Kuehn Malvezzi. Curatorial Architecture

Appropriating strategies close to curatorial practices and conceptual shifts in radical contemporary art thinking, Kuehn Malvezzi are carrying out a silent revolution to critically—and therefore ethically—redefine the issue of space production today. Subtly altering the stereotypical format of the architectural monograph, the volume explores Kuehn Malvezzi’s approach to architecture, presenting a precise set of key projects organized according to six operating principles that have shaped twenty years of practice. The readymade, the display of architecture, the idea of designing seeing machines, kinesthetic narratives, and conceptual approaches to form and its inversion are themes and concepts at the core of the Berlin-based studio’s practice and structuring categories for the creation of this volume.

Francesco Garutti is an art and architecture curator. He is Associate Director of Programs at the CCA Montreal. Wilfried Kuehn is co-founder of Kuehn Malvezzi. He is Professor of Spatial Design at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien). Simona Malvezzi is co-founder of Kuehn Malvezzi. She teaches curatorial practice at NABA Milan.