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FUTURES AND OPTIONS. Salt, Istanbul, March 2012. Matteo Pasquinelli, Laurel Ptak, Özgür Uçkan, Caleb Waldorf, Eva Weinmayr, organized by Joseph Redwood-Martinez.
Presentation of current research and projects around free culture, considering Wikileaks, the commons, piracy and more.
THE CUT. Tensta konsthall, Stockholm, February 2012. Emanuel Almborg, Karin Bähler Lavér, Richard Houguez + Lewis Bassett (The Haircut Before the Party), Saadia Hussain, Katrin Ingelstedt, Egle Kulbokaite, Zoë Poluch, Laurel Ptak, Jens Strandberg, Per Sundgren.
One-day discussion forum and hair salon; platform of unmoderated conversation and instantaneous change to test and investigate alternative sites of learning.
CHAT ROOM. Queens Museum, New York, May 2011. Gene McHugh, Brad Troemel, Laurel Ptak, Sohrab Mohebbi.
Panel discussion about internet as medium and its relationship to contemporary artistic practice.
PUBLIC INTERFACIAL GESTURE SALON. Center For Curatorial Studies, New York, March 2011. Constant Dullaart, Duncan Malashock, Laurel Ptak, Travess Smalley & Brad Troemel.
Release of artworks and discussion about contemporary new media practices.
WHAT’S NEXT. Foam, Amsterdam, March 2011. Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Charlotte Cotton, Constant Dullaart, Lisa Oppenheim, Laurel Ptak, Fred Ritchin, Thomas Ruff, Joachim Schmid and many others.
Meeting and public discussion about the future of photography.
FINDING PHOTOGRAPHY. New Museum, New York, January 2010. Tim Barber, Roe Etheridge, Mary Manning, Laurel Ptak, Lauren Cornell, organized by Matt Keegan.
Panel discussion considering how new technologies and cultural forms have impacted the recent understanding, production, and distribution of photographs.
WORDS WITHOUT PICTURES. The New School, New York, September 2009. Matt Keegan, David Reinfurt, Charlotte Cotton, Alex Klein, Fia Backström, Johanna Burton, Melissa Catanese, Sarah Charlesworth, Moyra Davey, Darius Himes, John Lehr, Miranda Lichtenstein, Arthur Ou, Ed Panar, Laurel Ptak.
Discussion about the role and status of the book inside contemporary photography.
BROWSER AS EXHIBITION SPACE. Capricious, New York, March, 2009.
Roundtable discussion with founders of and contributors to online arts initiatives including UbuWeb, Club Internet, Private Circulation, Why + Wherefore, Art Fag City, The Highlights and others as part of the exhibition In Real Life.
