Curated Matter is a collaborative enterprise that wants to catalyse societal debate by curating exhibitions and events. Its founder, Christophe Bruchansky, likes to spend his spare time with talented people designing exhibitions and events on subjects that matter. Since the launch of the program in February 2009, projects were organized in London, Brussels and Hong Kong, in collaboration with organisations such as the Westminster Reference Library, Philosophy for All, Transition Finsbury Park and the small world project.

Mission

It could be described using a scientific analogy: to collide cultural artefacts in open contexts, to catalyse cross-disciplinary reactions.

“Cultural artefacts” are man-made productions.  They can be artistic, scientific, philosophic or industrial. This definition avoids any painstaking deliberations on what the boundaries are between human activities; and encourages instead cross-disciplinary thinking.

In the collision metaphor, the role of the curator is to project “particles” so that they collide in the exhibition space. The operation could be compared to what happens in a particle accelerator (like the Large Hadron Collider). The aim is to analyze the effect of collisions and the potential apparition of unknown particles. The benefits are not only intellectual. Sought impacts can be philosophical, social, personal, artistic, scientific, industrial. They can be metaphysical or practical, introspective or inspiring.

Values

• Non conformism: Open debates, critical thinking, non conformism is beneficial for everyone.
• Openness: Everything is to be shared in life and everyone should have a chance to take part in what he likes.
• Innovation: Innovation is experimental and not always successful. It can disrupt or destabilise. Most importantly though, it brings new discoveries and is a source of progress for people.
• Sustainability: Natural resources are precious and should be used responsibly.
• Life: Life is the most important thing.