Jam session for a kayaker, journalist, art historian, and jazz trio

Each speaker selects a work from the exhibition and discusses it before and with the audience. An open dialogue between various perspectives, with music and inspired by Maciej Markowicz.

Marieke Vogt

©Cat Ekkelboom-White

Marieke Vogt has been kayaking since she was a child. She came to Innsbruck in 2011 to study meteorology, has worked for many years at the Source to Sea kayak school in Natters, co-founded WET, and has been active in water protection for more than a decade. The organization «WET – Wildwasser erhalten Tirol» (Protect Tyrol’s Whitewater) has been working to safeguard the rivers and streams of Tyrol since 2015. Originally founded by kayakers, WET has meanwhile grown into a recognized environmental organization.

Candice M. Hamelin

©Ulrich Wüst

Candice M. Hamelin is a Berlin-based art historian and curator whose work focuses on photography and its histories. As the artistic director of the Stiftung Reinbeckhallen Sammlung für Gegenwartskunst, she is in charge of the institution’s exhibitions, publications, and collection development. She is the author of the essay on Maciej Markowicz’s work contained in this exhibition catalogue.

Florian Gasser

©David Payer

Florian Gasser grew up in the Pradl quarter of Innsbruck. He studied political science at the University of Innsbruck and history at the University of Perugia. He started working as a journalist as a student and is now the head of the Vienna office of the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT. In addition, he is one of the hosts of the podcast «Servus. Grüezi. Hallo.»