The Norwegian Association of Curators was has been given funding by the Arts Council Norway to explore the role of the curator through a series of talks/lectures. The series aims to explore different typologies of curatorial practice and to link the visit to relevant art events in place the talk takes place in Norway.

The lecture series has been compiled by Milena Hoegsberg, Natalie Hope O’Donnell and Leif Magne Tangen.

Candice Hopkins’ lecture is the sixt lecture in a series on different typologies of curatorial practice, and a collaboration between the Norwegian Association of Curators, OCA and Small Projects (Tromsø). Hopkins’ talk Sounding the Margins: A Choir of Minor Voices will include her ongoing reflections on protest, Indigenous artists and sound-based practices.

Video documentation of the talk.

Canadian curator Candice Hopkins is part of the curatorial team for the upcoming Documenta 14, which opens in Kassel in June 2017. Originally from Whitehorse, Hopkins has held curatorial positions at the Banff Centre’s Walter Phillips Gallery, Western Front in Vancouver and the National Gallery of Canada, where she co-curated the critically acclaimed 2013 exhibition Sakahán: International Indigenous Art. Hopkins was co-curator of the 2014 SITElines biennial in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is currently chief curator at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa.