Book Launch:
Prem Krishnamurthy
Past Words

Krist Gruijthuijsen in conversation with Prem Krishnamurthy (Department of Transformation) and Ann Richter (Studio Pandan)

7 September 24, 5 pm
In English
Venue: KW, 4th floor
Registration via reservation@kw-berlin.de

Information on accessibility can be found below.

Please join us for a special participatory book launch and conversation to celebrate the publication of Prem Krishnamurthy: Past Words (2024). This first anthology of Prem’s writing features texts from 2009–2024 alongside two exhibition-like experiments, including A Year With P. Krishnamurthy at KW Institute from Contemporary Art from 2018–2019. The book is published by KW and Kunsthal Gent, with Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König.

Krist Gruijthuijsen, former director of KW, will interview Prem Krishnamurthy about exhibition making, language, and time. They will also be in conversation with Ann Richter of Studio Pandan, the Berlin-based graphic design studio who designed the experimental KW section of the book. Expect dialogue, digressions, design, and display—along with, possibly, karaoke afterwards!

Prem Krishnamurthy runs Department of Transformation, an artist-organized group that explores art as an agent of transformation for individuals, communities, and institutions. His multidisciplinary work manifests itself in books, exhibitions, images, performances, publications, systems, talks, texts, and workshops (+ karaoke!). He received the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Communications Design in 2015 and KW Institute for Contemporary Art’s “A Year With…” residency fellowship in 2018. He has curated several large-scale exhibitions including FRONT International 2022: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows. His book-length epistolary essay, On Letters, was published in 2022. Having previously founded Project Projects and P!, he is currently a partner in the design studio Wkshps.

Ann Richter is a designer and co-founder of Studio Pandan, where she weaves many organizational threads and incorporates her inventiveness and systematic thinking into various design media. Studio Pandan is a creative studio that emphasizes strong concepts, surprising visual form and a love of detail in typography. With Studio Pandan she designs visual identities, publications and digital products for clients such as the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao or the ETH Zurich. She is also one half of A.R. practice, which operates at the interface between design and curatorial practice; the duo’s work has been shown at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin and published by Onomatopee, among others. In addition to questions of current visual culture, she is concerned with feminism and her Southeast Asian roots, e.g. how to prepare the best Puto.

Information on accessibility

Venue:
The event will take place on the 4th floor of KW. An elevator is available for visitors with limited mobility with the assistance of KW staff on site. Please contact us in advance at reservation@kw-berlin.de so that we can facilitate access.

Digital:
The event will be held in presence only.
The event will be recorded in audio form for archival purposes and will be available upon request.

Times:
Entrance starts at 4:45 pm.
The event might start with a delay.
Late entrance is possible.
The event is held without breaks.
The duration of the event is approx. 60 minutes.

Seating:
Chairs with backrests and stools without backrests are provided.

Sensory stimuli:
The event has a medium volume.
The event space is bright.
The event space is warm.
The event is not immersive.
The event does not include any stroboscopic lighting.
The event takes place in a spacious room.

Language:
The event will be held in English language.

Aids / accompanying persons:
Assistance dogs can be brought along to the event.
There is free admission for assisting persons.

Contact persons:
If you have any further questions regarding accessibility, please send an e-mail to reservation@kw-berlin.de.
If you have any questions on-site or need support, please approach the entrance staff.