On Curating

This course considers curation as a critical
social practice. Students from across the
institute are invited to engage with specific
issues within curatorial studies, such as site
specificity, globalization, social engagement and
aesthetics. We invite students to ask questions
about the agency of the curator in relation to
artists, institutions and societies at large. The
course is designed to critically engage such
curatorial questions alongside practical aspects
of curating. We will hear from curators as well as
consider design, budget and audience response to
specific exhibitions. Students are asked to design
and conceptualize their own exhibition for the
course in diverse and experimental media.