Korea — Ismini Kyritsis

Ismini Kyritsis

Ismini Kyritsis is a curator and art historian working at the intersection of art, science, and ecology. With a specific interest in the ecological and societal impact of digital technologies, her curatorial practice takes an ecosystemic turn shaping connections between different entities, disciplines and practices. Through exhibitions, research, and residencies, she fosters dialogue between human, natural, and technological entities while developing curatorial methodologies that respond to ecological and ethical uncertainties.

Ismini holds a Masters degree in Arts and Culture (Museums and Collectiosn) from Leiden University (2023) and a postgraduate degree in Curatorial Studies form the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent (2024). In recent years she has co-curated exhibitions and public programs in Kusthal Ghent (BE), Het Paviljoen (BE), Vleeshal (NL), iMAL (BE) and TINC (KR). She is currently part of Off-Centre, a collective of art workers bringing visibility to local art initiatives within the neighborhoods of Brussels through public tours and workshops. With a focus on artist-run spaces, its members aspire to foster community engagement, encourage mutual support, and create opportunities to learn from local collectives who demonstrate resilience in face of cultural and economic challenges.

Contact: isminikyritsis@gmail.com

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Über-marionette

TINC (This is not a church) (KR)

Sept. 15th - Oct. 29th, 2025

Link: https://www.instagram.com/this_is_not_a_church/p/DPngtosk1uD/

Artists: Elie Bolard, Murphy Yum

In the early 20th century, Edward Gordon Craig, a visionary English theatre practitioner and theorist, envisioned what he called the Über-marionette- an autonomous puppet that could transcend human imperfections. With a belief that human emotions and inconsistencies weakened the purity of theatrical art, Craig saw in the Über-marionette a superior performer, a « deathlike beauty », lingering between presence and absence which can embody the diachronic perfection that life fails to achieve. Although Craig’s ideals were never realized, his visions of a divine automaton surpassing humanity, resonates deeply with our technological realities. Once meant to optimize human activity, stripping it out of its flaws and limitations, contemporary technologies are taking centre stage blurring the lines between human, nature and machines. (…)