Curatorial practice as worldmaking
Public talk with Shohreh Shakoory
Thursday 19 March 2026 at 5–7 pm at Frame Contemporary Art Finland, Töölönkatu 11 A, Helsinki
Shohreh Shakoory is a researcher, curator, and artist based in Helsinki and Berlin. She holds a BA in Art History from University of Rome, an MFA in Media Art from Bauhaus University Weimar. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg (HfBK). Shakoory has worked as a curator, producer, and researcher with institutions including Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), Savvy Contemporary, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, and Sinema Transtopia in Berlin. She is currently the curatorial fellow at EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, in collaboration with the Saastamoinen Foundation.
In this lecture, Shakoory will delve into her curatorial practice and the key questions driving her research: How can ancestral knowledge systems inform contemporary worldmaking? What role can speculative futurism play in imagining more equitable forms of coexistence?
Drawing on her previous institutional works and ongoing research project, she will explore how curating can engage with cosmology, technology, and feminist and decolonial practices to challenge hegemonic narratives and open up alternative futures.
The presentation will be followed by an informal gathering over refreshments. The event is open for all to participate. Warm welcome!
The talk will also be streamed via Zoom.
Shohreh Shakoory. Photo: Ari Karttunen / EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art