Becoming Animal
Images: Sharon Norwood
Sharon Norwood & Sheena Rose
live-streamed performance and presentation.
A screening of film works by Hew Locke, Harold Offeh,
Samson Kambalu and Sophie Woolley
“Is The Curator An Agent Or Double Agent Of Cultural Identity”
The ICF at The ACC
Gwangju South Korea
1st-2nd September 2016
www.internationalcuratorsforum.org
Waugh Office Productions live streamed a film presentation for ICF conference hosted by Asian Culture Center Gwangju 2016: "Is The Curator An Agent Or Double Agent Of Cultural Identity?
One interface for periscope is a map with dots, sometimes it means that those live are in the territory signified on the map however sometimes there are snags. Often Russian scoopers turn up in France, Turkey etc which signifies that the digital topography does not respect borders. In the digital cartography we are most like the nomadic subjects of the Altermodern, a portmanteau word defined by Nicolas Bourriaud, in an attempt at contextualizing art made in today’s global context as a reaction against standardisation and commercialism.
live-streamed performance and presentation.
A screening of film works by Hew Locke, Harold Offeh,
Samson Kambalu and Sophie Woolley
“Is The Curator An Agent Or Double Agent Of Cultural Identity”
The ICF at The ACC
Gwangju South Korea
1st-2nd September 2016
www.internationalcuratorsforum.org
Waugh Office Productions live streamed a film presentation for ICF conference hosted by Asian Culture Center Gwangju 2016: "Is The Curator An Agent Or Double Agent Of Cultural Identity?
One interface for periscope is a map with dots, sometimes it means that those live are in the territory signified on the map however sometimes there are snags. Often Russian scoopers turn up in France, Turkey etc which signifies that the digital topography does not respect borders. In the digital cartography we are most like the nomadic subjects of the Altermodern, a portmanteau word defined by Nicolas Bourriaud, in an attempt at contextualizing art made in today’s global context as a reaction against standardisation and commercialism.
Image: Sheena Rose
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Image: Samson Kambalu
Image: Sophie Woolley
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"Operating in this terrain which might also be defined as a chameleon Waugh Office productions where filters draw identities together. Under the surface of subjectivity what animal tropes of territory are healthy and which are regressive? How do artists respond to being representatives of cultures and when do they escape such stereotypes? Under the title of #becominganimal Julia Waugh of Waugh Office has curated a series of interruptions that explore the theme of becoming animal as a metaphorical topology of the border and will introduce the audience to the works of Sheena Rose, Sharon Norwood, Samson Kambalu, Sophie Woolley and Hew Locke also stage in Gwangju and Seoul including a special studio session with Yeesookyung. periscope and/ Facebook live."
This event was part of a two day symposia at The ACC in Gwangju “Is The Curator An Agent Or Double Agent Of Cultural Identity?”
SPEAKERS:
Sheikha Hoor Bint Sultan Al Qasimi (President and Director, Sharjah Art Foundation), David A Bailey MBE (Director of The ICF)Jeonhwan Cho (Research Fellow of Asia Culture Center), Graeme Mortimer Evelyn (Artist; Independent Curator), Melanie Keen (Director, Iniva), Namsoo Kim (Art Critic; Former Curator, Nam June Paik Art Center), Giuseppe Moscatello (Director, Maraya Art Centre), Yongsung Paik (Philosopher; Artistic director of 2016 AASN project), Kyong Park (Professor, UCSD; Director of ‘Imagining New Eurasia‘), Sara Raza (Guggenheim UBS MAP Curator, Middle East & North Africa for the New York Museum), Judith Greer (International Programmes Director, Sharjah Art Foundation), JW Stella (Director of JAC; International Associate Curator of Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art), Jessica Taylor (Independent Curator), Mark Waugh (Programme Director, ICF; Head of Research and Innovation, DACS), Jian Jun Xi (Artist; Director, UKCAA)