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Project
Curating through design: a decolonial practice orientated towards the future (FWOTM1262)
The present research project examines a different kind of design exhibition than the mainstream
exhibitions, called a curatorial work of design, where design is used as a discursive and radically
relational framework within the curatorial narrative and the approach is to exhibit critical questions
and create radically imaginative experiences. The research project contributes a new design curation
theory about curatorial works of design to build a forum for debate on the future direction of
curatorial practice that meaningfully engages with the critical potential of design.
The discourse on design exhibitions or curatorial works of design is rather limited as the curatorial
discourse only focusses on art and does not look at practices outside of museums. The proposed
research aims to combat this knowledge gap by analysing exhibitions through design inside and
outside museums with 12 case studies from 1968 until now based on some of the most pressing
socio-political topics.
The curatorial works of design are scrutinised on all aspects of the curatorial situation and its radical
relationality: why, how, when and where the work of design has taken place and how it relates to
society at large. All these components are then questioned through a decolonial lens to interrogate
their modernist grounding. The culmination of these insights guides the new framework.
exhibitions, called a curatorial work of design, where design is used as a discursive and radically
relational framework within the curatorial narrative and the approach is to exhibit critical questions
and create radically imaginative experiences. The research project contributes a new design curation
theory about curatorial works of design to build a forum for debate on the future direction of
curatorial practice that meaningfully engages with the critical potential of design.
The discourse on design exhibitions or curatorial works of design is rather limited as the curatorial
discourse only focusses on art and does not look at practices outside of museums. The proposed
research aims to combat this knowledge gap by analysing exhibitions through design inside and
outside museums with 12 case studies from 1968 until now based on some of the most pressing
socio-political topics.
The curatorial works of design are scrutinised on all aspects of the curatorial situation and its radical
relationality: why, how, when and where the work of design has taken place and how it relates to
society at large. All these components are then questioned through a decolonial lens to interrogate
their modernist grounding. The culmination of these insights guides the new framework.
Date:1 Nov 2024 → Today
Keywords:Design curation, Curatorial studies, Decolonial curation
Disciplines:Social design, Cultural participation