Why shift from history to myth? In the previous weeks, I focused on how to translate traditional media or reactive historical works to address contemporary issues. However, this week marks a shift to “myth” as a curatorial approach. This transition is an extension. If historical works provide specific contexts, then myth operates at the levelContinue reading Week 4 | From Myth to Method

From viewing experience to ethical issues of curation This week, I visited The Children are Now, an exhibition in Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh, and watched Children’s Rights: What’s Right? The video prompted reflections on curatorial ethics. In the work, a boy makes a discriminatory remark about a Chinese person in a school setting. AlthoughContinue reading week3|Audience in curatorial ethics

1.加图片 2.加展览链接 3.排版 4.参考文献 From “Translation of Traditional Media” to “Collocation of Time” Curating does not change the traditional media itself but, through the reorganising of space, narrative, and viewing mode, makes historical works enter contemporary perception. This idea mainly discusses how the media can be reorganised. However, the core question is, why can someContinue reading week2| How Historical Works Become Contemporary Art

The traditional turn in contemporary art In the context of contemporary art, “tradition” is no longer just an object to be preserved or inherited but gradually becomes a resource that can be reactivated and translated. More and more artists are no longer satisfied with the continuation of tradition but actively put it into the contemporaryContinue reading week1| Translation of traditional media