I will be moderating a roundtable discussion called ‘Who Needs Curators?’ as part of Sindikat Kurator di Penang.
Sindikat Kurator di Penang is a 2-day curatorial forum stemmed from the Sindikat Campursari exhibition under the umbrella project of Condition Report organised by the Japan Foundation Asia Center, which took place from 14 January to 14 February 2017 at the Gudang Sarinah Ekosistem, Jakarta. 4 curators from Vietnam, Thailand, Japan and Malaysia who were involved in the project will regroup in Penang to reflect on the Sindikat Campursari exhibition, their participation on the Japan Foundation Asia Center curators workshop, and how this programme has influenced their individual curatorial practice.
They will be joined by local curators, art historians, cultural practitioners and visual artists to further explore issues related to curatorial practice within localized contexts. This forum will kick start with sharing sessions by curators from different backgrounds on the first day, followed by a curator-artist speed dating and two sessions of roundtable discussions on the second day.
More info on roundtable discussions framework, moderator and panelists:
#1 ‘The invisibility cloak of the curator‘
#2 ‘Who needs curators?‘
This event will be held at the Event Hall, Bangunan UAB, 21-35 Gat Lebuh China from 10 AM to 6 PM.
This is a free event, registration encouraged.
Day 1, 18 November 2017 (SAT)
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1000 Registration
1100 Sindikat Campursari exhibition presentation
1200 ~ Break for lunch ~
1300 Haryany Mohamad
1330 Le Thuan Uyen
1400 Vittavin Leelavanachai
1430 Kazuhiko Yoshizaki
1500 ~ Tea ~
1530 Hoo Fan Chon
1600 Chuah Ee Yan
1630 Kuah Li Feng
Day 2, 19 November 2017 (SUN)
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1000 Registration
1030 Artist-curator speed dating
1230 ~ Break for lunch ~
1330 Roundtable discussion #1 ‘The invisibility cloak of the curator’
1530 ~ Tea ~
1600 Roundtable discussion #2 ‘Who needs curators?’
1800 Conclude.