freelance art, film and video curator

born in vienna, austria
lives and works in cdmx, mexico

hi, my name is oona. i am named after oona o'neill – charlie chaplin's last wife. like a curse tied to my name, this has probably shaped my interest in film. having visited countless galleries, i always felt alienated by video art being shown on a loop, minimizing the work, the time, the thought, the money that goes into producing it. my interest lies in expanding that space – creating a place that truly focuses on video art, and making this niche more accessible to more people.

my programming is shaped by my own interest in found footage pieces and archival works, combined with an educational purpose, an installative focus, and research-based inquiries.

hit me up for more information :)

PROJECTS

@ Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary

SOLARIUM (2017)
Unrealized project by Nicolás Paris

Installation
FLORA ars+natura, Bogotá

Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary and FLORA ars+natura join forced to realize Nicolas Paris project: Flora’s rooftop garden, a learning device, involving plants, artists, botanists, architects, garden enthusiasts and other people with related interests.

In Paris’ work, the distance between the viewer, the artwork and the artist is abolished and the art space, or the museum, is transformed into a place of precarious and unforeseen experimentation. Art is what happens when all of these factors combine. The museum becomes a tool for fostering exchange and opening up the chance to construct new forms of knowledge and understanding

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@ Book design: Irma Boom. Cover image: John Akomfrah, Purple, 2017, still (detail) © Smoking Dog Films. Courtesy Lisson Gallery. Video: Jaime Gorospe

THE COMMISSIONS BOOK (2020)

Editorial
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary:
The Commissions Book
STERNBERG PRESS, BERLIN 2020

Edited by: Daniela Zyman and Eva Ebersberger
Editorial Assistant: Oona Zyman
Design by: Irma Boom

Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary: The Commissions Book (Sternberg Press, 2020) is a vivid documentation of TBA21’s commissioning practice and the ethos of the foundation, which involves working directly with artists on some of the most urgent topics of our time. This volume is an anthology of new texts, visual material, and research on TBA21’s commissions, woven together with explorations of the processes and relationships that enabled them. The publication was inspired by the labor, dialogue, and collaboration it took to produce these works over the past two decades, and what it means to be their guardian. The book’s innovative design was conceived by the world’s foremost book designer, Irma Boom. A selection of smell molecules from trees, forests, and earth are embedded into print sheets made of robust natural fibers, which are covering and bookending the publication. The smell was recorded, replicated, and recombined by artist Sissel Tolaas as a special commission for the book. Honoring TBA21’s commitment to the environment, the book is made from sustainable materials, using 100 percent recycled paper.

with texts by: Atif Akin, Joan Anim-Addo, Magalí Arriola, Rakhee Balaram, Erika Balsom, Ute Meta Bauer, Bettina Brunner, D. Graham Burnett, Patrick Charpenel, Damian Christinger, Sebastian Cichocki, CM Live (Neelofar, Suraj Rai, and Shamsher Ali), Gabrielle Cram, Heather Davis, Angela Dimitrakaki, Georges B.J. Dreyfus, Eva Ebersberger, Charles Esche, Beatrice Forchini, Anselm Franke, Natasha Ginwala, David Gruber, Carles Guerra, Soledad Gutiérrez, Nav Haq, Eva Hayward, Stefan Helmreich, Stefanie Hessler, Václav Janoščík, Caroline A. Jones, Ruba Katrib, Lutz Koepnick, Cresantia Frances Koya Vaka’uta, Luca Lo Pinto, Sarat Maharaj, Chus Martínez, Margarida Mendes, Suzana Milevska, Vanessa Joan Müller, Heike Munder, Henning Nass, Sara Nadal-Melsió, Astrida Neimanis, Ingo Niermann, Sandra Noeth, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Boris Ondreička, Annie Paul, Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, Ignas Petronis, Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Filipa Ramos, Raqs Media Collective, Markus Reymann, Kathrin Rhomberg, Dan Richards, Ridykeulous (Nicole Eisenman + A.L. Steiner), Ralph Rugoff, Thibaut de Ruyter, Nadim Samman, Mirjam Schaub, Andreas Schlaegel, Cory Scozzari, Tsering Shakya, Chris Sharp, Jasper Sharp, Frederike Sperling, Andreas Spiegl, Charles Stankievech, Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, Emiliano Valdés, Nicola Vassell, Franziska Sophie Wildförster, Eva Wilson, Slavoj Žižek, Daniela Zyman, Oona Zyman.

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@ Jannis Kounellis; Peace Now!

PEACE NOW! (2024)

Group show
Trinkhalle Bad Ischl
Kulturhauptstadt Bad Ischl Salzkammergut
31.08 – 17.09.2024

28 renowned artists take a public stand with manifestos for peace, creating 28 unique artworks in the form of posters that are made available to the public free of charge. “Peace Now! – The Artist’s Voice” is an exceptional art initiative for peace

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MARINA ABRAMOVIC
SERGEI BUGAEV AFRIKA
BAZON BROCK
JULIUS DEUTSCHBAUER
KENDELL GEERS
G. GUTENBERGER
JENNY HOLZER
EDGAR HONETSCHLÄGER
FREDDIE JELINEK
DONALD JUDD
ILYA + EMILIA KABAKOV
ANISH KAPOOR
ZENITA KOMAD
JANNIS KOUNELLIS

HERBERT LACHMAYER
ANDREA LENARDIN
MARK MACK
PETER NOEVER
RAYMOND PETTIBON
WOLF dPRIX
EVA SCHLEGEL
KIKI SMITH
IV TOSHAIN
PAUL VIRILIO
MANFRED WAKOLBINGER
PETER WEIBEL
HANS WEIGAND
JAMES WINES

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@ Daniel Mikkelsen

XX ART FLANERIE FESTIVAL (2021)
"May you live in liquid times"

Group show
Kunstbogen, Vienna
21 – 28.07.2021

XX ART FLÂNERIE 2021 is dedicated to the theme "May you live in liquid times" and thus to an approximation of our present time with the help of cultural, regional and historical contexts. Special reference is made to the XXs of the 20th and 21st century.

with works by: Martin Grandits – Anna Vasof – Björn Segschneider – God's Entertainment/Super Nase & Co - Sarah Maria Rechberger - Laia Estruch - Simon Contra - Eduardo Ruiz - Luz Broto - Albert Sánchez Piñol - Kamen Stoyanov - Gedvile Tamosiunaite - Hui Ye - Ramiro Wong - Pille-Riin Jaik and Nazira Karimi - Tomasz Vollmann

Curated by : Georgij Melnikov, Ale Zapata, Lluís Lipp, Justina Špeirokaitė, Oona Zyman

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