🔝Three-Week Focus  Over Weeks 9–11, we explored how publishing, public programmes, and self-archiving can each serve as critical curatorial tools. These lectures became the conceptual foundation of our Fear as Method workshop at Summerhall, where we applied their key ideas… Continue Reading →

Project Title Echo of Petals in the Dark Link to previous post: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2676907_curating-2024-2025sem2/2025/02/14/week5-6-the-further-theme-structure-of-telfer-subway-curatorial-project/ Keywords Ghost Art, Lo-fi Aesthetics, Marginality, Non-Places, Poor Image, Reproducibility, Anti-aesthetic, Site-Specific Medium Video, Installation & Sculpture, Print The use of video in this exhibition directly responds to… Continue Reading →

Beichen Huang’ Blog:https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2558598_curating-2024-2025sem2/ Beichen Huang’s blog is well-structured, covering class discussions and SICP with clear PDF inserts. Play and Pay explores how capitalism shapes video games through Narrative, Devices, and Systems, using interactive gameplay to engage visitors and highlight market influences on… Continue Reading →

🔝Week’s Focus This week focused on media and time, especially how time-based media (TBM) reshape curatorial space and narrative structures. I reflected on my SICP project, which includes multiple moving image works. I plan to integrate both black box screenings… Continue Reading →

Curators in Glasgow use the historical context of their sites to create exhibitions. They break traditional linear narratives and engage with space. These exhibitions explore history while offering new ways to understand art, history, and society. Each institution applies different… Continue Reading →

🔝Week’s Focus This week’s lecture introduced artist-run spaces as flexible, self-organised models that prioritise experimentation, mobility, and local engagement. I reflected on how my SICP project could adopt low-cost, modular, and reusable strategies—such as temporary installations and portable media—to maximise… Continue Reading →

🔝 Week’s Focus This week’s lecture explores place-responsive curatorial programming through the work of ATLAS Arts, a rurally-situated contemporary arts organisation working across Skye, Raasay, and Lochalsh. Frances Davis introduces three ATLAS projects—Samhla, The School of Plural Futures, and the… Continue Reading →

🔝Week’s Focus This week’s focus was a rapid prototyping workshop led by Talbot Rice Gallery curator James Clegg. We explored floor plans, budgeting, Miro-based teamwork, and curatorial feasibility. I was especially inspired by James’ use of 3D modeling and spatial… Continue Reading →

🔝Week’s Focus This week focused on Fran Cottell’s curatorial practice within her own home. By turning domestic space into an exhibition site, she disrupted the boundary between private and public. Her use of platforms, peepholes, and window-based viewing activated the… Continue Reading →

Say hi to curating: Thinking through disorder Starting this curating course feels like stepping into a new chapter, full of curiosity and possibilities. 📖✨ It’s exciting to think about exploring curatorial ideas, experimenting with new methods, and letting creativity take… Continue Reading →