As the assistant to the back officer manager, I was responsible for setting up a functional structure for the technical production department, contributed to planning the projects, develop, maintain and control production budgets, the organization and direction of the weekly team meetings as well as information management and administration. The technical production of dOCUMENTA (13) was lead by the Berlin exhibition company Abrell & Van den Berg GbR.
documenta is one of the world’s leading contemporary art exhibitions. In 1955 Arnold Bode initiated the first documenta in order to expose the Germans to the art of the 20s and 30s, which had been prohibited by the Nazi regime. Over time, the exhibition shifted more towards contemporary art exhibiting artists from all over the world. dOCUMENTA (13) was curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev along the subject of “Collapse and Recovery”. Between June 9th and September 16th 2012, the 100 days of opening, 860,000 people visited the exhibition inclusing 187 artists spread over more than 20 venues in Kassel.
Read the interview with Hatje Cantz about my experience at dOCUMENTA(13).
www.d13.documenta.de
www.abrell-vandenberg.de
