The 2024 Curatorial Forum presented a public curatorial conference around the theme of Curating and the Commons, where we explored both the civic nature and the civic possibilities of art and curatorial practice. In "Common Knowledge," panelists Felipe Mujica (artist and independent curator), Savannah Wood (Executive Director, Afro Charities), and Sampada Aranke (moderator and Associate Professor of Art History and Comparative Studies, Ohio State University) reach into our past to explore how archives, collections, and libraries can shape our collective memory. How, and to what ends, can curatorial work uncover, protect, and disseminate our rich and varied histories so that we may learn from the knowledge contained in them?
Sampada Aranke is an Associate Professor of Art History and Comparative Studies at Ohio State University.
Felipe Mujica (b. 1974, Santiago, Chile) co-founded the artist-run space Galería Chilena, which operated from 1997 to 2005.
Savannah Wood is an artist and the Executive Director of Afro Charities.