The Hidden Project Roundtable Talk #dawa2022

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“Diverse As We Are” (DAWA), the International Festival of Inclusive Culture presents:

The Hidden Project Roundtable Talk

Creative Lab on Curation and Access

in East Asia 2022

© The Hidden Project

Language: Chinese, English, Chinese Sign Language (Valid ID-card is required for the rent of a simultaneous interpreting headset.)

Date: Monday, September 26, 2022, 19:00–21:00

Guests: Sean Lee (online), Michelle Yeonho Hyun (online), Liu Yi, Keri Ryan (online)

Moderator: Wu Yaqiong (Supervisor of Media & Education, OCAT Shanghai)

Venue: Department of Culture and Education of the German Consulate General in Shanghai, 101 Cross Tower, 318 Fuzhou Road, Shanghai (Accessible Route Directions)

Admission: Due to current security regulations, the number of participants will be limited to 30. Please be sure to register via Huodongxing beforehand for this activity.

QR-Code for registration 👇or online via Zoom:

Zoom webinar registration link: https://goethe-institut.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tt5QnlcMRjaulBQ0Gg6koQ

or live stream via Wechat:

(Chinese & Chinese Sign Language)

DAWA Access Hotline: [phone] (Operating hours: 8:00–22:00 from September 7 to October 9, 2022)

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If you are unable to attend the event due to personal reasons after registering, please cancel your registration on the Huodongxing platform at least 24 hours before the event starts. For those who are unable to register because the event is at capacity, please follow the instructions on the registration page to receive notifications if someone cancels their reservation.

In order to enter the Department of Culture and Education, visitors must have a green code with a negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours and scan the corresponding location code. Visitors who do not have a smartphone can apply for an offline code in advance; in this case, you must bring valid identification.

The event may be postponed or canceled depending on the conditions of the pandemic. Registrants are advised to check their mobile phone messages or our WeChat posts for updates.

“Accessible curation” is a new term that is not very well known in the field of visual arts in China or even in East Asia. It is as if it is a “hidden” concept.

The Hidden Project* is a creative lab launched in February 2022, dedicated to accessible curation in the field of visual arts.

After seven invite-only workshops, the “Hidden Project” will no longer be hidden and be opened to the public in Shanghai in September. This roundtable talk is an opportunity for visual arts practitioners and the general public to learn more about accessible curation and come together to think critically about accessible curation together.

The Hidden Project will be one of events in “Diverse As We Are” - International Festival of Inclusive Culture (DAWA) and get support from the Canadian Consulate in Shanghai and the Goethe-Institut. The final goal is to challenge the "compulsive physical and mental integrity", which is common in the traditional visual arts practice, and to encourage an accessible and supportive ecology for artists and curators who identify as disabled.

*The Hidden Project started in February 2022, launched by the Department of Culture and Education of the German Consulate General in Shanghai, and supported by OCAT Shanghai and the Goethe-Institut in East Asia.

Through an open call selection, 29 curators from different cities in East Asia, like Ulan Bataar, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, Osaka, etc., participated in various online sessions to discuss concepts of accessibility and learn more about disability movements in the West. The Hidden Project has been supported by international professionals including Dr. Kate Brehme, co-founder of berlinklusion, Network for Accessibility in Arts and Culture in Berlin, Germany, and Sean Lee, the Director of Programming at Tangled Art + Disability in Toronto, Canada. More

Invited Panelists

Sean Lee

Director of Programming at

Tangled Art + Disability in Toronto, Canada

Sean Lee (he/they) is an artist and curator exploring the notion of disability art as the last avant-garde. Orienting towards a “crip horizon”, he is interested in the transformative possibilities of crip community building and accessible curatorial practices that desire the ways disability can disrupt. Sean holds a B.A. in Arts Management and Studio from University of Toronto Scarborough and is currently the Director of Programming at Tangled Art + Disability. Previously, he was Tangled’s inaugural Curator in Residence (2016) as well as Tangled’s Gallery Manager (2017). Sean is also an independent curator, lecturer, and advisor, adding his insights and perspectives to conversations across Canada, the US, and internationally. Sean currently sits on the board of the Toronto Arts Council and CARFAC Ontario, and is a member of the OAC’s Deaf and Disability Advisory Committee and Chair of TAC’s Visual and Media Arts Committee.

Michelle Y. Hyun

Curator/Director of Institute of Contemporary

Arts at New York University Shanghai

Michelle Yeonho Hyun makes exhibitions and events with artists and others. She reads, writes, and talks about art and other things.  She is the director/curator of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) at NYU Shanghai.  She was previously a curator for the Shanghai Project (2016), Gwangju Biennale 20th anniversary exhibition (2014), and the University of California San Diego University Art Gallery (2012-14).  She has also organized projects for the New Museum (New York), Creative Time (New York), and What, How & for Whom (WHW) (Zagreb).

Liu Yi

artist and public art curator

Liu Yi, an independent artist, educator and practitioner in the field of public art. Through different forms of creation such as painting, sculpture, installation, video and performance, he explores the issues and relationships between body and space, spirit and matter, individual and public, and the sense of locality and abstraction of culture. He is also interested in the narrative relationship between digital media, physical materials and creative themes, and has produced a large number of graphic or spatial artworks that use everyday life and social scene as a context.

Keri Ryan

Curator of Learning and Interpretation

at M+ Art Museum, Hong Kong

Keri Ryan is the Lead Curator for Learning and Interpretation at M+ where she is responsible for leading programming and interpretative engagement that connects visual culture with audiences of all ages. One of the core pillars of M+ is its commitment to accessibility so inclusive practices are core to its learning and visitor experience strategies. Prior to joining M+, Keri spent 12 years at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada in a range of roles including the Director of Public Programming and Learning. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s Master of Museum Studies.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 19:00-21:00

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 19:00-20:30

Friday, September 23, 2022, 18:30-21:00

Saturday, September 24, 2022, 19:00-21:30

Sunday, September 25, 2022, 14:00-15:10

Sunday, September 25, 2022, 15:30-17:00

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