AAANZ Conference 2018 – Announcing Curator David Teh as Fifth Keynote

The Conference Committee are pleased to announce the 2018 AAANZ Conference’s 5th keynote speaker: Associate Professor David Teh.

David Teh is a curator and Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore, specialising in Southeast Asian contemporary art. His curatorial efforts have included Unreal Asia (55. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, 2009), Video Vortex #7 (Yogyakarta, 2011), TRANSMISSION (Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, 2014), Misfits: Pages from a Loose-leaf Modernity (Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 2017) and Returns, a project for the 12th Gwangju Biennale (2018). David’s writings have appeared in journals including Third Text, ARTMargins, Afterall and Theory, Culture and Society. His book Thai Art: Currencies of the Contemporary was recently published by the MIT Press. David is also a director of Future Perfect, a gallery and project platform in Singapore.

REMINDER: There are just 2 weeks left before the 2018 AAAANZ Conference Call for Papers closes. Full details about the call and how to submit a proposal can be found here: https://aaanz.info/aaanz-conference-2018-call-for-papers/

David’s visit is supported by AAANZ, RMIT School of Art and Monash University’s Department of Fine Art, with the Network for Asian Art Research in Australia and New Zealand.