Ian’s Research Club 03: Kathleen Ditzig and Fang-Tze Hsu

6 Jan

‘Art Histories of a Forever War: Modernism Between Space and Home’
By Ian Tee

Hello and welcome to ‘Ian’s Research Club’, an A&M podcast. In each episode, I speak with guests from the visual arts community, as well as creative individuals from adjacent industries. Hosting this podcast is an extension of the long-form interviews I have been conducting, and a way of capturing the personal voice. I hope you find the conversations generative and enjoyable as I know I will!

My guests today are Kathleen Ditzig and Fang-Tze Hsu. Kathleen is a Singaporean researcher and curator. Her research focuses on exhibition histories of Southeast Asia and unpacks the enduring legacies and networks of the Cold War in cultural production. Fang-Tze is a lecturer at the Department of Communications and New Media Department, National University of Singapore (NUS). Apart from her academic work, she is a curator who has worked with many artists and institutions in the last decade. Fang-Tze is also an experienced editor and translator.

We take a deep dive into the exhibition they recently co-curated ‘Art Histories of a Forever War: Modernism between Space and Home’ at the Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan. We also discuss the value of collaboration in exhibition-making and research, capturing nuances in translation, as well as the opportunities in engaging with institutional collections.

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