Rockbund Art Museum 上海外滩美术馆

In the talk, Amy Lien and Harry Burke will be jointly responding to the CPA research theme of ‘Institution Building’. Assessing various case studies in Asia, their presentation will explore points of difference and convergence shared between large-scale institutional structures and self-organized collectives. They will begin by discussing some of the ways in which museums in Asia have assumed the role of defining contemporary art in the region. They will then address how collectives are challenging this narrative, with particular attention given to the foregrounding of community as an aesthetic frame. Among the examples of collectivised practices in Southeast Asia that they will consider are Pasirputih, who have responded to the problematic tourism economy in Lombok, Indonesia, and the artist-activist group SAKA, whose work has been developed in the context of agrarian reform campaigns in the Philippines. These case studies will be expanded upon through experiences shared from their ongoing collaborative practices, such as Amy Lien and Enzo Camacho’s recent project “Alternatives to Land” - an experimental seminar, produced in collaboration with Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, that sought to position the museum in relation to regional and global land struggles. Throughout, Lien and Burke will ask how institutional resources can be used to generate solidarity among non-institutional projects, and contribute to alternative terrains for art and notions of contemporaneity to emerge from.

在本次讲座中，连洁（Amy Lien）和哈利·布尔克（Harry Burke）将共同回应今年亚洲策展实践研究的主题：“打开机构”。透过在亚洲的各种案例分析，他们将探讨大型机构体系和自我组织团体之间的差异和相似之处。首先讨论在亚洲的美术馆如何透过几种方式扮演定义该地区当代艺术的角色。再来他们将探讨这些自我组织团体是如何挑战这种机构叙事，并特别关注他们以社群为重心的美学框架 。对东南亚地区团体型艺术实践研究包括： 帕斯提普（Pasirputih），他们关注印度尼西亚龙目岛（Lombok）极具争议性的旅游经济；艺术家/行动主义者团体SAKA，他们的作品在菲律宾进行的土地改革运动背景下进行创作。而这些案例研究也与他们二人正在进行的合作项目中的经验相结合，例如连洁和恩佐·卡马乔与台湾关渡美术馆合作举办的项目“选择的余地”试图在区域性和全球土地斗争的脉络下对美术馆进行重新定位。在讲座中，连洁和布尔克也将提出非机构组织可以如何通过利用机构资源进行团结，并为艺术和当代性的生产提供另类的平台。