South-East Asia and Germany: Collecting Entanglements and Embodied Histories
© Goethe-Institut Indonesien
The embodiment of history/ies in the diverse social contexts of South-East Asia and the West is at the heart of “Collecting Entanglements and Embodied Histories”.
For this project, four museums in Germany, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia have formed a collaborative venture. The goal is to create a sustainable network for curatorial dialogue based on cooperative work processes. Collections – and therefore museum politics – are framed within a greater social and historical context.
Partners in the project initiated by the Goethe-Institut are the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin, the MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum (Chiang Mai, Thailand), the Singapore Art Museum as well as the Galeri Nasional Indonesia (Jakarta, Indonesia). A launch conference in the Hamburger Bahnhof in June 2019, at which the links between curatorial and artistic practice were interrogated, will be followed by a variety of exhibitions in 2021 hosted by the institutions involved within the scope of the research and investigation project.
At each location a different focus will be addressed, under the leadership of one of the four participating curators from the research and exhibition team – Anna Catharina Gebbers (Berlin), Grace Samboh (Jakarta), June Yap (Singapore), Gridthiya Gaweewong (Chiang Mai) – in an interactive display of works from the four participating collections, taking the social and institutional context into account in each case.
For this project, four museums in Germany, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia have formed a collaborative venture. The goal is to create a sustainable network for curatorial dialogue based on cooperative work processes. Collections – and therefore museum politics – are framed within a greater social and historical context.
Partners in the project initiated by the Goethe-Institut are the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin, the MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum (Chiang Mai, Thailand), the Singapore Art Museum as well as the Galeri Nasional Indonesia (Jakarta, Indonesia). A launch conference in the Hamburger Bahnhof in June 2019, at which the links between curatorial and artistic practice were interrogated, will be followed by a variety of exhibitions in 2021 hosted by the institutions involved within the scope of the research and investigation project.
At each location a different focus will be addressed, under the leadership of one of the four participating curators from the research and exhibition team – Anna Catharina Gebbers (Berlin), Grace Samboh (Jakarta), June Yap (Singapore), Gridthiya Gaweewong (Chiang Mai) – in an interactive display of works from the four participating collections, taking the social and institutional context into account in each case.
Key words:
Collection history, networking, contemporary art
Further information:
Project page
Partners:
Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
Singapore Art Museum
MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai
Galeri Nasional Indonesia
Collection history, networking, contemporary art
Further information:
Project page
Partners:
Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
Singapore Art Museum
MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai
Galeri Nasional Indonesia