Students enrolled in the Para/Site curators program present and defend the concepts for their exhibitions-in-progress. A select team of international curators based in Asia will share their experience, critique and insight. 

EXISTING CONDITIONS
Students were in the later stages of refining the conceptual framework for each of their projects to be realized in a professional exhibition in two months. Artists had been selected and logistic planning was underway. Students needed feedback on their ideas and work-in-progress as they prepared to write their curatorial statements.

FRAMEWORK
To create an environment similar to a thesis defense for graduate students. Students would have to explain their motivations and defend their choices. 

TECHNOLOGY
To identify and implement an online platform that would facilitate both real-time and asynchronous interaction between curatorial  students in Hong Kong and a select team of Asia-based international curators.

Workshop Leader: 
Richard Streitmatter-Tran
Artist, Director of Dia Projects, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Workshop Curators:
Iris Lo, Nana Seo Eun A, Evangelo Costadimas, Ka Ty

Professional Invited Curators for Critique:

Russell Storer
Curator, Contemporary Asian Art 
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art. Brisbane, Australia

Zoe M. Butt
Deputy Director, Long March Space, Beijing, China

Joselina Cruz
Independent Curator. Manila, The Philippines

Biljana Ciric
Independent Curator. Shanghai, China

Simon Soon
Independent Curator. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Naoko Horiuchi
Curator. Arts Initiative Tokyo (AIT). Tokyo, Japan