Making Exhibitions as We Research Through Art:
The Exhibition Operations Kit
A pictorial proposing the use of a modular toolkit for curating research-based art exhibitions.
I was a co-author of this peer-reviewed pictorial, which argues that exhibitions can be used as a tool to structure research environments shaped by curatorial decisions. Using my lab’s exhibition as a case study, the paper introduces the Exhibition Operations Kit: a set of modular cards covering curatorial prompts, interpretation layers, experience planning, peripheral artifacts, public programming, and post-exhibition reflection, designed as a format for fellow designers, curators, and artists to follow.
I designed and built Ditto, an AI-driven camera that refuses to let its user press the shutter when its AI isn’t satisfied with the scene, which is featured in the paper as part of how the exhibition framework can be used in a real context.
I also helped with the Perversion of Interfaces exhibition featured in the pictorial, aiding in the exhibition’s framing, spatial arrangement, and supporting materials.
