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“As Artistic Directors of former documenta exhibitions, we were asked by documenta and Museum Fridericianum gGmbH to submit a proposal for the composition of the finding committee for documenta 16. After in-depth discussion, we have agreed on a number of outstanding personalities, in whom we place our complete trust. They are Bracha L. Ettinger, Gong Yan, Ranjit Hoskoté, Simon Njami, Kathrin Rhomberg, and María Inés Rodríguez.
We are aware that the institution documenta and its actual modus operandi are currently being tested. This makes it all the more important to fill the finding committee with personalities whose expertise, integrity and prudence do justice to the seriousness of the situation.
We do not wish to conceal the fact that our discussion was subject to a strict condition. It was the wish of the shareholders not to make the documenta 16 search committee the subject of a renewed BDS debate. We have accepted this wish, but would like to emphasize that artistic freedom must be protected and that the right to criticize the behavior of any state is part of the democratic process.”
Catherine David (documenta 10), Roger M. Buergel (documenta 12), Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (documenta 13), and Adam Szymczyk (documenta 14).
