Jesko Fezer: Biased curation and active remembrance against the far right
19.05.26, 18:00 Uhr
TRACES Research Station at Lutherplatz
Biased design is an attempt to add a practical dimension to the idea that design can have a socially emancipatory effect. By repositioning design in relation to its users, those affected by it, as well as their social reality and environment, the aim is to anchor the claim of politically engaged design more firmly in the social sphere—the very sphere it is intended to address. Using biased exhibition projects by the Cooperative for Representation Policy and one-sided memory policy projects by the St. Pauli Public Design Advisory Service in public space, the claim of design partisanship will be discussed.
Jesko Fezer works as a designer. Through various collaborations, he focuses on the social relevance of design practice. He works on architectural projects with ifau, is a co-founder of the Pro qm bookstore in Berlin, and is part of the exhibition design studio Kooperative für Darstellungspolitik. As a professor of experimental design at the HFBK Hamburg, he runs the St. Pauli Public Design Consultation with students. His most recent publication is: Jesko Fezer: Controversial Methods, Adocs, Hamburg 2022.
Jesko Fezer was invited as part of a seminar organized by Conny Weckmann and Philipp Oswalt.
The event will be held in German.
Photos:
Ramazan Avci Square project by Kayoung Kim
Portrait of Jesko Fezer by Wilfried Dechau
