The Mekong Curatorial Workshop 2007
Hue, Vietnam
Date: 2, 3, 5, and 6 April 2007
Venue: New Space Art Gallery
Address: 28 Pham Ngu Lao Street, Hue
Phone: +84 54 849353
Email: thanhhaiart@dng.vnn.vn
The work of curators and the curatorial processes is new and unfamiliar for public in the Mekong Region. There are very few educational curators in this region. In order to instigate curatorial practices, The Mekong Art and Culture Project in collaboration with Goethe Institut (Bangkok), National Faculty of Fine Arts (Vientiane), Meta House (Phnom Penh), and New Space Art Gallery (Hue) organizes The Mekong Curatorial Workshop 2007, which will be taking place in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam respectively during March and April 2007.
The aims of the workshop are:
- to contribute knowledge relating to curatorial processes to those who work in the area of contemporary art or related fields
- to provide an opportunity for creative individuals to gain more experiences in the curatorial processes with professional curators
- to encourage participants to use new knowledge in any curatorial work in the future
- to seek a potential participant in each workshop venue, who will be appointed as a curator to work with The Mekong Art and Culture Project with connection to Curatorial & Exhibition Project
The Mekong Curatorial Workshop 2007 is a four-day intensive workshop at New Space Art Gallery. The workshop covers the overview of curators working processes and previous experiences. There will also be a floor for discussion and brainstorm among participants as well as for them to present their own projects created during the workshop.
Workshop conductor: Naoko Usuki
Coordinator: Jakapan Vilasineekul
Translator: TBC
Workshop outline
Day 1: A curator, as a mediator between art and the society
Monday, 2 April 2007
08.00 16.30
08.00 08.30
Registration
08.30 08.45
Introduction of The Mekong Curatorial Workshop 2007 by Jakapan Vilasineekul
08.45 09.00
Welcome speech by President of Hue Fine Art Association Mr Dang Mau Tuu and Phan Thanh Binh, Vice Rector of Hue College of Arts
09.00 10.30
Introduction of the workshop by Naoko Uzuki
10.30 10.45
Tea and coffee break
10.45 12.00
Naokos Presentation on the curatorial work focusing on Domestic Bliss a group exhibition at the South London Gallery, London in 2000
12.00 14.00
Lunch
14.00 16.00
Participants introduction on why they want to join the workshop, their backgrounds, experiences, and past curatorial practices and/or art-related projects (if any)
Day 2: Field Trip / Exhibition and Artist Studio Visit
Tuesday, 3 April 2007
08.30 -16.30
08.30 09.30
Introduction of Day 2: Field Trip / Exhibition and Artist Studio Visit
09.00 12.00
Leaving for either an artists studio or an exhibition (TBC)
12.00 14.00
Lunch
14.00 16.30
Visiting either an artists studio or an exhibition (TBC)
Day 3: Brainstorming a concept & works
Thursday, 5 April 2007
8.30 16.30
8.30 11.30
Brainstorming a concept & works
09.30 09.45
Tea and coffee break
09.45 12.00
Brainstorming a concept & works (continued)
12.00 14.00
Lunch
14.00 15.00
Developing an idea for exhibition project/ Making a proposal
15.00 15.15
Tea and coffee break
15.15 16.30
Developing an idea for exhibition project/ Making a proposal (continued)
Day 4: Presentation by participants and Naoko's comments
Friday, 6 April 2007
08.30 16.30
08.30 09.30
Presentations by participants followed by Naoko's comments
09.30 09.45
Tea and coffee break
09.45 12.00
Presentations by participants followed by Naoko's comments (Continued)
12.00 14.00
Lunch
14.00 15.00
Presentations by participants followed by Naoko's comments (Continued)
15.00 15.15
Tea and coffee break
15.15 16.30
Naoko's summery
