A delayed post! It has been a month since the exhibition opening day on 5 March. I was one of the teacher-curators for the art educators' developmental and explorations (aedge 2019) exhibition. It was held in the art gallery of the School of the Arts, Singapore.
It was an intensive business and we had our meetings mostly in the evenings. Most of our communication was taken online and well aware of our responsibilities or at least complement each other. I was the only primary school art teacher so it was nice to hear different perspectives. I wouldn't think of swapping places with them when children's explorations are more fun and crazy (rest assured your kids are safe with me). I would also definitely miss the funny questions.
From the theme of the exhibition, Time & space, we gathered 3 sub-themes so that we could organise the selected body of work under each strand and we could have private communication with the artists whose work are placed under the sub-themes.
During this period, I pored over books to help me understand the concept of curating as much as possible:
Curators build bridges in gaps between artists, the public, institutions and other types of communities. By building temporary communities and connecting people and practices, they also create conditions for triggering future collaborations and projects.
I'm thankful to be part of this experience and being able to learn so much from everyone in the team.
It was an intensive business and we had our meetings mostly in the evenings. Most of our communication was taken online and well aware of our responsibilities or at least complement each other. I was the only primary school art teacher so it was nice to hear different perspectives. I wouldn't think of swapping places with them when children's explorations are more fun and crazy (rest assured your kids are safe with me). I would also definitely miss the funny questions.
From the theme of the exhibition, Time & space, we gathered 3 sub-themes so that we could organise the selected body of work under each strand and we could have private communication with the artists whose work are placed under the sub-themes.
During this period, I pored over books to help me understand the concept of curating as much as possible:
- Rethinking curating: art after new media / Beryl Graham and Sarah Cook
- Ways of curating / Hans Ulrich Obrist with Asad Raza
- Curationism: how curating took over the art world and everything else / David Balzer
Curators build bridges in gaps between artists, the public, institutions and other types of communities. By building temporary communities and connecting people and practices, they also create conditions for triggering future collaborations and projects.I'm thankful to be part of this experience and being able to learn so much from everyone in the team.
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📷: Dorathy |
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📷: Amanda |
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📷: STAR |
