Talk

MA Curatorial Practice presents Amy Cheng, co-founder and artistic director/curator of Taipei’s contemporary art space, TheCube Project Space, will present a special talk on the projects Sound Meridians and Talking Drums Radio, thinking about radio as a tool for artistic freedom.

Cheng is a curator and writer based in Taipei. In 2010, she co-founded TheCube Project Space, which serves as an independent art space devoted to the research, production and presentation of contemporary art in Taipei. With the aim of delving into local culture and establishing long-term relationships with artists and cultural practitioners, Cheng explores the possibility of “expanding curating.” Since 2009, she has carried out several research projects, including sound cultures in Taiwan and Critical Political Art and Curatorial Practice Research, for which she contributed to and edited the publication Art and Society: Introducing Seven Contemporary Artists. In 2016, she initiated a cultural study program outside the establishment, the Praxis School lecture series. Her exhibitions include “The Heard and the Unheard: Soundscape Taiwan,” the Taiwan Pavilion at the 54th International Art Exhibition—La Biennale di Venezia (2011) and “Towards Mysterious Realities” (2016–2018, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur and Seoul). She also co-curated the exhibitions “ALTERing NATIVism—Sound Cultures in Post-War Taiwan” (2014, Taipei, Kaohsiung) and “Liquid Love” (2019–2021, Taipei). Cheng was a jury member for the 57th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (2017) and for the Hugo Boss Asia Art Award (2015).