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1 day agoX Zhu-Nowell
Curating is relational authorship requiring decisions about where to act, with whom, and in whose service, emphasizing geography, migration, and alternative institutions.
'The others are about a specific artist or the history of curating ... [My French publisher Seuil] felt it might be of interest to do a personal book but there was never the time. At least at the beginning of lockdown, before all the Zoom calls started, there was a bit of time! The death of my mother was also an important aspect.'
Curating, for me, is about expanding the circles around the artist. It is a process of cultural production centered on translation, extending from the nucleus and into the cellular system. Curating travels from the studio to the gallery or museum and to the communication or information networks through which the art will inevitably pass, intersecting with other social and cultural phenomena.