Suess & Asia Bazdyrieva), Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, Invernomuto, Davi Pontes & Wallace Ferreira, Tomoko Sauvage
Katalin Ladik: Ooooooooo-pus, exhibition co-curated with Hendrik Folkerts at Haus der Kunst München

Writing

Androgin, essay in “Katalin Ladik: Ooooooooo-pus,” exhibition catalog edited by Hendrik Folkerts
Regular reviews of exhibitions at Tagesspiegel Newspaper
On Radical Hope by Sven van Looveren, short essay for Volksbühne München
On Alexander Iezzi, contribution for KubaParis
What looks good today may not look good tomorrow, lecture at MUDAM Luxemburg
Fujiko Nakaya, exhibition catalog with contributions by Bernard Blistene, Anne Carson, Anne-Marie Duguet, Frances Dyson, Andrea Lissoni, Isabella Maidment, Julie Martin, Fujiko Nakaya, Stephen OMalley, Philippe Rahm, Sarah Johanna Theurer, Catherine Wood. Design: Katharina Köhler
Daphne Oram: Magnetism + Optimism, short essay, Terraforma Journal
Between Words and Worlds, on Himali Singh Soin, Cura Magazine
Healing Mechanics: On Joseph Beuys, short essay, Terraforma Journal
Michel Majerus: Stimulus Vortex, essay, Kaleidoscope Magazine

Talks, Interviews, Conversations

Unchained, KI, Krypto & Kunst, panel
The air is thick with anticipation, conversation with Alice Bucknell, Cura Magazine
The Electric Guitar between New Music and Pop, panel with Ann Cleare, Catherine Lorent, Kirsten Reese, Maya Shenfeld, Tine Surel Lange, at Heroines of Sound Festival, Berlin
Interview with Marie-Therese Bruglacher, Positionen Magazin
Interview with Carsten Seiffarth, Positionen Magazin
When it's Time to Sing, Interview with Liina Magnea, PW Magazine
Deep Within and Deep Without, conversation with Jenna Sutela and Sissel Tolaas, Schering Stiftung Berlin
Big Talk is Talking about the Weather, A conversation on the work of Fujiko Nakaya with Stuart Comer, Michelle Kuo, Astrida Neimanis
DIY Technopolitics, with Jan Berger, Felix Kraus and Penny Rafferty
Fujiko Nakaya. Multiverse, a symposium including an artist talk with Jenna Sutela and the panel Media Ecologies with Prof. Dr. Dieter Daniels, Prof. Dr. Mi You, Ariana Dongus, Dr. Anne-Marie Duguet
Conversation with Christelle Oyiri, Contemporary&
Confronting our Gaze, interview with Tarek Lakhrissi, PW Magazine
Decentralized Strategies for Art and Activism, panel with Olexii Kuchanskyi, Penny Rafferty, Mario Schruff, Dzina Zhuk and Nicolay Spesivtsev (eeefff)
The weather is dry, and so are things, conversation with Guan Xiao, Cura Magazine

Archive

2022

Jenna Sutela: HMO Nutrix, exhibition at Haus der Kunst München
Carsten Nicolai: Transmitter / Receiver, exhibition at Haus der Kunst München
Fujiko Nakaya: Nebel Leben, exhibition at Haus der Kunst München
Echoes, a live exhibition on embodied memories, with Abdullah Miniawy, Ain Bailey, caner teker, Christelle Oyiri, Hylozoic/Desires (Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser), Lafawndah & Friends, Lamin Fofana, Onyeka Igwe, Tarek Lakhrissi, live exhibition at Haus der Kunst München
Radical Friends: Online DAO Summit for Decentralisation of Power and Resources in the Artworld, Haus der Kunst München
Nurturæl, performance and exhibition in collaboration with The Agency

2021

Portals, on Cashmere Radio, Berlin
Passages, with Astrit Isamaili, Candice Nembhard, OMSK Social Club & Alexander Iezzi, Lensbased Class, Isabel Lewis. Radio exhibition on Cashmere Radio, Berlin
Tricksters: Robert Breer, Neïla Czermak Ichti, Rhea Fowler, Micaela Tobin, exhibition for “Curated By” at Gianni Manhattan, Vienna
School of Swans: Isabel Lewis with Dirk Bell, live at Haus der Kunst München
Otherkin: A Social Software, performance and radio broadcast in collaboration with OMSK Social Club and Alexander Iezzi, CTM Radio Lab 2021, Berlin

2020

Impact20, a conversation with Lars Blank, Rosi Braidotti, Johannes Paul Raether, PACT Zollverein
Transformella (JP Raether): Cinis’ Forking [4.4.6.10.1], exhibition at K-TZ, Berlin
Klára Hosnedlová: Nest, exhibition at K-TZ, Berlin