The curator and director of the KM–, Sandro Droschl, gives a tour of the current exhibition "Hate Speech: Intimacy and Aggression". In this tour, interested visitors will receive first hand information on the genesis of the show. Particularly the different creative processes of the sixteen participating artists are in the center of this dialogic format. With a glimpse behind the scenes of the KM–, you will also learn interesting insights on the curatorial practice and the self-conception of the institution.
Sandro Droschl (*1970 Graz, lives in Graz) is founding director and chief-curator of the new established institution Künstlerhaus – Halle für Kunst & Medien (KM– Graz), since 2012. From 2000 to 2012 he was curator and since 2004 director of Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz. As a guest curator he also worked with other institutions of contemporary art. Droschl has curated numerous exhibitions and published more than 30 catalogues at Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Sternberg Press, Verlag für moderne Kunst or Verlag Folio. He took part at several juries and worked with art magazines like Camera Austria. He studied "Body. Media. Art." including fine art at the class of Isabelle Graw and Freie Klasse / Free Class. Furthermore Droschl took classes in philosophy, publications and medicine at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna University and London Guildhall University.