November 2019, and the exhibition "Ride Ride Ride" by Teresa Solar was on show at Index. Numerous objects defined the space, with colors everywhere, multiple languages and identities within a non-static constellation. The exhibition space at Index was packed with several interconnections and visual references.
Within this context, Sven-Olov Wallenstein and Daniel Birnbaum presented the book "Spacing Philosophy: Lyotard and the Idea of the Exhibition" observing the links between exhibition making and philosophy, ideas and curatorial practices, emptiness and cultural behavior. This podcast brings the first part of the talk between Wallenstein and Birnbaum to our ears and minds, opening up their conversation and offering questions regarding the art exhibition as a field for ideas. The talk starts with Birnbaum having the first words, then jumps to Wallenstein before back to Birnbaum.
In February 2021, Index opens the exhibition "Editorial Thinking”, observing ways of working with and in the fields of art, connected to the role of the editor – with a special interest in the need to find particular connection with those who work in closest contact with art – the artists. Daniel Birnbaum ends the talk by saying that a good book is not a book at all, it is an exhibition.
