On the Question of Exhibition: Part 3 joint launch event with Afterall

Pablo Lafuente works as a writer, editor and curator, with a focus on collaborative and educational practices. He lives in Rio de Janeiro, where he is currently the Artistic Diretor of the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, together with Keyna Eleison. He was co-curator of the 31st Bienal de São Paulo (2014), the ‘Zarigüeya/Alabado Contemporáneo” project (Museo de Arte Precolombino Casa del Alabado, Quito, 2015-ongoing), and the exhibitions ‘Dja Guata Porã: Rio de Janeiro indígena (Museu de Arte do Rio, 2017-18) and ‘A Singular Form’ (Secession, Vienna, 2014). He was an editor for Afterall and Afterall Books, and is currently a Series Editor for the Exhibition Histories series.

David Morris is a research fellow and editor at Afterall, working particularly on the Exhibition Histories series. His work explores different approaches to artistic research, education and exhibitions, with a particular focus on experimental and collective practices. He is co-editor, with Sylvère Lotringer, of Schizo-Culture: The Event, The Book(Semiotext(e)/The MIT Press, 2014); with David Teh, of Artist-to-Artist: Independent Art Festivals in Chiang Mai 1992–98 (Afterall Books, 2018); among other publications. With Helena Vilalta he leads a research masters’ programme in Exhibition Studies at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.

Grace Samboh questions (a little bit) too many things all at the same time and believes that every person needs at least three copies of themselves. Her recent curatorial works are: Group show “FOMO/JOMO: Hacking modernism’s duality” at RUBANAH Underground Hub in conjunction with archive show “From, by and for whom? Visualization of the national history” at Gudskul (Jakarta, 2019); A duo show of Julia Sarisetiati and Vicky Do co-curated with Bill Nguyen “We’re in this together” in the Factory Contemporary Art Center (Ho Chi Minh City, 2018); A group show at Mizuma Gallery, Singapore, “Carte Blanche: Anxiety” (Singapore, 2017); A travelling museum that re-started a conversation on Indonesia’s recent democracy “Museum Tanpa Tanda Jasa (The Unsung Museum)” (2016-2018); A multiple way of exchange(s) “Banyak-banyak” (Many-many) within a platform of Gertrude Contemporary Art Space (Melbourne, 2014-2015) called The Independence Project; A year of artistic research “Tahun Tanah 2015” (The Earth Year) with Jatiwangi art Factory (Majalengka, West Java). With Hyphen, her partners in curiosity, she is unraveling data, fact and stories about Gerakan Seni Rupa Baru Indonesia (Indonesia New Art Movement, 1975-1989); compiling behind the scene stories of the national museum dioramas made under the supervision of the eminent sculptor Edhi Sunarso (1932-2016); and connecting intertextualities amongst various forms of Danarto’s (1940-2018) lifetime works.
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Lucy Steeds works as a writer, editor and teacher. Based at University of the Arts London (UAL) as a reader in Art Theory and Exhibition Histories, she is senior research fellow and series editor for Afterall’s Exhibition Histories series of books. Together with Bo Choy, Charles Esche and David Morris, she co-edited the most recent volume in the series, Art and Its Worlds: Exhibitions, Institutions and Art Becoming Public. With other collaborators she has co-edited Curating After the Global (2019), How Institutions Think (2017) and The Curatorial Conundrum (2016); and is responsible for Exhibition in the Documents of Contemporary Art series (2014). Lucy convenes the Research Network at UAL, offering a programme of support for the University’s doctoral students.