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 curator’s 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

Naoko’s 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 artist’s studio or an exhibition (TBC)

12.00 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 16.30

Visiting either an artist’s 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