tropical_lab #1 
New Technologies & Ecological Entanglements
with Stefanie Hessler

A reflection on how emerging technologies intersect with environmental questions, perception, and institutional critique.

Stefanie Hessler is a curator, writer, editor, and current director of the Swiss Institute (SI) in New York. At SI, Hessler initiated the curatorial project “Spora”, which invites artists to transform the institution through environmental institutional critique, alongside operational steps toward climate action. 

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tropical_lab #2
Ecology and Sustainable Thinking
with Filipa Ramos

A discussion on how ecological thinking informs curatorial and artistic practices, and what it means to work sustainably in today’s world.

Filipa Ramos is a writer and curator whose work explores the relationships between contemporary art, ecology and technology. She is Lecturer at the Institute Art Gender Nature of the FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel, where she leads the Art and Nature Master seminars.

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tropical_lab #3
Gender, Body & Visual Language
with Ad Minoliti

Introducing queer theory and experimentation as a foundation for learning and critical thought.

Ad Minoliti is an Argentinian-born artist primarily working as painter with an expansive practice: a nonbinary approach to geometric abstraction, reimagining it as a form of speculative science fiction that encompasses painting, immersive installations and community-based projects.

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tropical_lab #4
Curatorial Tools & Frameworks
with Ariane Sutthavong

On curatorial methodologies and strategic frameworks that our participating artists can adapt to structure their projects and clarify their intentions.

Ariane Sutthavong has delivered exhibitions, programmes and research for Cloud Seven; Asian Art Biennial 2024; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo; documenta fifteen; Bangkok Biennial 2020 and MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum among others.

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tropical_lab #5
Geopolitical & Sociopolitical Mapping
with Vera May

A rethinking of global positioning, history, and institutional narratives, drawing from curatorial and decolonial perspectives.

Vera Mey is an art historian and curator whose research focuses on Southeast Asian art during the Cold War. Previously, Mey was part of the founding curatorial team at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, where she led the Residencies programme. Most recently, she was Co-Artistic Director of the Busan Biennale 2024.

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tropical_lab #6
Communicating and Sustaining an Artistic Practice
with Anthony Yung

Exploring the skills involved in articulating an artistic practice and sustaining its legacy, by examining how archives are build and preserved.

Anthony Yung is a Senior Researcher at Asia Art Archive, based in Hong Kong, where specializes in researching and archiving the diverse art histories of Asia. Yung is dedicated to advocating innovative approaches to interpreting and activating archives, bridging scholarly, curatorial, and artistic research.