Date: 5 April 2025, 15:00-17:00. Venue: Summerhall, Edinburgh. Attendees:Peiyao Lyu, Tianyi Chen, Tianrui Li, Beini Cai, Yuge Dai, Jianglu Xiao, Yuewen Sun, Qu Chu, Qiqi Yang, Jiayang Yang, Jiamin Zhu.   This week, our collective focused on unpacking the role of critical reflection in shaping both individual and collaborative curatorial projects. As we approach final […]

Date: 28 March 2025, 15:00-17:00. Venue: Summerhall, Edinburgh. Attendees:Peiyao Lyu, Tianyi Chen, Tianrui Li, Beini Cai, Yuge Dai, Jianglu Xiao, Yuewen Sun, Qu Chu, Qiqi Yang, Jiayang Yang, Jiamin Zhu.   At our recent collective meeting, we role-played as a diverse group of professionals from various sectors, engaging in a discussion about an art exhibition. […]

This week’s seminar on Publics and Public Programmes challenged the neat myth of the ‘public’ and instead invited us to think about plural, politicised publics – mobile, relational and often in tension. Rather than seeing the audience as passive recipients, we explored how public projects can be radical instruments of co-creation, resistance and care. These […]

Project title: Between Myths   Brief introduction: The project, entitled Between Myths, curates a multifaceted exploration of contemporary myth-making and cultural memory. At the heart of our enquiry are questions of identity and impermanence: how do myths and narratives shape the experiences of diaspora communities, articulate the impermanence of migration, and interrogate the ecological and […]

Your curatorial proposal demonstrates a strong conceptual foundation, particularly in its engagement with cultural hybridity within the context of globalization. Initially framed as East-West Art Interaction, your project has evolved into Transcending Dichotomy and Exploring Cultural Integration, drawing inspiration from Hou Hanru’s approach, which positions exhibitions as platforms for social experimentation and dialogue. This shift […]

The ninth week of the Publishing as Curating course has given me a new way of thinking about and planning my own personal curatorial project (SICP). Not only did the course give me a new understanding of the possibilities of publishing as an independent and revolutionary curatorial practice, but it also opened my eyes to […]

The week9 seminar, Publishing as Curating, opened a portal into reimagining curation beyond physical spaces. Led by Adam Benmakhlouf, the session dissected how publishing — whether zines, toolkits, or experimental publications — can act as a radical curatorial practice.   Publishing as an Expanded Curatorial Space One of the most striking takeaways was the idea […]

Date: 17 March 2025, 15:00-17:00. Venue: Summerhall, Edinburgh. Attendees:Peiyao Lyu, Tianyi Chen, Tianrui Li, Beini Cai, Yuge Dai, Jianglu Xiao, Yuewen Sun, Qu Chu, Qiqi Yang, Jiayang Yang, Jiamin Zhu.   In our recent panel discussion, we shared and explored a number of art exhibitions and artists’ works around the theme of Spring, showing how […]

In order to respond more closely to the feedback from my tutors at WEEK7, I have restructured the exhibition programme to focus more on contemporary art practices of the last ten to twenty years. Below are the key changes regarding the selection of works, the exhibition venue and the conceptual framework.   New Venues: Collective(City […]

Date: 13 March 2025, 17:00-19:00. Venue: Summerhall, Edinburgh. Attendees:Peiyao Lyu, Tianyi Chen, Tianrui Li, Beini Cai, Yuge Dai, Jianglu Xiao, Yuewen Sun, Qu Chu, Qiqi Yang, Jiayang Yang, Jiamin Zhu.   Agenda: Introduction to Portia Zvavahera’s exhibition Zvakazarurwa. Key themes and artistic techniques. Discussion and reflections.   1. Introduction to Portia Zvavahera’s Exhibition The session […]