FAIR ENOUGH by ART COLOGNE + TEXTE ZUR KUNST #6

FAIR ENOUGH is a podcast series by ART COLOGNE in collaboration
with the journal TEXTE ZUR KUNST. Presented by Micaela Dixon, FAIR
ENOUGH brings together artists, curators, writers, and thinkers to
reflect on how art and its institutions are responding to the
urgencies of our present moment. This season marks the 35th
anniversary of TEXTE ZUR KUNST. Here, the journal's motto for the
year is taken up, there is no art without criticism. Each episode
returns to a past issue of the journal to revisit the debates it
sparked and to consider how those questions continue to shape the
cultural and political landscape today. In this sixth episode,
Micaela Dixon speaks with curator and writer Alicja Melzacka about
the intersections between poetry and exhibition-making. Together,
they explore how rhythm, language, and emotional charge can shape
the experience of art — and how poetic thinking can expand the
curatorial field. Melzacka reflects on her recent projects, the
influence of literature on her approach to exhibitions, and the
challenge of making the ephemeral legible within institutional
contexts. The conversation moves between the page and the gallery,
between words and images, tracing the quiet power of poetry in
shaping how we see and feel. FAIR ENOUGH is a podcast by ART
COLOGNE in collaboration with TEXTE ZUR KUNST, bringing together
artists, curators, writers, and thinkers to examine how art
responds to the urgencies of our time. Season 1 marks TEXTE ZUR
KUNST’s 35th anniversary with the theme: There Is No Art Without
Criticism.