The first three issues of Art Studies reviewed and investigated the conditions for art in Asia since the 1960s through the viewpoints of researchers, curators, artists, and cultural administrators, paying special attention to Southeast Asia. Shifting the focus to the current art scene, this fourth issue takes the form of a 'curators' book'. It is a collection of reports by the curators who participated in 'Condition Report', a collaborative art project developed by young curators from Southeast Asia and Japan from late 2015 to 2017. It assembles the participants' reflections at the close of the project while also serving to examine the ever-changing socio-cultural and artistic contexts and conditions for curatorial activities in the region.
Onsite
English, 
Japanese, 
Bahasa Indonesian, 
Burmese
curatorial practice,  South East Asia,  Japan
2018
2
anthology
Condition Report: Shifting Perspectives in Asia —a Curators' Book
What is Southeast Asia?
The Construction of Collaborative Space and Its Possibilities 2000–2017: From "Under Construction" to "Condition Report"
Toward Reciprocity and Change
Shifting Practices
The Provisionality of Southeast Asia: The Value of Shifting Practices
Curating, Collectives, and Conversation
Unseen Connections: Collective Art Practice and Public Space in Southeast Asia and Japan
Curating Histories of Cultural Activism: What Are We Trying to Change?
Negotiating National Contexts
Changes and Uncertainties in Contemporary Myanmar Art
Laos in Motion
Institutions, Communication, and Discourse
Communicating with People Behind the Black Mirror
Learning with Citizens
Fixing a Broken Paper Boat: On Art Museums and Museum Curators in Indonesia
Indonesian Curators Do Not Engage in Enough Debate
Learning, Relationships, and Responsibility
Phases of Curatorial Passage
The Game-maker, the Player, and Levelling the Playing Field
Friend First, Colleague Second! A Reflection on the Issue of Trust in Curatorial Practice
Letting Go of Doubts: My Views on Transnational Curation
Curatorial Circuit: Getting Past the Confusion
The Earth From The Air: Curating as Diplomatic Work
Giving Shape to Painful Things
Afterword
Appendix: Collaborative Curatorial Projects by the Japan Foundation
The Japan Foundation Asia Center Art Studies 04: Condition Report: Shifting Perspectives in Asia - Curators' Book

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