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CHRISTINE CLARKE is an independent curator and formerly Special Projects Manager at the Humanities Research Centre. She was extensively involved in the first three Asia-Pacific Triennial exhibitions in 1993, 1996 and 1999, undertaking a research, curatorial and coordination role with particular focus on the Southeast Asian Region. Through an Asialink Arts Management Residency she has conducted art management workshops throughout Indonesia and is currently working with Indonesian curators on numerous projects for 2003 and 2004. She has curated a number of exhibitions involving Australian and Asian artists and has developed a database on contemporary Asian art. Contact |
Reflections My reflections of <abstractions> predominantly relate to the creation of spaces. The workshops, exhibition, website and periods in-between provided spaces which enabled the participating artists and curators to continually reinvestigate individual works and connections between works and across the project. Spaces that educe readings of passage, layering and multiple connections are indeed difficult to effectuate. To my mind, the creation of such spaces is particularly difficult to achieve when working with a large curatorium. Yet <abstractions> enabled such intersections and connections to occur, notwithstanding the divergences and disquiet the process and outcomes, crucially, contained. The process of <abstraction> enabled the individual artists localised experiences and influences to be seen within a broader context: surprising threads were revealed with themes of memory, home and place emerging. These themes, and indeed others, continue to be reviewed and investigated. Christine curated Phaptawan Suwannakudt's works. |
