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  • Megan Hoetger, PhD
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Megan Hoetger, PhD, Black Revelry

  • Conversational (8)
  • Curatorial (7)
  • Editorial (8)
  • Exhibitionary (4)
  • Presentational (4)
  • Production (5) x
  • Workshop (8)
  • Writing (14)

The on-the-ground labor of making projects and processes come to life (as radio shows, performances, films, and so on).

An archive of projects, collaborations, and engagements organized according to typologies of labor performed.

Upcoming

Thought-sounds, in collaboration with Paula Montecinos Oliva and After the siren, before the bell (a traveling sound system by Marissa Lee Benedict and David Rueter). Hosted by de Appel, Amsterdam on 7 April 2025.

“Active Archives. On Performance Curatorial Research and Historiographic Method” in The Routledge Companion to Performance Art, edited by Lucian O’Connor, et al. (Routledge, forthcoming 2025).

“Performances of Cinema, Performance Historiography, and Archival Counterapproaches” in Performance/Archiv, edited by Barbara Büscher, Franz Anton Cramer, and Ulrike Hanstein (VALIE EXPORT Center and University of Arts Linz, forthcoming 2025).

  • Sonic Feminist Fabulations, episode #0

    2024

    • Production

    Part of:Sonic Feminist Fabulations

    Arrangement of colourful sticky notes, stuck to a white surface. The legible ones read: Score (9min), earphones, Mobile Device, Somatic Exercise (Breathing & Walking).
    Detail of an arrangement of colourful sticky notes, stuck to a large white sheet of paper that is laid on the ground. On the left, there are some handwritten notes in orange. The legible sticky notes read: Cachorritos, In-situ Sounds, Live Electronics, Speakers Set-up. On the top left corner, part of a black cable can be seen on the ground.
    Decks and other sound equipment have been set in two low tables and on the ground. A person can be seen squatting next to the larger structure, using a laptop. Someone else is sat by the wall, with a laptop to the left and a deck to the right, which they are adjusting.
    In the backgroud, a person dressed in black is squatting in front of a sound deck and a computer, which they are using. They are holding a microphone to their mouth. At the front, a red coil spiral is stuck to the floor. A thin cable is attached to its center with purple table. Throughout the rest of the space, other sound equipment and colourful cables lay on the flor.
    Two people seem to be playing with a sound installation consisting of two coil spirals stuck to the floor. There are cables attached to both spirals. A booklet is open next to one of them. In the background, a person is laying on the floor. They have their elbows on a pillow and are reading a book or a magazine.
    A coil spiral has been stuck to a white floor with a transparent plastic. There are two cables attached to it, one to the centre and the other to the edge. A person can partially be seen sitting next to it. With their left hand they are holding a small yellow heptagon structure against the spiral. With their right hand, they are touching the spiral through the middle of the structure.

    sffepzero04b.mp4 

    Close-up of two coil spirals, stuck to the white ground with a transparent plastic. There are wires coming from each of these spirals, and another wire connecting them both. The arms and a foot of two people can be seen. One person holds a microphone to a magnet, that they have set on one of the spirals. The other person touches the centre of the other spiral.
    A group of people is sitting on the floor or on chairs. They are all facing the same direction, as if to watch a performance. At the front, two people are sitting close together. One of them points to something on the floor, and the other, holding a microphone to their mouth, seems to be reading.
    A person is lying supine on a large black cushion. They are wearing a grey sweater. Their hands are covering their ears and their eyes are closed.
    Three people are sitting or laying on black cushions on the floor, next to a white wall. They are sitting in different positions, but are all holding their hands to their ears.
    Cover of a publication, with a red and white spiral that fills up the whole cover, with the centre slightly to the right. In between the spiral, the title of the publication can be read on the left: Sonic Feminist Fabulation, Social, Somatic. At the bottom, the following sentence appears: Here and there .. now and then. Electric fluid stream.
    Two white pages of an open booklet. Both have text and a line illustration, in dark red. On the left page the title reads: Coil Speakers; Magnet, membrane, coil. Underneath, there is an illustration of the speaker and a text description.
    Round tarot card. In its outer edge, we can read 0 at at the top and Fool at the bottom. In the centre of the card there is an illustration that shows a person doing a hand stand next to a river. With their left foot, they are holding a brown stick with a golden eye attached. They are surrounded by a crocodile, a bald eagle, a tiger, red and white mushrooms and a white water lily. At the back, the sun is setting behind snow-covered peaks.

    Episode no. 0 listen-back with Radio WORM 

    Paula Montecinos Oliva artist website 

    Sonic Feminist Fabulations website 

  • Sonic Feminist Fabulations, episode #1: Decipher Me or I Shall Devour You

    2024

    • Production

    Part of:Sonic Feminist Fabulations

    A hand hovers over a small basket, possibly made from cotton or similar material. The basket is set on a dark table. The hand of someone sitting across rests on the table.
    A number of round tarot cards have been set with no apparent order on top of a dark table. Someone is holding a card with both hands, while the person sitting across from them appears to be touching or picking a card. Next to the cards, two sound decks are partially visible.
    Two hands, belonging to two people sitting across from each other, are touching the same tarot card. Around it, there are other cards.
    A screen on a stand shows a table filmed from above. The arms of two people, sitting across from each other, rest on the table. There is also a sheet of paper with handwritten notes and a stack of round tarot cards. The screen is set in a wood-panelled room with some wall decoration.
    Two people sit across from each other. In between them there is a table with drinks and paper materials. One of the people is taking a sip from a beer. At the back, there is a screen on a stand, showing a table filmed from above. In this image, someone rests their arms on the table, with their palms facing up. Someone is sitting across from them. There is a sheet of paper and a stack of round tarot cards.
    A person stands behind a DJ booth. They are adjusting one of the decks. Next to the decks there is a light box, which emits a bright white light.
    On top of a light box surface, there are two coil spirals and a small sound deck with knobs. A hand can be seen holding an object, which they've put on top of one of the spirals.
    A person stands in a dark DJ booth, adjusting the knobs on a DJ deck. To their right, a bright light shines upwards from a light box set next to the deck.

    sffepone02d.mp4 

    Poster for Sonic Feminist Fabulations: Episode 0.1 Decipher Me or I Shall Devour You. The date of the event (13.12.2024) appears underneath the title. Filling up the whole poster is a photo of sound equipment and a microphone set on the floor. On the top left corner, we can see the bottom half of a person squatting down. At the bottom of the poster, on top of the image, there are handwritten notes.
    Next to a sound deck, two people are looking through a newspaper and smiling. They are in an indoor space after dark, possibly a bar or a cafe.
    Round tarot card. On its outer edge, a 1 can be read at the top and the word

    Break the Algorithm interview 

    Paula Montecinos Oliva artist website 

    Sonic Feminist Fabulations website 

  • ZWARTE IBIS

    2024

    • Production
    Several deck chairs face a large outdoor screen, onto which a film is being projected. On screen, a feminine-presenting person rests their face on a door frame.
    A film is being projected in a cinema room. On screen, someone is submerged up to their chest in the ocean. A subtitle reads:
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

    ZWARTE IBIS in the making 

    Black Speaks Back homepage 

  • The Actress

    2021 – 23

    • Production
    Installation view. Aimée Zito Lema and Becket MWN, *The Actress*, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, September - December 2021. Photo: Megan Hoetger.
    Installation view. Aimée Zito Lema and Becket MWN, *The Actress*, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, September - December 2021. Photo: Megan Hoetger.

    teaser-the-actress-04.mp4 

    teaser-the-actress-03.mp4 

    Installation view. Aimée Zito Lema and Becket MWN, *The Actress*, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, September - December 2021. Photo: Megan Hoetger.
    Installation view. Aimée Zito Lema and Becket MWN, *The Actress*, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, September - December 2021. Photo: Megan Hoetger.

    the-actresses_curatorial-note.pdf [pdf, 66.37 KB] 

    Grazer Kunstverein  

    The Actresses studio page 

  • Black Revelry Quiet Storm

    2020 – 21

    • Production

    Part of:Black Revelry

    *Black Revelry Quiet Storm* playlists, insert materials for *Black Revelry: In Honor of 'The Sugar Shack'*, edited by Carter with contributions from Taylor Renée Aldridge; Samiya Bashir; La Marr Jurelle Bruce; Derrais Carter; DJ Lynnée Denise, William H. Mosley, III, Zoé Samudzi, S*an D. Henry-Smith, Melanie Stevens and Phillip B. Williams. Design by Karoline Świeżyński. Photo: Temra Pavlović, courtesy of If I Can't Dance, Amsterdam.
    online radio dedicated to the arts visit our website for an overview of shows and an indexed archive
    online radio dedicated to the arts visit our website for an overview of shows and an indexed archive

    Recommended reading: Sent 

    dublab guest session: Gathering 

    dublab guest session: Dispersal 

    dublab guest session: Frequency