This was the last meeting before Gurrl Dinner, occurring 5 days prior to Sunday, the 6th of April, where we discussed the final details that we would have to complete in advance of the event as well as a timetable to shape how the evening should progress. Scheduling First, we ensured that each of the […]

I decided to treat the Menu for Gurrl Dinner as a form of publication, offering a form of physical companion document that reflects the content of the event while also acting as a record of the activities that the participants completed. This was influenced by the Week 9 reading, Publishing as Artistic Practice, by Anne […]

In this week’s meeting in the Summerhall space, we started by reflecting on the aesthetic themes that emerged in making a collective Pinterest board focused on the forms of decoration that we would like to constitute the table scape. We agreed that natural materials would make up the main body of the decoration, with foraged […]

On Thursday, the 27th of March, I attended the online talk titled Curation a Personal Ethics by JP Martinon. In this session Martinon described how curators can apply Foucauldian ideas to develop a personal ethics manifesto, shaping the evolution of creative projects with an embedded regard for objective oriented ethics. I found his discussion on […]

Gurrl Dinner: Responding to the importance of recognising the audiences we wish to engage in our individual speculative projects,  Kate Garramone, Emily Geary, Sarah Percival, and myself decided to use the collective Summerhall space as a location to host a workshop event. We situated this activity as an opportunity to understand more about the processes […]

Talbot rice: Trading Zone Trading Zone is the biennial exhibition hosted by the Talbot Rice Gallery, featuring the works of students selected from across Edinburgh College of Art. Developed by exhibition curator James Clegg, the central thesis of this exhibition is focused on the variety of art on display, with wall texts identifying the term […]

Xinyao Tong: Peer Review   Ethics + Theme: You have a strong sense of theme that focuses on the development of your curatorial practice, which deepens as you define an exhibition purpose, creating an escape from the stress of the real world to supplement your theme and develop a dream exhibition experience. This new consideration […]

In Week 8 we had our first collective meeting in the office space of Summerhall. Prior to this we arranged an itinerary to structure the time spent in the space. During our Week 7 online meeting as a collective we decided that Xi Sun, Xiaoyu Kang, and I would lead the session, and during the […]

Curatorial Ethics The etymological meaning of ‘curator’ means one who has a duty to take care. Responsibility is the core principle of curation; thus, ethical practice should be at the forefront of any curatorial project (Schuppert, 2021). So in the week 8 collective planning meeting, we mentioned the possibility of offering volunteer opportunities, stating that […]

Week 8 Collective meeting: This meeting was conducted after a presentation that expanded on the SCIP toolkit that we were provided with at the beginning of this module, listing the advanced requirements of our individual curatorial project. I noted the emphasis on curatorial ethics. Reflecting on the presentation alongside the other members of my collective, […]