Marlene A. Schenk (born 1987 in Frankfurt am Main) is a curator, editor and author based in Berlin. Since her traineeship at the Berlin Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Schenk has been working at the interfaces of knowledge production in visual arts, philosophy and literature. Schenk is co-founder and curator of the independent exhibition space FKA Six in Berlin's Ring Center I shopping mall, which explores the repurposing and spatial possibilities of urban ruins. In her exhibitions, she uses alternative forms of representation as well as the discourses that public space and its architecture are able to enter into with contemporary art. She regularly publishes articles and catalogs on contemporary art in collaboration with international artists, galleries and museums. Her publications include articles for
Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin,
Der Freitag,
Mousse Magazine and
taz.
