Meeting Process

This week’s discussion on collective space is divided into two parts: (1) Reporting on the progress of individual projects and the challenges encountered so far, and (2) Selecting an exhibition space to analyse how it enhances the exhibition narrative and considering whose project in the team it may inspire.”

week8: Group meeting process

Part 1：Group individual project report

First, in the individual project reports, we uncovered the ideological blind spots hidden within our curatorial practices. Many members face a core dilemma: the choice of exhibition space and the acquisition of artist resources.

Personal Curatorial Portfolio

As a curator focusing on the ‘time poverty of East Asian women,‘ my project constantly grapples with two tensions: 1. When the survival dilemmas of ‘East Asian women’ are placed within the white cube spaces of Western cities, does it unconsciously reproduce a colonial gaze? 2. Can I foster genuine cross-regional women’s solidarity through a hybrid model of online and offline curation?

This tension recalls our Week 6 session on artist-led spaces, where Adam Lewis-Jacobs emphasized how venues like Transmission Gallery operate as platforms for decentralized, community-responsive curatorial methods. Rather than reinforcing institutional neutrality, such spaces allow space itself to become a political tool.

Transmission Gallery

Echoing this, Mike Kelley’s essay Artist/Critic? underscores the urgency of positional reflexivity for practitioners who navigate across cultural coordinates. Rather than claiming to speak for the subaltern, I aim to curate frameworks that host plural, situated voices without forcing resolution.
Here, the exhibition becomes not a space of authority, but one of co-presence and productive friction. It invites the audience to reflect—does your time truly belong to you?

Part 2: Social Metaphor and Intervention in Exhibition Space

Each member focused on key dimensions such as space and atmosphere, viewing methods, and artist practices.

Fortunately, Xi and Ruoyun provided me with cases and resources on feminist artists, helping me further refine the selection of works that align with the exhibition theme. Additionally, during the meeting, we collaboratively created a shared resource area: ‘Useful Artist Search Links’ to facilitate resource exchange.

Conclusion:

This week’s group meeting ended successfully! I gained a lot more than I expected!

Reference：

Miro from Terra Obscura Team：https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVIWQ0QWQ=/

Transmission Gallery – Glasgow：https://www.transmissiongallery.org/programme/join-the-committee-2025

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