A mid-career freelance art worker with substantial professional experience in the cultural field. My academic background is in archaeology and art history, and I have pursued postgraduate studies parallel to employment in media art, political science and critical theory. I have always tried to maintain a balance between practice and theory, and I am currently conducting PhD research at the Department of Art Theory and History of the Athens School of Fine Arts.
I am active as freelance curator, editor and researcher since 2018, and my most recent work has had a strong focus on contemporary arts and the (climate) emergency, including curatorial projects ("Things that Were Are Things Again", "The Word for Museum is Forest", 2023-24, GfZK Leipzig), educational and publishing work ("p o s t documenta. contemporary arts as territorial agencies", "Kunst Krise", 2020-22, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig and Athens School of Fine Arts), academic research (MA thesis on the “emergency” as a political concept, 2024, University of Athens), and writing.
Throughout the years, I have formed an understanding of the arts & culture field as a key public space of agonistic confrontation, and I have commited to holding more space for artistic work and theoretical discourse that can direct our imagination and actions beyond extractivist politics. I enjoy collaborating in different capacities and roles with like-minded peers with whom we share similar values and mutual understanding.
Website: https://linktr.ee/elenimichaelidi
