In 2015 the Institute of Contemporary Art established the IZK Theory Lecture and IZK Artist Talk Series as an interface for understanding teaching and exhibiting as a public matter where artist presentation, research, investigation, and the academic program interconnect international authors, students, art institutions, and the committed audience. The IZK Artist Talk Series is a means to introduce, on the one hand, (academic) artistic research outside of the university and present it to the wider audience and, on the other, instigate responsibility towards the public and society. The IZK Theory Lecture Series is a way to bring into the discourse around the institute (both within the university and in the public) that which is fundamental for investigations and close to themes present at the institute. Both lecture series involve a continuous collaboration with local institutions in Graz while stepping outside the academic parameters. This format is supported by Stadt Graz and Land Steiermark.
In close collaboration with local art institutions such as the Camera Austria, Kunsthaus Graz, Grazer Kunstverein, - Center for Contemporary Art, Künstlerhaus Graz and Forum Stadtpark, Milica Tomic have developed a project addressing questions of contemporary discursive art praxis beyond established exhibition formats as a series of public encounters with curators, artists, art theorists, architects, and art historians. The program connects the wider public and the local art and cultural scene and enjoys high popularity. It brought, and continues to bring international academic positions towards contemporary art production to the city of Graz. In its second year (2018/2019) the format continues to be supported by Stadt Graz and Land Steiermark.
THEORY LECTURE SERIES
Marina Vishmidt , Entropy and Atrophy: Non-Identity in Non-Essential Infrastructure. 06.12.2022
Jackqueline Frost, The Rumor of the Earth: Nuclear Imperialism and Caribbean Ecology. 22.11.2022
Ifor Duncan, Sara Garzon, Melissa Messina, Carmen Lael Hines, Iman Datoo, Lily Moebes
REPAIR Lectures. 29.11.-03.12.2021
Angelika Hinterbrandner, am i actually an architect? new models of architecting. 18.11.2021
Łukasz Stanek, From Eastern Europe to Africa: Women Architects in the Global Cold War. 27.10.2021
Marcell Mars, Distributed Resources versus Distributed Tech. 23.06.2021
Nina Kolowratnik, The Language of Secret Proof: Indigenous Truth and Representation. 21.04.2021
Ariella Azoulay, Wayne Modest, Annenstrasse 53, Opening Statement. 16.12.2020
Dubravka Sekulić, Constructing Non-Alignment. 17.09.2020
Bas Princen, Central Perspectives. 21.05.2019
Adrià Julià, ''Hot Iron” and “Hot Iron Marginalia”. 22.05.2018
Kevin Kenjar, Linguistic Landscapes and Ideological Horizons. 12.12.2017
Nils Norman, Pedagogy, Playgrounds and Pavilions. 08.11.2017
Andrew Herscher, Detroit Resists and Architecture in Resistance. 12.10.2016
Andrew Herscher, Black and Blight. 11.10.2016
Andrej Dolinka, Learning from Leaving Las Vegas. SS2016
Eyal Weizman, Violence at the Threshold of Detectability. 25.04.2016
Daniel Grúň, Kathrin Rhomberg, Dieter Roth – Július Koller. Distant Proximities? 20.01.2016
Andrew Herscher, From the Politics of Memory to the Memory of Politics. 22.06.2015
Wilfried Kuehn, Komuna Fundamento. Graz Architecture Lectures '15, 21.05.2015
