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Michael Suh (粟多壮), Senior Curator of Asian Projects at the Vancouver Biennale, published an intriguing piece in the Vancouver-based publication(see the link below). The essay raises thought-provoking questions for contemporary curatorial debates and practices. However, some of the author’s arguments are presumptuous. Claims about the cultural politics of representation are particularly problematic when based on insufficient research or lack of solid facts. Additionally, the essay’s binary logic is also very concerning. While this isn’t an appropriate place for a detailed response, my primary objective here is to mitigate the emotional impact of this social media blog.
这篇在温哥华发表的评论提出很多值得关注和讨论的问题。但同时又有一些基本的问题，包括假设实际事实和在假想的事实基础上以关注的方式进行评判。更重要的是，整篇文章以二元对立的逻辑来分析。希望在近期可以详细地回复这篇文章。

Article link:
[https://timecommons.org/after-yangdeng-reflections-on-life-art-and-place-based-practice/](https://timecommons.org/after-yangdeng-reflections-on-life-art-and-place-based-practice/) by @renworks

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Time change at Hong Kong International Airport. Lost one day after traveling from San Francisco. by @renworks

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Congratulations to Yoon Ahn who passed the dissertation defense💐🎉👍. Yoon’s work represents an important contribution to a comparative understanding of how research-based artists in South Korean and China respond to neoliberal norms and practices. Thanks to Yoon’s committee members: Professors Rae E. Dachille (pictured here), Dian Li, and Sandra Park. by @renworks

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Happy Planetary Labor Day💐 by @renworks

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Jonathon Keats and I hosted humanities scholars and multidisciplinary artists from Arizona State University. We showed them works from “the Library of the More-Than-Humane” currently on display at the Desert Lab at the University of Arizona. Thanks to Robert Villa (@uaz.tumamoc) and Susanna Battin for your help! #uaz.tumamoc by @renworks

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Dissertation Proposal Presentation Series, 2025-26
The Department of East Asian Studies
the University of Arizona

“Rurality as Epistemic Locality: Media Infrastructures and the Constitution of Rural China”
Lu WANG
(Department of East Asian Studies, University of Arizona)

March 30, 2025, 1:00PM-2:30 PM (Arizona Time)
Zoom: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/81940276351 by @renworks

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Hiking in Sedona by @renworks

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I was awarded the Chatfield Outstanding Tenured Researcher of the Year (2025) by the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona. Two days ago, I received a handwritten card from the new provost. Nice surprise! by @renworks

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First encounter of javelinas in 2026. #javelina by @renworks

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11 memorable artworks or exhibits I saw in 2025:
-The 618 meters long Thangka painting (The Tibetan Culture Museum, Xining, Qinghai, China)
-The Lu Palace (The Yak Lake, Suobuchaye, Zhiduo, Qinghai, China)
-Kālacakra Mandala (Gongsa Monastery, Zhiduo, Qinghai, China)
-The Sheep Eco-Artist sculpture (The Kiang Ranch, Zhiduo, Qinghai, China)
-“Xu Bing: Where There Is a Question, There Is …” (Chengdu Art Museum, China)
-“Cao Minghao & Chen Jianjun: Currents of Kinship” (A4 Art Museum, Chengdu, China)
-“Outi Pieski: Eatnamastit” (Malmö Museum of Art, Sweden)
-“Surreal on Paper” (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark)
-Sculpture works of Alberto Giacometti (Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark)
-“Eduardo Chillida: Convergence” (San Diego Museum of Art, USA)
-“Alfredo Castañeda: Beyond Surrealism“(San Diego Museum of Art, USA) by @renworks

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