Following my mentor’s advice on my project, I reflected that engaging women’s organizations and communities could enhance the real-world impact and sustainability of my exhibition. How the Care Project Informed My Perspective on Space, Community, and Human Connection The “Care”… Continue Reading →

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… Continue Reading →

Thinking: Differences between contemporary exhibitions and traditional art museum practices The Hunterian Museum visited this time adopting a linear historical narrative as its core and constructing a knowledge system based on the authority of its permanent collections. The spatial layout primarily… Continue Reading →

Life, Decay, and Cycles in Material Form This week’s visit to the Corpse Flower Pop-Up exhibition offered a visceral and materially rich exploration of life, death, decay, and regeneration. The Amorphophallus titanum—renowned for its stench of rot—served as a potent… Continue Reading →

Feedback to two classmates’ blogs Haonan’s blog extends from individual death experiences (Week 3 & 4) to collective memory (Week 5), incorporating philosophical perspectives such as Taoism, Sartre, and Beauvoir, thereby deepening the curatorial analysis. By referencing the Sisters! exhibition,… Continue Reading →

In my previous blog, I explored how social media intensifies women’s “self-optimisation pressure.” But who defines “beauty” actually? The Cult of Beauty exhibition provided part of the answer. Case Studies: The Cult of Beauty From classical sculpture to modern algorithms,… Continue Reading →

Sustained attention exploitation In 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep, Chapter 4: The Interface of Control, Crary critiques the social media and digital entertainment industries for exploiting people’s attention to generate profit.Platforms employ recommendation algorithms, push notifications, and… Continue Reading →

 Research Background The exhibition 24/7 employs a multi-sensory experience to prompt audiences to reflect on how capitalism erodes our time through technology, work structures, and social media, forcing us into a perpetual operation. How 24/7 reveals time control in modern… Continue Reading →

Through one-on-one mentoring and group discussions with peer evaluations, I deeply reflected on my project. Reflection on the 1 to 1 tutorial: First, the curatorial approach should avoid merely individualizing social issues. For example, instead of simply providing a ‘healing’… Continue Reading →

Learning from “Personal Accounts” by Gabrielle Goliath This week, I saw the video installation Personal Accounts, curated by Tessa Giblin and created by artist Gabrielle Goliath. Goliath combines still images with gestures, micro-expressions, and silent exchanges to suggest that trauma… Continue Reading →