Initiator of Major Conferences and Exhibitions (Curatorial Activities)

Kuratorenschaften und Organisation von Konferenzen

Steffen maintains a particular interest in curatorial activity with related publications, collaborative research projects with artists and the curatorship of public art exhibitions. Since 1994, he has been the initiator and organiser of national and international conferences, and the curator of around 20 important exhibition projects, such as:

SL with Prof Nick Saunders and John Tate

Steffen Lehmann with Vice Chancellor, Prof. Nick Saunders, and the
Lord Mayor of Newcastle, John Tate (Aug. 2007)

2009 - ongoing

2009

Curatorship for Laneways By George - Hidden Networks, collaborative exhibition project for the City of Sydney (October 2009 to Feb. 2010: 8 installations in Sydney's city centre); collaboration with Lord Mayor of Sydney and Public Arts Advisory Panel; catalogue: www.lanewaysbygeorge.com.au

2009

Initiated and organised exhibition 'Urban Regeneration: PortCity + City Campus' in Sydney; with book launch (July 2009, tbc)

2007/2008

2007/2008

Session Initiator and Chair for the 'Sustainability' component of the 96th Annual ACSA Meeting and Conference, Houston Texas, 'Seeking the City', on 'Sustainability on the Urban Scale' (March 2008);
www.acsa-arch.org

2008

Initiated and organised Symposium 'Urban Art as Collaborative Catalyst � The City as Laboratory for informal Urban Design' in Newcastle, at Newcastle Region Art Gallery (31 Jan. 2008);
www.backtothecity.com.au

2007/2008

Curatorial activity: Artistic Director of the interdisciplinary exhibition project 'Back to the City' in Newcastle NSW, funded by a grant from ArtsNSW; in collaboration with Newcastle City Council, The Newcastle Alliance, Honeysuckle Development Corporation, and Newcastle University School of Fine Arts. 18 site-specific installations in the city centre (Jan./Febr. 2008);
www.backtothecity.com.au

2007

2007 Advisor for the International Symposium 'Liquid Cities: Sydney - Berlin. Cities and Cultural Economy', at Customs House Sydney (Oct. 2007), in collaboration with Goethe-Institut and University of Western Sydney UWS, Centre for Cultural Research;
www.liquidcities.net
Video installation with Cida de Aragon, 'City Amalgamation - Sydney/Berlin' at Customs House, Sydney;
www.germanyfaces.com.au

2007

Initiated and organised exhibition 'City Campus' at Lovett Gallery, Cultural Centre Newcastle: 20 design proposals for a new city campus in the centre; outcomes of a 4th year design studio: concepts of 'Urban Regeneration' (Aug. 2007);
www.ncc.nsw.gov.au

s_Lab - C2 and C3 - Potsdamer Platz, Berlin

'City Campus' Exhibition at Lovett Gallery, Newcastle, August 2007

Newspaper Clipping on City Campus exhibition, August 2007

2007

Co-Convenor of the 5 th Tom Farrell Institute Forum on 'Sustainability in the Built Environment', at The University of Newcastle (July 2007); www.newcastle.edu.au

2006

2006 - present

Member of the Advisory Panel of INSISLA International Network for the Study of Informal Settlements in Latin America

2006 - present

Member of the Scientific Steering Committee for the 9 th International Conference on Humane Habitat, of the IAHH International Association for Humane Habitat (supported by EU AsiaLink Program)

2006 - present

Member of the Scientific Committee for the Third International Forum on Architectural Education (Nov. 2006), at ITU Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

2005

Nov 2005

Curatorial activity: Initiating and convening architectural photography exhibition ' Shot in Berlin', photos from the 'Global Studio' June/July 2005 at TU-Berlin; exhibited at QUT School of Design, Brisbane

Oct 2005

Curatorial activity: Initiating and convening architecture exhibition 'The Alphabet of the City', in Chongqing, China (part of 5 th Asia Pacific Cities Summit); exhibition catalogue 'City-Planning-Art. Selections of Urban Planning Exhibition', China (ISBN 7-80668-662-2)

www.apcsummit.org

Sept 2005

Member of Organisation Committee for the bi-annual AASA (Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia) Conference 'drawingtogether' in Brisbane

April 2005

Initiating and organising an interdisciplinary Forum on 'Indigenous Environments' at QUT, Brisbane

Feb 2005

Student's design exhibition 'New Footbridges' at Gold Coast City Council

1994 - 2004

Sept 2004

Curatorial activity: initiating and organising the inter-disciplinary exhibition project 'ART+ARCH infinite' in Brisbane, with a conference on Public Art 'Absolutely Public' (book launched Jan. 2005); part of the Year of the Built Environment program. Four major themes: Public Space, Mobility, Landscape, Cross-overs between Disciplines. Project partnership with Brisbane City Council and Arts Queensland. Curator of 15 installations. Catalogue

March 2004

Curatorial activity: Initiating and organising the International Architecture Symposium with workshops '1:1 seductions', at QUT Brisbane. Research on the impact of technological innovation on architecture, by exploring the relationship between the architect and innovation in engineering (12 speakers from 4 countries); part of the Year of the Built Environment program.

www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ mi_hb4315/is_200401/ai_n15045983

July 2002

International inter-disciplinary exhibition project 'Rethinking: Space, Time & Architecture', Berlin, as part of the UIA-Congress (book published); curator of 70 installations. Catalogue

Sept 1998

'Migration ist eine creative Situation' interactive installation, with Cida de Aragon, part of the Berlin Biennale. Gallery EIGEN+ART; curator of installation in railway station Hackescher Markt, Berlin-Mitte.

April 1994

Organised and curated exhibition 'Arata Isozaki: The 3rd Generation Art Museum' at Aedes Architecture Gallery, Berlin. Catalogue

Jan 1994

Organised and curated exhibition 'Arata Isozaki: The 3rd Generation Art Museum' at Architekturgalerie Maculan, Vienna. Catalogue