In Borrowed Tongues

Journal launch editorial fellowship MMCA Studies × Stedelijk Studies

On November 23, MMCA Studies & Stedelijk Studies’ will present Generating Production: Infrastructures of Technology and the Politics of Productivity in Asia, a new joint journal publication exploring the invisible systems of labor, technology, and value that underpin artistic production across Asia and beyond.

This public program marks the launch of MMCA Studies × Stedelijk Studies: Generating Production: Infrastructures of Technology and the Politics of Productivity in Asia, a joint publication developed through the editorial fellowship between the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. The collaboration brings together shared research interests around art, technology, and museum practice, asking how institutions can rethink their role in a rapidly changing global landscape.

This afternoon will be hosted by editorial fellow Sooyoung Leam together with Tiffany Yeon Chae, Curator in Research and Publishing at MMCA in Seoul and the Stedelijk Museum's Head of Research and Curatorial Practice, Charl Landvreugd.

About Sooyoung Leam

Sooyoung Leam is an art historian and curator based in Seoul. She has been actively engaged in research and curatorial projects focusing on modern and contemporary art in East Asia, with a particular interest in transnational exhibition practices and the formation of Asian subjectivities. She currently teaches at Seoul National University and Kyung Hee University. Her research has appeared in journals such as Sculpture Journal and Journal of History of Modern Art.    

The publication features contributions by Ho Rui An, Kosuke Nagata, Yi Moon-Seok, Unmake Lab, Cheon Hyundeuk and Koh Achim, Jeon Youjin, Lee Sooyoun, Park Sohyun, Kathleen Ditzig, Shin Jinyoung, Eugene Hannah Park with AFSAR, Mi You.