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Megan Hoetger, PhD, Gift Science Archive

  • Conversational (8)
  • Curatorial (7)
  • Editorial (8)
  • Exhibitionary (4) x
  • Presentational (4)
  • Production (5)
  • Workshop (8)
  • Writing (14)

The collaborative labor of spatialising artistic projects and research processes for a visitor experience.

An archive of projects, collaborations, and engagements organized according to typologies of labor performed.

Upcoming

“Active Archives. On Performance Curatorial Research and Historiographic Method” in The Routledge Companion to Performance Art, edited by Lucian O’Connor, et al. (New York: Routledge, forthcoming 2025).

“Projections from the Archive. On Performances of Cinema, Its Archival Counterapproaches, and Performance Historiography,” in Relational Acts: Performance Practices and Media of Documentation, edited by Barbara Büscher, Franz Anton Cramer, and Ulrike Hanstein (Berlin: De Gruyter, forthcoming 2025).

Thought-sounds, in collaboration with Paula Montecinos Oliva and After the siren, before the bell (a traveling sound system by Marissa Lee Benedict and David Rueter). Hosted by de Appel, Amsterdam on 3 November 2025.

  • Performing Colonial Toxicity

    2023 – 24

    • Exhibitionary

    Part of:Performing Colonial Toxicity

    Screenshot of the exhibition announcement, written in Dutch. The exhibition took place between 8th October 2023 and 14th January 2024.
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. The legible titles read:
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. The legible titles read:
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. Next to two of them, there are vertical monitors playing videos. A video is being projected into another of the screens. The legible titles read:
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. One of the screens has both images and documents with redacted information. Next to two of the other screens, there are vertical monitors playing videos. A video is being projected into another of the screens. The legible titles read:
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images and either a video projection or a monitor. Several people occupy the space, looking at the installations.

    pct01f.mp4 

    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. A person stands in front of one of the screens, pointing to the left. A group of people sitting in front, look in the direction the person is pointing at.
    Close-up of a large screen. The installation is made from several A4 sheets attached to each other with metal rings. The title in one of them reads
    Close-up of a large screen. The installation is made from several A4 sheets attached to each other with metal rings. There are large scans of newspaper articles printed across these pages.
    Close-up of two large screens. There are photos and documents printed on them. A person studies one of them carefully, with their arms behind their back.
    Lofty exhibition space with several floor-length screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. It is night time and the space is filled with visitors. At the front, someone crouches down as they look at the text closest to the floor.
    Person looks at a large screen, which has images and text printed on.
    In an exhibition space, someone is sat down watching a video being projected on a large screen.
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. It is night time and the space is filled with visitors. Two people watch a video being projected on one of the screens.
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. It is night time and the space is filled with visitors.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

    pct-exhibition-booklet.pdf [pdf, 1.57 MB] 

    Framer Framed exhibition listing 

    Samia Henni website 

  • In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the ‘Gift Science Archive’, 1993–present

    2021

    • Exhibitionary

    Part of:Gift Science Archive

    Indoor space with white walls and a large purple carpet at the centre. On top of the carpet, there is a L shape white table, with two chairs. On top of the table there is a desktop computer, headphones, a book and other objects. Hanging on the wall, to the left, are nine rows of photograph shelfs, filled with photographs. To the right, there is a tall plant and next to it a large word gratified in brown ink, across the corner of the room. Hanging on top of the graffiti, there is an arrangement of photographs. A white block and a wooden cabinet are visible at the back of the room. A photograph hangs above the cabinet. Hanging from the ceiling, in the middle of the room, there is a piece of see-through purple fabric with words painted in gold.
    A reflection on a glass surface shows a river and buildings on the opposite bank. In purple text, the following text appears:
    A person sits in front of an Apple desktop computer. They have their left hand on their chin and the right hand on the computer mouse. On the table, there is a pair of headphones and a closed spiral bound book. They are looking at a photograph on the desktop screen, which shows four frames hanging on a wall: three rectangular ones and, above them, a triangular one. At the back, there are four rows of photograph shelfs with photographs of green, natural settings; a tall plant and several photographs attached to the wall.
    In a wooden shelf cabinet, there are 6 grey storage boxes with white stickers on the left side. A person, whose hands and forearms are visible, is pulling out the second box from the top.
    Wooden box with two plastic bags with paper and fabric inside. Above the box. There are two grey storage boxes with white stickers on the left side.
    A scribble has been graffitied on a wall in light brown ink. Several photographs and printed pages have been nailed to the wall, some of them partially covering the scribble. Most of these images have
    A piece of black and purple fabric with a flower lies extended on top of a black frame, on top of a white table. On top of the fabric, there is a stack of photographs and a pair of white gloves. A chair is partially visible at the back, next to the table.
    In the middle of a room, on top of a purple carpet, there is a white L shaped table. At the end of the table there is an Apple desktop computer. One person sits at the table, wearing white gloves. They are holding a paper, which they look at. There are other paper materials next to them, as well as several slide photographs on a white surface, which is propped up. Another person stands in front of an open grey box, looking down. There are sheets of paper on both halves of the box.
    A person sits at a table, in front of an Apple desktop computer. They are writing on a notebook. Next to the notebook, there is an open spiral bound book and a pair of headphones. At the forefront, part of an open laptop computer is visible, as well as a lit up box with several slide photographs set on top. At the back of the room, behind the person writing, there is a fridge and a jacket in a coat stand.
    A person sits at a table. In front of them, there are two small stacks of printed materials. They are wearing white gloves and handling one of the sheets of paper. Behind the person, there is a tall plant. To the left, there are 5 rows of photograph shelfs with photographs of green, natural settings.
    Two people sit across from each other at a long white table. They are both wearing white gloves and holding photographs, which they are looking at. There are photo envelopes on the table, a see-through plastic bag and a round white plate with two stars and a word written in black. At the back of the room, there are several photographs on the wall. Behind them, there is a large hand-painted word, which is not fully visible.
    On top of a white surface, there are several photographs and photo envelopes. The hands and arms of two people are visible. They are wearing white gloves and handling the pictures. One of them is putting a stack of photographs inside an envelope, and another touches one of the photographs on the table.
    A person sits on their heels. In front of them, there is an open storage box with a stack of A3 paper. The person is leaning towards this paper, looking down at it. They wear all black, glasses and a face mask.
    This is
    This is

    in-good-company-bulletin.pdf [pdf, 759.32 KB] 

    Sands Murray-Wassink artist website 

  • Without You I’m Nothing (Blue)

    2021

    • Exhibitionary

    Part of:Gift Science Archive

    Seen from above, several hand-drawn posters have been set on a grey floor. Two people stand, in different spots, in between the posters. At the back of the room there are other objects, namely an open laptop on the floor.
    Indoor space with white walls and grey floor. Around the room, there is a frame, a photograph installation, an installation of four pieces of textile, a large blue poster, a mirror, another mixed-media installation and a TV screen. These are all hanging or propped against the walls, except for the TV which is on the floor, in one of the corners.
    Indoor space with white walls and grey floor. At the back of the room, filling one of the walls, there are several hand-drawn posters. On the wall on the right-hand side, there is an installation made of several black-and-white photographs. Another two pieces are seen hanging on the opposite wall.
    Indoor space with white walls and grey floor. The visible wall space is filled with hand-drawn posters, hanging from floor to ceiling.
    Indoor space with white walls and grey floor. Around the room, there is a large blue screen, a mirror, a frame, a TV set and a mixed media installation. These are all hanging or propped against the walls, except for the TV which is on the floor, in the right corner. On the large blue screen there is a hand-drawn horse with rounded black text at the top, reading:
    On the floor, several copies of the same image are piled up. A mirror is propped against the wall, showing the reflection of the stack of images.
    In the corner of a room, a TV set lies on the floor, showing an image. To its right, there is a mixed-media piece, made from a large canvas with several pictures, and a piece of brown fabric with golden stars, which is draped on the right side.
    On the right, hanging from an over the door hook, there is a t-shirt, a plastic bag and a handbag. Through the open door, a room is partially visible. There are hand-drawn posters and drawings hanging on the walls, a pink chair, shelfs and other boxes and materials on the floor.
    A person is leaning towards an open box with large sheets of paper, which they are handling. Another person, to the right, observes. At the back of the room, there is an desk with an open laptop and frames hanging on the wall. On the left, posters and drawings hang on the wall. There is also a shelf next to this wall, as well as other materials on the floor.

    without-you-i-m-nothing-blue-list-of-works.pdf [pdf, 202.53 KB] 

    Sands Murray-Wassink artist website 

  • Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and a History Made and Unmade by Maps

    2021

    • Exhibitionary

    Part of:Zone Collective

    Rectangular collage with three sections, each a triangle. At the top, in black-and-white, a photograph shows the top of a person's head and the top of a film projector. The middle section is made out of sections of three different word documents. The left one shows a text highlighted in blue, the middle one a diagram which leads to the word
    Ground level view of building front, with a glass door and a glass floor to ceiling window with letterbox. On the floor, window side, there is a square light box, in which
    Small indoor space with large beige curtain. Next to the curtain, there is a large white textile with a printed diagram hanging from near the ceiling. On each side of the curtains, there is one television box on a plinth. Across, two overhead projectors are projecting on the opposite wall. At the front, there is a table with other printed materials.
    A grey curtain occupies two thirds of the image. To the left, a table with books and other printed materials is visible. An image and some text is being projected on the wall next to it.
    In a dark room, two overhead projectors project two images. On the left, an old document on beige paper. On the right, a blue photograph with a close-up of a person's face and some text in black around it.
    Overhead projector, shining a strong light towards its stage. Behind it, there is large beige curtain and a white textile with a printed diagram hanging from near the ceiling. In front of the curtain, there is one television box on a plinth.
    Table seen from above. Laid on the table are several photographs, printed texts, booklets and a few old photo slides.
    Table seen from above. Laid on the table are several photographs and other printed material.
    On a table with black cloth, two transparency sheets with black text have been left on top of a white booklet. The title of the right transparency sheet is
    Table seen from above. On the table, there is a tablet on which the image of a masculine-presenting person gesticulating with their left hand can be seen. There are subtitles on the image. A set of headphones has been connected to the device, and lays on the table next to it. Other books and printed material can also be seen on the table.
    Small indoor space with large beige curtain. Next to the curtain, there is a large white textile with a printed diagram hanging from near the ceiling. A group of people, either sitting or standing up, faces the direction of two overhead projectors. There is also a table with printed material on top.
    A wall text appears at the bottom of a wall; the first line appears on the wall, with the remaining of the text on the beige floor. To the left, a white plinth remains empty. The text reads

    sz-walkthrough.mp4 

    shadow-zones-handout.pdf [pdf, 230.02 KB]