— The CURATING ON THE WEB — WEBINAR aims to stimulate and expand critical and practical thinking about curatorial work on the web. The webinar focuses on curatorial interventions online that challenge the mechanisms and traditional models of producing and displaying contemporary art; offering a historical overview and new perspectives and ways of imagining the system of contemporary art and ‘being online’.
 

Over the course of 2 days (29-30 April), a series of presentations and discussions were moderated by the event organisers, and talks by guest speakers who will discuss their work and projects: Rebecca Edwards and Nimrod Vardi -arebyte Gallery (UK) / ZHANG Ga (US) / Kaushal Sapre and Aarushi Surana (IN) / Guido Segni -Green Cube Gallery (IT) / Valentina Tanni (IT) / Virginie Tan and Astrid Lours-Riou (FR).

With the intent to nurture cross-cultural exchanges and discourses in the field of digital curation, the webinar also examines the role of curating on the web in confronting structural transformations and moments of systemic crisis.

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— Schedule

DAY 1: Thursday 29th April, 6:00-8:30pm IST

> 6:00-6:05pm ⚆ intro to the webinar: Vivek Chockalingam
> 6:05-6:30pm ⚆ The Dawn of Online Curating: Marialaura Ghidini & Gaia Tedone
> 6:30-6:35pm ⚆ intro to guest speakers: Vivek Chockalingam
> 6:35-7:00pm ⚆ guest speaker #1: Nimrod Vardi & Rebecca Edwards – arebyte Gallery
> 7:00-7:15pm ⚆ break
> 7:15-7:45pm ⚆ guest speaker #2: Virginie Tan and Astrid Lours-Riou – Emotional Interfaces
> 7:45-8:15pm ⚆ guest speaker #3: Guildor – Arte-19 – Virus Virtual Reality Games
> 8:15-8:30pm ⚆ wrap-up session

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DAY 2: Friday 30th April, 6:00-8:30pm IST

> 6:00-6:05pm ⚆ intro to the webinar: Vivek Chockalingam
> 6:05-6:30pm ⚆ Zooming into the Indian Landscape: Marialaura Ghidini and Padmini Ray Murray
> 6:30-6:35pm ⚆ intro to the speakers: Vivek Chockalingam
> 6:35-7:00pm ⚆ guest speaker #4: Guido Segni – Green Cube Gallery
> 7:00-7:15pm ⚆ break
> 7:15-7:45pm ⚆ guest speaker #5: Kaushal Sapre and Aarushi Surana – Five Million Incidents
> 7:45-8:15pm ⚆ guest speaker #6: ZHANG Ga – WE=LINK: 十个小品 Ten Easy Pieces
> 8:15-8:30pm ⚆ wrap-up session

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— The webinar was followed by a WORKSHOP (1 May) where participants worked with the moderators to generate observations, questions and speculative interventions related to curating on the web and the technological infrastructures in which it takes place.
 

— Hosted by Walkin Studios and curating.online, this event is the result of a research collaboration with curtor and resercher Marialaura Ghidini (Italy) curator Vidya Shivadas (New Delhi, India), researcher Padmini Ray Murray (Bangalore, India) and curator Gaia Tedone (Milan, Italy) and artist Vivek Chockalingam (Bangalore, India) with the support of Mobility First! – ASEF Cultural Mobility and the Italian Council (9th Edition 2020), Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity.

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