Week 10 / Notes “Rumpus Room” with James

During our workshop, James mentioned a programme called ‘Rumpus Room‘ in his feedback to me on my personal project. The Rumpus Room is an artist led initiative dedicated to collaborative art practice with children and young people. Their project seemed to have very similar aims to what I was hoping for. I think they deserveContinue reading Week 10 / Notes “Rumpus Room” with James

Week 6 / Reflection on Programming Meeting 

Our yellow group mapped ‘Organization Ideas’ depending on our organisational reposts yesterday to organise our group curatorial program. First, we reviewed important individual points of the organisation report; then, we spent some time writing many questions on the issues of the organisation, which we then picked according to levels on three circles (primary, secondary andContinue reading Week 6 / Reflection on Programming Meeting 

Week 4 / Archive Turn and Queer archival

Ten years after the publication of An Archive of Feelings, I found myself amazed by the proliferation of LGBT archives as part of the ‘Archive Turn’. It plays an important role in promoting awareness of the LGBT situation, civil rights and cultural visibility. As exciting as these developments may be, stay with queer activist critiquesContinue reading Week 4 / Archive Turn and Queer archival

Week 2 / Seminar: Scenes: Minor/Major Curating with Breakout Group

My team and I attended curatorial courses about major and minor exhibitions. I was a member of the green group. For other reasons, I joined the red group and had a discussion. The other members gave examples of different major/minor curatorial scenarios. The scale of the exhibition cannot be evaluated as a minor and majorContinue reading Week 2 / Seminar: Scenes: Minor/Major Curating with Breakout Group

Week 1 ‘Major’ and ‘Minor’ on curatorial approaches

Nowadays, Shanghai has undoubtedly become the centre of the contemporary art trade in China. During the week of November 2022, the Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, the Shanghai Biennale, the West Coast Art & Design Fair and many other leading international exhibitions open their doors. They have attracted art practitioners from China, Asia and the worldContinue reading Week 1 ‘Major’ and ‘Minor’ on curatorial approaches