Refining the Curatorial Project

This week, I continued to advance the curatorial project and began to organize the content according to the structural requirements of the newly added SICP proposal.

I will integrate the previously scattered ideas into a coherent system. Besides clear concepts, for the practical implementation of the project, I need a complete curatorial logic. Additionally, I will continue to supplement the exhibition narrative, exhibition space planning, and public project settings.

Inspiration for curatorial work brought by the archives and exhibition history

This week’s class discussed the role of archives in contemporary curating. Archives not only preserve history, but also serve as a means of organizing and rewriting history.

Reesa Greenberg’s “remembering exhibitions” theory divides the way of re-presenting historical exhibitions into three categories: replication, variation, and reprise. This theory inspired me to think that curatorial practice should not be limited to displaying artworks alone; it can also involve re-examining and understanding existing experiences and environments through different methods.

In my project, this is manifested as follows: The urban public spaces themselves constantly record people’s daily behaviors, movement patterns, and the ways different groups utilize the spaces. This constitutes a continuously updated social record. Outdoor wandering is employed as a curatorial method in the exhibition. By reorganizing the movement routes of the audience in the city, it enables the audience to re-examine the spatial structure of the city and the underlying inequalities within it in the actual spatial experience, thereby transforming the daily experiences in the city into a reflective exhibition experience.

Collective Discussion at Summerhall

In addition to the progress of individual projects, this week also included group discussions to facilitate the planning of the public projects of Summerhall Collective Space.

We have clarified the organization method of the exhibition. We determined the basic proposal for the event. The team members discussed the specific locations of the works in the space and the overall layout method to ensure that there would be a reasonable spatial relationship among different works, and also clarified the specific tasks that each member needed to undertake.

By reflecting on the spatial relationships of the exhibits, although my curatorial project is spread across six different spaces, I also need to explore stronger connections between each exhibition site, the artworks, and the public projects.

We also discussed the promotion and presentation methods for the exhibition. We decided to create exhibition posters (posters) to promote the event and invite the audience. Additionally, we will prepare an exhibition booklet to introduce the background, team, and content of the exhibition to the audience.

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