Kris Dittel and Aneta Rostkowska: Unruly Kinships
Book launch and discussion with the editors
For her first Focus Weeks event, Fellow Kris Dittel invites us to explore key themes from her and Aneta Rostkowska’s reflections on the many forms of kinship. Their publication, Unruly Kinships, examines the possibilities and forms of kinship and the ways we may create relations with/in the world. Throughout the evening, the editors will share insights into the project’s evolution—from a study group series to an exhibition featuring lectures, performances, and workshops—culminating in the publication of this book.
Through essays, artistic reflections and conversations, Unruly Kinships delves into kinship as something to be made and not given – as an ongoing process of relational experimentation.
Spanning three chapters and featuring contributions from artists, theorists and writers, this book ventures into unruly desires, ancestral connections and liberatory forms of care to envision expansive possibilities for kinship. By challenging the boundaries of blood relations, Unruly Kinships inspires a reimagining of care, solidarity and connection in a world where the nuclear family no longer holds absolute sway.
Text: Kris Dittel
Access Info:
Online: The event is hybrid and will be held in English. You can either attend in person at Künstler*innenhaus Büchsenhausen or follow the event online via Zoom. The call will be enabled with automatic closed captions in English. The Zoom link will be provided after registration via Eventbrite.
Onsite: Unfortunately, the space in Innsbruck is not wheelchair accessible. The bathrooms are used as gender neutral. Chairs with backs, arms and floor seating is all available. There is plenty of space to store mobility devices of all kinds. There is a low sensory space available.
Aneta Rostkowska is curator, writer and the director of Temporary Gallery, Centre for Contemporary Art in Cologne. There she has developed the concept of ‘permacultural art institution’, combining elements of material and social sustainability. Rostkowska studied philosophy, economics and art history in Krakow, Poznan, Heidelberg and Frankfurt am Main and is graduate of De Appel Curatorial Programme in Amsterdam. Previously she worked as a curator at the Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art in Krakow and at the Academy of the Arts of the World in Cologne.
https://www.temporarygallery.org
Kris Dittel (The Netherlands/Slovakia) is a curator, editor and writer. Her practice is driven by long-term research projects that materialize in various forms, including exhibitions, publications, public events, performances, texts, talks, and more.
Her most recent project, Unruly Kinships, included an exhibition, a study group series, and an event program, co-curated with Aneta Rostkowska (Temporary Gallery CCA, Cologne 2022-24). This project explored possibilities of kinship beyond the nuclear family and examined ways we may form relations with/in the world.
With Clem Edwards, Kris Dittel co-edited The Material Kinship Reader (Onomatopee, 2022), which addresses material relations beyond extraction and kinship beyond the nuclear family. Currently, she is co-editing two volumes: Unruly Kinships (Jap Sam Books, 2024) with Aneta Rotskowska, and a children’s book, Life with Fifi (Böks, 2024), with Angelica Falkeling.
Alongside her curatorial and editorial work, Kris Dittel is also an active educator, primarily serving as a research supervisor and writing tutor.
https://krisdittel.com/
Location
Künstler*innenhaus Büchsenhausen