This week, together with Yinuo and Ruoyun, I co-organized a group visit to the Collective Gallery’s Jerwood Survey III exhibition., I revisited my notes from Week 7 on Maud Sulter’s You Are My Kindred Spirit. This prompted me to reflect… Continue Reading →
Professor Kirsteen Macdonald’s lecture this week offered a new perspective on a question I raised in Week 7: “How can we reconstruct female experiences that have been erased by time and history through archives and voice?” Hal Foster’s concept of… Continue Reading →
This week, I began to re-examine the audience segmentation of my curatorial project.My mentor reminded me that audience segmentation must be specific and precise, with particular attention to the intersection of gender and culture. Building meaningful connections between different audience… Continue Reading →
In Week 10, our collective meeting focused on project updates, current challenges, and strategies for participatory curation. We shared a range of case studies and then brainstormed our own thematic proposals. I focused on designing an interactive element that would… Continue Reading →
During our tutorial, JL noted that “time poverty is not only a problem for East Asian women but also a structural, globalised issue, shaped by class and culture.”This insight made me realise that while my current exhibition—structured around “cognition–reflection–action”—emphasizes experiential… Continue Reading →
Reflection on FACT Public Projects In class this week, our group analysed the public projects of the UK-based FACT organisation. FACT’s Radical Ancestry exhibition employs methods of cooperative inquiry and co-creation, transforming audiences into active content producers through film screenings,… Continue Reading →
The discussions across the two meetings formed the “internal and external perspectives” of my project’s development—shedding light on how to move the project from a conceptual framework to practical implementation. On March 23, our Terra Obscura group meeting—organized by Feng… Continue Reading →
This week, I participated in two group activities in the Summer Hall.In the first session, I focused on planning the curatorial rhythm and discussing the Week 9 course content with other group members. Curatorial Rhythm: From Timeline to Structural Negotiation… Continue Reading →
To Chuni: Immersive Visuals and Conceptual Clarity The core theme of your curatorial project, Life’s Fragility and Plasticity, is clearly articulated: life is constantly being “shaped, broken, and reassembled” by time, trauma, environment, and technology. From the beginning, you expressed… Continue Reading →
Why did I choose Tokyo Arts and Space? This week, I compared the exhibition structures, sociopolitical contexts, and curatorial resource distribution across China, South Korea, and Japan. 🇨🇳 China: High Structural Restrictions 🔗 https://www.instagram.com/mingcontemporaryartmuseum?igsh=cGh4N2djNmU0OGNx I visited the Ming Contemporary Art… Continue Reading →
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