“Spielfeldforschung” (playing field research) was the name of the performative knowledge platform of the festival steirischer herbst in the years 2006 – 2012. It was not conceived as an academic programme that examines art as an object but rather sought to find ways of exposing itself to art. With a rambling understanding of theory, in formats that allowed visitors to meet artists, theorists and activists in the course of the festival programme.
Florian Malzacher & Gesa Ziemer on Doing Theory
2006: Nothing but Control: Surveillance, Participation, Collaboration and Open Sources
Workshops & Lectures
Curated by Florian Malzacher & Gesa Ziemer
With Jochen Becker, Ulrich Bröckling, Bojana Cvejić, Ina Maria Greverus, Mette Ingvartsen, Xavier Le Roy, Lawrence Liang, Sebastian Luetgert, Erin Manning, Brian Massumi, Goran Sergej Pristaš, Nikolina Pristaš, Jan Ritsema, Irit Rogoff, Florian Schneider, Peter Spillmann, Marion von Osten, William Walters & Michael Zinganel et al.
2007: Close Enough
Walking Conference
Curated by Florian Malzacher & Gesa Ziemer
With Franzobel, Gabu Heindl, Clément Mutombo, Michael Ostrowski, Georg Schöllhammer, Ruth Sonderegger, Joseph Vogl, Eyal Weizmann et al.
Workshops & Lectures
With deufert&plischke, ifau & jesko fezer, Philip Jeck, Francisco López, Tom Lamberty, Jeroen Peeters, Katharina Pewny, Heike Schleper, Bernhard Schreiner, Staalplaat Soundsystem, Marcus Steinweg, Matthias Vogel et al.
2008: Strategies for Avoiding Misfortune
Walking Conference
Curated by Florian Malzacher & Gesa Ziemer
With Isolde Charim, Scott Lash, Michaela Ott, Philipp Stöllger, Wolfgang Welsch Et al.
Workshops & Lectures
With Tony Chakar, Helgard Haug/Rimini Protokoll, Schott Lash, Geheimagentur, Claus Pias, René Pollesch, Judith Revel, Paz Rojo, Manuela Zechner Et al.
2009: All the Same
Conference of Elective Affinities
Curated by Florian Malzacher & Anke Schleper
Workhops & Lectures
With John Baker, Brian Finoki, Max Hinderer, Jorge Hurtado, Tomislav Medak, Marko Peljhan, Sergej Goran Pristaš, Ivana Ivković, Ana Vujanović, Dmitry Vilensky Et al.
2010: Masters, Tricksters, Bricoleurs
Conference on virtuosity as a strategy for art and survival
Curated by Florian Malzacher & Sibylle Peters
With Pierre Basieux, Gabriele Brandstetter, Jonathan Burrows, Matteo Fargion, Brigitte Felderer, Ole Frahm, Ralph Heidenreich, Stefan Heidenreich, Friedrich Kittler, Michael Warner et al.
Workshops
With geheimagentur, Eric Joris, Jan Holger Mauss, Tino Sehgal, Mårten Spångberg, Kai van Eickels, Sven-Olov Wallenstein et al.
2011: Second Worlds
The Patient
Performative Conference on the Dual Citizenship of Illness
Curated by Hannah Hurtzig & Florian Malzacher
With Barbara Duden, Harald Haynert, Céline Kaiser, Hermes Phettberg, Claus Philipp et al
Workshops & lectures
With Michael Esposito, Guido Kleene, Oliver Marchart, Achille Mbembe, Public Movement, Lotte van den Berg, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Joanna Warsza, Artur Żmijewski et al.
