Chats with Curators
How have curators pivoted the way they worked in the past year to continue working with artists and their communities? We check in with four curators: Alia Swastika in Indonesia, Chum Chanveasna in Cambodia, Đỗ Tường Linh in Vietnam and Rebecca Yeoh in Malaysia. They talk about how they have intentionally developed their curatorial practice in the past year, including setbacks and highlight projects, what has stood out to them in their local art scene, and their recommendations for places to visit.
Alia Swastika Director, Biennale Jogja Foundation Could you talk about your curatorial practice in the past year? For example, how did you intentionally develop it, what were the setbacks (if any) and what were highlight projects for you? Like many other people working in the arts and experiencing pandemic with quite limited sources, I significantly changed my life and slowed down in the last two years. After a decade of high frequency of traveling around the world for exhibitions abroad and conferences, I stay grounded, finally. The first months gave me a sense of peace and calm, since I got what I felt I lost before. But after a year, there was an insecurity, and I started wondering if my life would be the same again. Would I be involved in those large-scale exhibitions abroad again, or would the world leave me behind? And with all the problems revealed during pandemic, how would I contribute more to the world I live in?
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