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  • Megan Hoetger, PhD
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Megan Hoetger, PhD, Zone Collective

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

The collaborative labor of shaping print- and screen-based interfaces with artistic projects and research processes.

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.

  • Colonial Toxicity: Rehearsing French Radioactive Architecture and Landscape in the Sahara

    2024

    • Editorial

    Part of:Performing Colonial Toxicity

    Orange tinted photograph of an arid area with some vegetation and small rocks.
    Purple book cover.
    Top edge of book, with pages forming a colour gradient.

    ct-overview.mp4 

    Two people sit next to each other on a stage. Megan speaks into the microphone. At the front, slightly blurred, three people face the stage.
    Red tinted book spread, with eight photographs on each page. The photographs show a small building, a wire fence and small objects in a desert area.
    Red tinted book spread, with three photographs. The photographs show a desert area, a wire fence and two half buried unidentifiable structures.
    Pink tinted book spread, with three photographs. The photographs show cranes. On the right, the crane is lifting materials. Under the photograph,
    Pink tinted book spread, with four photographs. The photographs show a team of people dressed in full coverage white suits arriving at a base consisting of several low buildings.
    Book spread, with two scanned pages with three photographs. They are aerial photographs of one or several desert bases, consisting of several buildings of different sizes.
    A person is reading from a book, holding the microphone. Two people, one on each side, look towards the person with the microphone.
    Book spread, with two scanned pages with seven photographs. The photographs show different buildings and some structures under construction. The word
    Blue tinted book spread, with two portrait photographs, one on each page, and a description for each of them. The photographs show two different feminine-presenting people in traditional North African dress.
    Blue tinted book spread. On the left page, a photograph shows a group of people sitting cross-legged. Across from them, someone holds a boom mic to the middle of the space. Everyone but the mic operator is wearing a turban. On the right page, there's the first page of an article on Mertoutek, accompanied with the photograph of a masculine-presenting person wearing a turban.
    In a lofty exhibition space, a group of people gather facing a stage. Many are sitting, others stand at the back. Around them, there are large screens, with photographs printed on them. On one of the screens, a video is being projected. On stage, four people sit on chairs.

    Book webshop 

  • When Technology Was Female: Histories of Construction and Deconstruction, 1917–1989

    2024

    • Editorial

    Part of:When Technology Was Female

    The title
    The front cover reads
    Booklets of yellow and pink pages sit on top of white book jackets, where the title
    Several copies of the book
    A book is held open, showing a spread with yellow pages and four different images with descriptions. In the most visible them, a person uses a compass.
    Several copies of
    A book is held open, showing a spread with pink pages and four different images with descriptions. The photographs show two stills with the protagonists of Věra Chytilová's film

    wtwfhcd-overview.mp4 

    Four people sit around a low table. To their right, another person is behind a podium, towards which the others are looking. A slide with the tile of the book,
    Event room with several rows of chairs full of people. In front of them, four people side around a low table on stage. A slide with two photographs is being projected above them.

    book webshop 

  • Testimony Translation Project

    2023

    • Editorial

    Part of:Performing Colonial Toxicity

    Schematic representation of a tunnel and location of nuclear weapon. The length of the tunnel is marked as approximately 1000 meters.

    ttp03a-overview.mp4 

    Screenshot of several PDF files in a database.
    Screenshot of several PDF files in a database. The thumbnails show documents, some with redacted information.
    Screenshot of several PDF files in a database. The thumbnails show documents, some with redacted information, and handwritten letters or notes.
    Screenshot of a webpage titled
    Screenshot of a webpage titled
    Screenshot of a webpage titled
    Screenshot of a webpage titled

    ttp03b-solange-fernex-algerie-interviews-1992_part-3.mp4 

    Installation consisting of several A4 sheets attached to each other with metal rings. In this section, there is a document with redacted information and some handwritten notes below. The title reads

    solange-fernex-algerie-interviews-1992_part-2.pdf [pdf, 316.34 KB] 

    saliat-ali.pdf [pdf, 152.11 KB] 

    germaine-t.pdf [pdf, 1.65 MB] 

    maryse-m.pdf [pdf, 1.53 MB] 

    Testimony Database 

  • salimbayri.com

    2023

    • Editorial

    sbc05d.mp4 

    Website page, showing three photographs in beige tones, which depict several clay-toned figurines, furniture and indoor spaces. Under the photograph on the right, there is text in small black print.
    Art installation, consisting of a shop window where several clay-toned objects have been put on display.
    A person sits in front of a suspended desk with a laptop computer, which is close to the ceiling of an indoor space. Below, there are several objects laid on a table.
    Seen from a high angle, a large table occupies most of the room. A group of people stand around the table, observing the objects that have been laid on top.
    Partial screenshot of a webpage, showing some text and a photograph of a beige building, with someone holding up a mallet in front.
    A person sits at a table, staring at a laptop and adjusting the knobs on a sound deck.
    Notebook page, with sketches, notes and drawings.
    On the other side of a glass, an image is being projected in one of the walls of a gallery space. Above the image with a drawing of a face, text white reads:

    sbc00-overview.mp4 

    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.
    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.

    Salim Bayri artist website 

  • giftsciencearchive.net

    2022

    • Editorial

    Part of:Gift Science Archive

    White page with vertical pink banners on each side. At the top, there is a blue banner with several words for the menu, which appear in white. Below, large black text reads

    gsa.net-comm-animation.mp4 

    White page with vertical pink banners on each side. At the top, large black text reads
    White page with vertical pink banners on each side. At the top, large black text reads
    White page with vertical pink banners on each side. At the top, there is a blue banner with several words for the menu, which appear in white. Below, large black text reads
    White page with vertical pink banners on each side. At the top, there is a blue banner with several words for the menu, which appear in white. Below, large black text reads
    White page with vertical pink banners on each side. There is an entry list with four items. The second of those, with the title
    White page with an image occupying the left side. The image shows a hand-drawn poster, where
    White page with pink banners on the left and the right. There is an entry list with four items. The first of those, with the title
    White page with pink banners on the left and the right. There is an entry list with two items. The first of those, with the title
    White page with pink banners on the left and the right. There is an open entry, with the title
    Hand-drawn scheme with text in black and red on top of a pink background. At the top,
    On the left, occupying the majority of the left page, there is a blue block with white text. On the right, there is a hand-drawn scheme in black and red, with six images around it, which were added digitally. Under it, there are two columns of blue text.

    https://www.giftsciencearchive.net 

  • Black Revelry: In Honor of ‘The Sugar Shack’

    2021

    • Editorial

    Part of:Black Revelry

    Grey background with album cover on top. The cover is black with some yellow elements. At the top, there is a yellow banner with text in black.
    Open record jacket on top of a grey background. The inside is black and yellow, with the left side reminiscent of a wood pattern. The right side is black with a yellow shape in the middle. There is a yellow block with some black text on the left side. And white text at the bottom and the top of the right side.

    carter-cali-memory-intro-excerpt.mp3 

    Yellow text on top of a black background. The text appears on the left side in two columns, with two sections of text appearing redacted in yellow. A photograph, also in black and yellow, occupies the right side. It depicts a person sitting at a desk. They are are holding the back of the chair with their right hand and gesticulating with their left hand, keeping their left elbow on the table.
    Grey background. On the right side there is a orange square with a photograph and some text in black. On the right, only partially visible, is a photograph. A book and three polaroids are partially visible in the photograph.
    Several print materials have been stacked on top of each other, with the edges visible. Each sheet has a different colour; from bottom to top: yellow, black, white, light brown, blue and burgundy.
    Yellow square with digital text in black.
    On top of a glass table there is a vinyl player, with the needle on on top of the vinyl disk. To the right, there is an open record jacket with headphones on top. Behind it, another album cover of the same record has been propped up.
    Two people sit behind a low table. On the table, there is a vinyl player, an album propped up and some paper. There is a microphone in front of the person on the left. The person on the right adjusts the needle of the record player. Behind them, in the middle of the two, there is a pole where a square photograph has been attached.

    book webshop 

    Late Night DJ playlist by DJ Lynée Denise 

    black poesis/radical composition 

  • RELATIONSHIPS. Feminist Legacies, Queer Intimacies

    2020 – 21

    • Editorial

    Part of:Gift Science Archive

    On top of a table, there are several sticky notes, a photograph, a shell, a rock, pens and highlighters, and a sheet of paper with a photograph of two people and some words in black text. A hand is resting on top of this paper. There is a white digital frame around the photograph.
    Pink page with a digital collage of images and text in the middle. On the top left corner, black text reads:
    Mustard yellow paper with a see-through shape consisting of a rectangle and a semicircle. Inside the rectangle, there is a small, rectangular piece of white paper with the following text:

    rflqi03a.mp4 

    Pink page with a block of text and a black-and-white photograph. The photograph shows a naked person sitting against a wall with their legs open. They are resting their head on their right hand. On the top left corner of the page, black text reads:
    Pink page with three large paragraphs of black text. On the top left corner, larger black text reads:
    Pink page with six paragraphs of text. The first paragraph is black and the remaining text is purple. On the top left corner, larger black text reads:
    Pink page with four photographs. These photographs show the same two people posing for the camera, in selfie pose. They have a scarf wrapped around them. The photograph was taken in an indoor space. A ladder is partially visible on the two photographs at the bottom. On the top left corner, large black text reads:
    Pink page with some text and an image. The image shows a screenshot of an Instagram post, with the caption and comments appearing in a white column on right side. On the top left corner, large black text reads:
    A black garment with fringes is partially visible, with three other images digitally juxtaposed. One of them is a photograph of a black-and-white hand-drawn poster with a horse. Above the horse, the largest text reads
    A black garment with fringes is partially visible. The fringes appear at the center, whilst the edges of the fabric appear at the bottom and at the top. In the middle, an image with a drawing of a skull had been digitally juxtaposed. Above the skull

    rflqi03b.mp4 

    Sands Murray-Wassink artist website 

    Aimar and Sands (Sands Music for us = Black & White) 2020 

    RELATIONSHIPS - full epistolary exchange 

  • In Terms of Performance

    2014 – 16

    • Editorial
    Empty stage with black curtains. There is a microphone stand in the middle, at the front.
    White page divided in two. There is a list of words on the left side. On the right, larger black text reads
    White page divided in two. There is a photograph of a person sitting on a chair on the right side. On the left, there is a list with words. Under
    Indoor space with wooden floors, a small window and a table. There are 7 blue chairs around the table. Several large bass drums, or bombos, are hanging from the ceiling. There are smaller ones on the table and by the window.
    White page divided in two. There is a photograph of a person sitting on a chair on the right side. On the left, there is a list with words like
    White page divided in two; with an image on the left side and text in black on the right. The image is a scan of a handwritten text with some marks in red.
    Two hands hold a paper with handwritten notes. The person's head is out of focus, but partially visible on the left side of the photograph.
    White page divided in two.; with a photograph on the left side and text in black on the right. The photograph shows a person opening a curtain to an indoor space. They are wearing headphones and hold a small monitor.
    Black-and-white photograph shows a large group of people walking in the same direction in an open field. There is a large building in the background.

    full online anthology