MOME DIPLOMA

My thesis examines the temporary cultural use of industrial spaces as a specific form of experience design and curatorial practice, with a particular focus on exhibition and adaptive reuse contexts for sites not originally intended for cultural purposes. Its central question is how former industrial or infrastructural spaces can become active agents in shaping cultural events, and how this, in turn, transforms the role of the curator. The thesis argues that the temporary cultural use of industrial spaces is not merely a compromise born out of necessity, but a distinct operational logic. In this adaptive curatorial practice, the physical, historical, and atmospheric characteristics of a site form not just a backdrop, but actively shape the structure, rhythm, reception, and meaning of the event itself.