Uncommon Pursuits |
Session IV –
Thinking through Curating

Opening: 07.08.2018  Exhibition on view until 10.08.2018 Location: Sàn Art Library   Uncommon Pursuits, established in the summer of 2018, is a school dedicated to emerging Southeast Asian curators who aspire to gain theoretical and practical skills as they research, write and curate contemporary art in their translocal contexts. Please find more information on our program here. The practice of a curating contemporary art covers a diverse set of expectations and requirements: engagement with artist[s] and audiences; and managing tangible and intangible processes such as the writing of interpretative text...

Zoe Butt

Zoe Butt is currently Artistic Director of the The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in Ho Chi Minh City. She has held curatorial and directorial posts at Sàn Art in Ho Chi Minh City, Long March Project in Beijing and Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane where she assisted in the development of the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT). Zoe is one of the curators of the Sharjah Biennial 2019.  Recent select projects include Poetic Amnesia: Phan Thao Nguyen (2017), The Factory; Dislocate: Bui Cong Khanh (2016), The Factory; Conscious Realities...

San Art Laboratory Intensive – Day 3

Today, international curators, writers and collectors are looking towards South East Asia with immense interest. In Vietnam, is our artistic community prepared for this attention? Do we want it? What do we need to be aware of, what do we need to prepare and why? ‘San Art Laboratory Intensive’ is a series of conversations that will attempt to answer these questions, kick-started by particular speakers, but ultimately will be considered successful if our audience is willing with questions and comments! – – – – – ‘I hate curators and art...

San Art Laboratory Intensive – Day 1

Today, international curators, writers and collectors are looking towards South East Asia with immense interest. In Vietnam, is our artistic community prepared for this attention? Do we want it? What do we need to be aware of, what do we need to prepare and why? ‘San Art Laboratory Intensive’ is a series of conversations that will attempt to answer these questions, kick-started by particular speakers, but ultimately will be considered successful if our audience is willing with questions and comments! – – – – – ‘Why does it matter that...

San Art Laboratory Intensive

‘San Art Laboratory Intensive’ is a series of conversations that will attempt to answer these questions, kick-started by particular speakers, but ultimately will be considered successful if our audience is willing with questions and comments!