wording things
thinging words
curator at www.jester.be
email: a.e.melzacka[at]gmail.com
linkedin: alicjamelzacka
instagram: melzacka_alicja
selected publications:
2023
Hypertext Hotel
e-literature / exhibition text
interactive fiction co-written with Kendal Beynon and Peter Lemmens
Els Martens, in to me see - in to me sea
artist's book
text accompanying Els Martens' new photographic series; published by MER
2022
Tytuł Roboczy
exhibition text
accompanying the duo exhibition of Kornel Janczy and Bartek Buczek at Piana Gallery, Krakow
Mine de rien
exhibition catalogue
accompanying the exhibition by Marianne Berenhaut at CIAP and C-mine, Genk
with texts by Barbara Cuglietta, Alicja Melzacka, Louise Osieka; edited by Alicja Melzacka
Rosa rosa rosae rose
artist's book
contribution to a volume edited by Pauline Hatzigeorgiou
2021
Constellations
essay
collaboration with Ingel Vaikla
published in KAJET Jornal, issue 5
Auditing Intimacy
by Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence
artist's book
introductory text on the practice of Chris Dreier & Gary Farrelly, published by Fantôme Verlag
Moving with the shape of an eight
by Alexis Gautier
artist's book
with contributions by Brian Dillon, Nico Dockx, Alicja Melzacka, Louise Osieka, Laure Prouvost and Eva Wittocx
To never show evidence of excitement
insert
part of 'Rosa Rosae Rosae Rosae', curated by Pauline Hatzigeorgiou at Maison Pelgrims, Brussels
You may never know what's causing
all the traffic
exhibition text
on the occassion of Marina Sula's solo show at CIAP (19.06–11.09)
Exit Strategies And A Stand Alone Complex
annotations/ essay
collaboration with Peter Lemmens, within the scope of his PhD research at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
2020
Die Losen Enden
exhibition text
accompanying the solo exhibition of Laureline Lé at Raum fur Kunst, Aachen
Screensavers
̶ex̶h̶i̶b̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶e̶x̶t̶ screenplay
accompaying Julien Meert's solo exhibition at KRIEG, Hasselt
republished by H-ART in 'Kunst in Quarantaine' issue
Constellations
essay
accompanying Ingel Vaikla's solo exhibition 'Shapes and Distances' at Beursschouwburg, Brussels
Translated to Estonian by Keiu Krikmann and republished in Sirp, issue May/2020
2019
The map is not the Territory
text-collage & concrete floorplan,
part of the exhibition at B32, Maastricht, 07.11–01.12
selected curatorial projects:
Hypertext Hotel at SB34 Clovis, Brussels;
Dominik Ritszel, Full Contact at Galeria Szara, Warsaw, 03.06-08.07.2023
Proxemities at La Box, Bourges;
group exhibition with Alaa Mansour, Ana Zvyaghintseva, Harun Farocki, Naïmé Perrette and Rokko Miyoshi; co-curated with Patricia Couvet, 17.03-15.04.2023
Liquid Structures, film programme co-curated with Nona Markarian, Batumi Urban Agenda, Batumi, 16-18.09.2022
Alexis Gautier, Riding High in the Reading Saddle at CIAP, Genk, 21.05.-07.08.2022
Marianne Berenhaut, Mine de rien at CIAP, Genk, in collaboration with C-mine, 23.10.2021-16.01.2022
Marina Sula, You may never know what’s causing all this traffic at CIAP, Genk, 19.06–11.09.2021
Beny Wagner & Sasha Litvintseva,
A Demonstration, co-curated with Louise Osieka at CIAP, Genk, 17.01–14.03.2021
Art Au Centre, Liége:
#9 with Bram van Meervelde, 02.06.- 31.08.22
#8 with Ella De Burca, 03.02.-30.04.22
#6 with Hilde Borgermans 03.06-31.08.21
#5 with Christy Westhovens, 04.02-30.04.21
#4 with Emile Hermans, 08.10-31.12.20
Letters from the south as part of the Wrong online biennale, 01.11.19-01.03.2020