Zifei Ge

Zifei Ge is an independent curator and researcher based in London and Hangzhou. Her curatorial practice is rooted in her keen interest in network-building, cultural exchange, and alternative history writing. She cares for the marginalised communities and invisible voices and rethinks the politics of discipline, system, and institution in the alternative narratives and cross-disciplinary collaborations. 

Her research on the institutionalisation and its critiques is expanded in her graduate dissertation, On the Creation of Nonslip Realities: Rethinking the Triennials between Hegemony and Disobedience, in which she researches and analyses the tension between biennials as hegemonic machines and sites of resistance, with a particular focus on the perennial exhibitions in the South Chinese art scene in the 2000s. In the essay, she navigates the discourse of post-colonial curation with an investigation on the social powers and relations behind the storytelling narratives, examines the complexities beyond the binary of cooperation and resistance. 

For the graduate project, Zifei co-curated Fulfilment Services Ltd., a curatorial project developed in partnership with Gasworks. The project explores the implications of techno-capitalism for the widespread supply-and-demand networks that fulfil consumer needs and desires. The curatorial team utilises existing dissemination networks to work towards an alternative imagination and rethink the capitalist logistics disguised as the mechanical supply chain of fulfilment.

She has recently curated Emerging as Material, a group show presenting the experiments in material art. The show explores the interdependency between natural materials and physical experiences and examines the artistic engagement with materials in the age of industrial production. She is also the co-founder of the online-based artist community ArtPicnic, which constructs an interdisciplinary artist/designer network through interviews, salons, and seminars.