Lisa Klosterkötter: Fragmentary narratives
Storytelling as a curatorial and artistic practice in public spaces
30.06.26, 6 pm
TRACES Research Station at Lutherplatz
In public spaces, the transformative power of art can unlock unique potential and build bridges between narrative and everyday life, art and society. Drawing on historical artistic practices such as the Situationists’ Dérive or the performative walks of the Fluxus movement, this lecture traces how today’s site-specific performances and interventions interweave collective experiences, chance, and participation. Drawing on her own projects and related contemporary formats such as Ruine München and The Performance Agency, Lisa Klosterkötter presents artistic-curatorial strategies that conceive of public space as an open stage—as a place where reality, fiction, history, and the present intertwine. The focus is on questions of collective reception, co-authorship, and the possibilities of fragmentary storytelling as a social and immersive practice.
Lisa Klosterkötter is a curator and artist. Through collaborative processes, she has conceived and curated numerous projects in public spaces and institutional contexts, such as the multi-part exhibition and performance series Night Shifts in Hamburg (2026), Über Brücken – Bridging (2022–2024) in Cologne, Gegenwart: Doing Youth (2021–2020) in Hamburg, and Bedarfsgemeinschaft (2024–2026) in various cities in the Ruhr region. She worked as a curator and interim artistic director of the Temporary Gallery – Center for Contemporary Art in Cologne. In addition, she has organized exhibitions and interventions for the Kunstmuseum Bochum, Urbane Künste Ruhr, and the Center for Literature, as well as projects in the independent art scene in cities such as Seoul, Marseille, and Palermo. She writes exhibition texts, reviews, and catalog essays. In 2026, she was awarded the Förderpreis der Kunststiftung NRW.
Lisa Klosterkötter was invited by Romina Abate as part of the class “Art in a Contemporary Context.”
The event will be held in German.
Image: Über Brücken - Bridging, curated by Lisa Klosterkötter and Elena Malzew, performance by maria mercedes, Cologne, 2023, photo: Lisa Klosterkötter
Portrait photo: Jakob Engel
