Introduction She Was Called a Witch takes the witch as a starting point to examine how language defines witches and disciplines women through works by contemporary women artists. The exhibition is an in-person group show developed through a feminist curatorial methodology. I first discuss the concept and structure of the SICP, then the conceptual and […]

Claude and I have been working together to do more stuff since my first blog post about Claude. We’ve added a whole lot of new things to our prototype Survey of Scottish Witchcraft site including a chatbot to ask questions about the data (a challenge received by Lesley Greer), ‘stories’ …

This 13-week blog collection shows a coherent and gradual in-depth thinking track, including SICP and JIJU Collective practices. SICP started from the exploration of self-portrait and timeliness and slowly turned to the exploration of visibility and finally decided to take “some kind of absence” as the theme. However, although both SICP and JIJU Collective have […]

Week 2    Thoughts On Aesthetics and Politics 🐦Reflections following the lecture and the exhibition This week’s lecture on aesthetics and politics remind me of an exhibition I visited recently, Resistance, at Modern Two in Edinburgh. The exhibition focus on “How protest shaped Britain and photography shaped protest”. It brought together works by thousands of […]

Introduction This reflection critically examines the development of my Speculative Individual Curatorial Project (SICP), focusing on participatory curatorial strategies. The project explores diaspora as an ongoing process of cultural translation, using participatory and relational strategies to transform personal experiences into an evolving archive. This reflection focuses on conceptual development, turning point, curatorial strategies and practice, […]

Whose Space? Invisible Boundaries in Edinburgh’s Public Life Project Overview Sites: Waverley Bridge, Princes Street, Royal Mile, Holyrood Park, Leith Walk, and Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh Project Dates: 10 July 2026 – 12 July 2026 Opening Hours: 10:00am–4:00pm daily Duration: 3 days Curator: Hazel Ren Lead Image Curatorial Text Whose Space? Invisible Boundaries in Edinburgh’s Public […]