As a curator Søren Grammel has been responsible for numerous exhibitions in contemporary art spaces, which he prepared alone or with others, among them 'Telling Histories' (2003) and 'Total motiviert' (2003) at the Kunstverein München, the 'Videonale 9' in Bonn (2001), 'Raus hier! Eine Ausstellung und Konferenz zum Thema Weggehen' (2002) for Germinations Europe in Białystok (Poland), the research project 'We invite all' as a contribution to 'Whatever happened to social democracy' (2005) at the Rooseum in Malmø, or the shows 'Eine Munition unter anderen' (2000) and 'Kino der Dekonstruktion' (1999-2000) at the Frankfurter Kunstverein. In 2005, he published the theoretical book 'Ausstellungsautorschaft', Frankfurt am Main. He taught at the Kunsthochschule Kassel (lecture series 'Working as a curator') and held seminars at the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts and the Kunstakademie München. Since 2005, he has held the post of Artistic Director of the Grazer Kunstverein; the exhibitions there include 'Eine Person allein in einem Raum mit Coca-Cola-farbenen Wänden', 'Idealismusstudio', 'Never for money, always for love', 'Es ist schwer, das Reale zu berühren', or 'traurig sicher, im Training'. The show 'Die Blaue Blume' was listed among the best themed shows of 2007 by the magazine frieze. His website offers a complete catalogue of his curatorial projects and publications.
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What, How & for Whom/WHW is a curatorial collective formed in 1999. Its members are curators Ivet Ćurlin, Ana Dević, Nataša Ilić and Sabina Sabolović, and designer and publicist Dejan Kršić. WHW organizes a range of production, exhibition and publishing projects and since 2003 directs Gallery Nova in Zagreb. What, how and for whom, the three basic questions of every economic organization, concern the planning, concept and realization of exhibitions as well as the production and distribution of artworks and the artist's position in the labor market. These questions formed the title of WHW's first project in 2000 in Zagreb, and became the motto of WHW's work and the title of the collective.
Among WHW's exhibitions are: 'What, How & for Whom, HDLU, Zagreb, 2000; Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, 2001; 'Broadcasting project, dedicated to Nikola Tesla', Technical Museum, Zagreb, 2002; 'Looking Awry' Apexart, New York, 2003; 'Repetition: Pride and Prejudice', Gallery Nova, Zagreb, 2003; 'Side-effects', Salon of Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, 2004; 'Normalization', Gallery Nova, Zagreb, 2004; 'Collective Creativity', Kunsthalle Fridericianum, 2005; 'Normalization, dedicated to Nikola Tesla', Gallery Nova, Zagreb, 2006; 'Here and Now Real, Not Yet Concrete', Mala Galerija, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, 2006; 'Ground Lost', Forum Stadtpark, Graz & Gallery Nova, Zagreb, 2007; 'All Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go', Gallery TranzitDisplay, Prague, 2007; 'Vojin Bakić', Gallery Nova & Grazer Kunstverein, 2007/2008; 'What keeps Mankind Alive?', 11th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, 2009; 'Hungry Man, Reach for the Book. It Is a Weapon', Printed Matter, New York, 2010; 'Ground Floor America', Lakeside - Klagenfurt and Den Frie - Copenhagen, 2010; 'Art Always Has Its Consequences', former building of MOCA Zagreb, 2010. Currently, WHW is curating the Croatian pavillion for 54th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia.