2/16-17 Reyum, "Curatorship: Four Faces"

This visually rich lecture aims to inform and demystify the amorphous practice of curating contemporary art. Four regionally based curators share their experience and ideas including examples of creating conceptual frameworks, organizing and activism, selecting artists and works, and building collections.

Program

Tuesday February 16, 2010

5:30pm – 6:30pm: “What’s Love Got to Do with It? Notes on Art & Activism in Asia/ America
” by Viet Le
Examples of movements within Asian American and Vietnamese visual art with a discussion of curatorial projects and the ambivalent politics of representation.

6:30pm – 7:30pm: “I walked into a space of spine tingles, it was a physical conversation built by the hands of artists” - How collected objects can be thrilling by Zoe Butt
Motivations to collect art give birth to policies and drive the significance of market concerns and artists’ success. What do curators and collectors look for and why? A look at examples of collections and what it means to be a part of a collection.

Wednesday February 17, 2010

5:30pm – 6:30pm: “Tropicality: Contemporary Art from Tropical Societies” by Viviana Mejia
A curatorial framework presenting visual narratives of selected art works from artists based in the tropics. How can the notion of “tropicality” become a critical reflection on the exoticism of the term “tropical”?

6:30pm – 7:30pm: ”Sanskrit and the New Cosmopolitanisms” by Christopher Meyers
Sanskrit used to be at the center of culture for much of South and South-east Asia, and so much of the world. What is cosmopolitanism in light of the Sanskrit model in South and Southeast Asia? What are the sites around which we can build a cosmopolitan? Can there still be such a thing as a global culture? Is it only for rich people? What are the ways we can make connections across cultures?

Participants info

Erin Gleeson
Curator and writer;
Director, Bassac Art Projects, Cambodia

Viet Le
Independent curator &artist ;
Senior Research Fellow, Center for Khmer Studies;
Ph.D. candidate, University of Southern California

Zoe Butt
Curator and writer
Director, Programs and Development, San Art, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam;
Curatorial Manager, Post Vidai, Vietnam

Viviana Mejia
Consultant with Singapore Contemporary Art Research;
M.A. (Distinction) in Contemporary Art, Sotheby’s Institute of Art Singapore

Christopher Meyers
Artist and writer, USA and Vietnam
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