This was my first exhibition and opening party as a curator and I was very excited and looking forward to discussing it with the participants. Before the party, I swept the floor of the Fire Station as the last step in our preparation for the party. Frances and I collected leftover nails to reuse. Finally […]

Xiaotong suggested that my blog lacked some theoretical investigation and literature support on “dual identity”, which I think is worth reflecting and learning from. It is true that when I searched the references I did not find too many papers that fit well with everyday social identity attributes, so I did not insert them. But […]

This is my first time working independently on an exhibition and I learnt a lot from it. LOGISTICS The first thing I need to do is to book the materials I need. I booked four plinths with the art shop staff on April 11, so I was able to collect them on the 19th without […]

What you do well: 1. Sensitive to the natural environment and social atmosphere of my life, and able to use some ways, such as curating exhibitions, to reflect your cognition of the changes in your environment. 2. You have fully considered the relationship between the exhibits and the venue, whether it is suitable for indoor […]

    I hope that classmate who gives me peer review will take an interest in how I present the whole exhibition and I would appreciate if I could get feedback in terms of presentation. I would appreciate feedback on my presentation of my curating. — Having looked at the requirements for peer reviews, I […]

I was very excited to be there again at The Talbet Rice Gallery, especially when I saw “The Accursed Share.” Since I have always known that the University of Edinburgh is committed to colonial and anti-colonial issues and this topic is discussed in various academic Settings. So I was looking forward to learning something from […]

During the course of the tutorial with Jake, I came up with a way of incorporating yin and yang echoes into my exhibition. I decided to forgo the use of yin-yang diagrams and instead prepare many black dots and white dots on the exhibition floor. For example, A1 and B1 are black dots and A2 […]

Inspired by the theme of ‘identity’, I have decided on the theme of my exhibition by combining the visual works I have learned about with my own experience of shifting identities and places of living over the past few years: ‘Dual Identity’. However, when I was collecting information on works or exhibitions related to ‘identity’, […]

This meeting with embassy gave me a more complete picture of what it takes to run a Scottish curatorial studio. The part that interested me most was the financial support for the studio. The members of the studio explained that they relied heavily on government funding and foundation support to fund their work, which is […]

    1、https://arika.org.uk/discourse-or-intercourse-group-action/ DISCOURSE OR INTERCOURSE: GROUP ACTION with BSL & STTR How do people living with disability see themselves in today’s sex culture? How do we imagine our crip sexual selves despite society wanting to reduce us to non-erotic bodies? Finding your identity by being ‘attractive to others’ The belief that both ‘disability’ and […]