Curatoren Amelie Klein en Vera Sacchetti van de expo Public Matters poseren samen voor een betonnen wand en een blauwe metalen deur.

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Curator Talk: Public Matter(s) - Amelie Klein & Vera Sacchetti

Why does our democracy look the way it does? And is it still working for today’s world?

Curators Amelie Klein and Vera Sacchetti take you behind the scenes of Public Matter(s): Design and Democracy.

In this curator talk, they discuss how they shaped the specifically Belgian democratic context. Where are the cracks in our system? How do you give something as abstract as politics, protest and power a place within the museum space? And what role can design play?

Get inspired by a fresh perspective on the world around us, with insights into the ideas, doubts and discoveries behind the exhibition.

Date
03.10.26
Location
Design Museum Gent - Forum
Drabstraat 10
Audience
Secondary school pupils, School students, Students, Adults, Older adults
Access
Free
Language
English

More about the curators

Amelie Klein is a freelance curator, author, lecturer and design critic based in Vienna. She has curated large exhibitions for various museums in Germany such as the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein or the Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe in Hamburg. Since 2022, she has taught design theory at AdBK Nuremberg and other academic and non-academic institutions.

Vera Sacchetti is a Basel-based design critic and curator. She specialises in contemporary design and architecture and works in a range of roles as a curator, researcher and editor. Sacchetti also teaches Design Theory at HSLU Design Film Kunst and is a tutor at the Design Academy Eindhoven. In 2020, she joined the Swiss Federal Design Commission.

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Portret van curatoren Amelie Klein en Vera Sacchetti, samen poserend voor een betonnen wand met een groot geel object op de achtergrond.

Portret van Evelien Bracke, met gekruiste armen, gekleed in een donkerblauwe jas en een kleurrijke sjaal.

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Evelien Bracke - Curator Talk: Collection. Models from the Past for the Future

In this curator talk, Evelien Bracke shows how the historical collection of Design Museum Gent inspires the future. 500 objects as a mirror for tomorrow.