Anna Kerekes
Canada, France (residence), Hungary (citizenship) °1986
research interests: expanded cinema, care, Embodied knowledge, pragmatism, art of memory, sound art, performance
affiliation: Full professor at Ecole Supérieure des beaux-arts de Nîmes
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A curator, artist, researcher and educator, Anna Kerekes holds a PhD in Arts Studies and Practices from the University of Quebec in Montreal. She embraces research-creation as a modus operandi in all her hybrid practices.
Between 2018 and 2021, upon invitation of Nicolas Bourriaud, she is a senior curator at MO.CO. Montpellier Contemporain, where she develops exhibition projects, talks and publications, as well as taking part in the activities of MO.CO.’s Art School. Since 2021, she is a lecturer at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes.
Her collaboration with Jonas Mekas transformed the way she associates notions of memory and daily life through artistic practices. From the Foucauldian notion of “care for oneself and the others”, she develops an ethical, artistic, and political approach. Lately, she has become more interested in body practices and embodied knowledge.