Relationship of Women and their Living Space

6th July, 2019 Blank·Art Salon Vol.5

As representatives of the curator group of the “Housewife Squad”, Lin Lin and Deng Yuanye started the dialogue with writer Zhang Teng based on Semiotics of the Kitchen (1975) and the exhibition Home Sweet Home. The extended discussion on a dynamic relationship between women, families (social organizational units) and physical space was also conducted.

About Guests

Deng Yuanye

Deng Yuanye is an editorial director in Wallpaper* China and youth researcher in architecture and anthropology. She focuses on the shift in material form between cities and rural areas. She has taken part in many urban and rural development projects and curatorial projects.

Lin Lin

Lin Lin is a cofounder and design director of ArchiTemp, Ph. D. candidate of architecture in Tongji University and visiting researcher in Università IUAV di Venezia. Her research areas include urban anthropology, reservation of historical heritage, changes of urban space in historical process and relationship between culture and community.

Richard T Zhang

He is an writer currently living in Shanghai. From 2015 to 2017, Richard was served as a marketing representative of independent art media Ran Dian. He has published his articles in different journals including Art Collection, The Art Newspaper Chinese Edition, Artshard, ArtAlpha, ELLE Decoration and his self-media platform Prince Art Journal.

Relationship of Women and their Living Space

6th July, 2019 Blank·Art Salon Vol.5

As representatives of the curator group of the “Housewife Squad”, Lin Lin and Deng Yuanye started the dialogue with writer Zhang Teng based on Semiotics of the Kitchen (1975) and the exhibition Home Sweet Home. The extended discussion on a dynamic relationship between women, families (social organizational units) and physical space was also conducted.

About Guests

Deng Yuanye

Deng Yuanye is an editorial director in Wallpaper* China and youth researcher in architecture and anthropology. She focuses on the shift in material form between cities and rural areas. She has taken part in many urban and rural development projects and curatorial projects. She is one of the curatorial members for China Pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale and curator of Home, Sweet Home, winning program of Emerging Curators Project 2017 in Power Station of Art. Yuanye continued her post-doctoral research in Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is a Ph. D. candidate of architecture in Tongji University, joint training Ph. D. student in Massachusetts Institute of Technology and visiting research of GSAPP in University of Columbia.

Lin Lin

Lin Lin is a cofounder and design director of ArchiTemp, Ph. D. candidate of architecture in Tongji University and visiting researcher in Università IUAV di Venezia. Her research areas include urban anthropology, reservation of historical heritage, changes of urban space in historical process and relationship between culture and community. Lin is one of the curatorial members for China Pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale, curator of Still Life, shortlisted research-based curatorial project in OCAT Institute, Beijing and Home, Sweet Home, winning program of Emerging Curators Project 2017 in Power Station of Art, Shanghai.

Richard T Zhang

He is an writer currently living in Shanghai. From 2015 to 2017, Richard was served as a marketing representative of independent art media Ran Dian. He has published his articles in different journals including Art Collection, The Art Newspaper Chinese Edition, Artshard, ArtAlpha, ELLE Decoration and his self-media platform Prince Art Journal.