d ɪˈv a n | A Journal of Accounts, is a biannual journal co-published by Alan Cruickshank and University of New South Wales Art & Design. d ɪˈv a n | A Journal of Accounts presents critical interpretations on contemporary art and culture, and its broader historical, socio-political and theoretical contexts, from the greater Asian regions (Middle East, South/Southeast/East Asia and Asia-Pacific), which determine historical and current socio-cultural affinities with contemporary Australian art and society.
divan: from the Persian dīwān, an account book; origin dēvan, booklet; also related to debir, writer; evolved through ‘a book of poems’, ‘collection of literary passages’, ‘an archive’, ‘book of accounts’ and ‘collection of sheets’ to ‘an assembly’, ‘office of accounts’, ‘custom house’, ‘government bureau’ or ‘councils chamber’, to a long, cushioned seat, which in this sense entered European languages.
divan presents a shift of content and meaning over time coexistent with evolving historical relationships between the East and West.
ISSUE 7 MEDIA PARTNERS
Parergon: Southeast of The Southeast - ALAN CRUICKSHANK
Every Step in The Right Direction: Singapore 1819-2019 - YAO SOUCHOU
Sotto Voce: What If We Haven’t Yet Asked The Right Questions? - SUSIE LINGHAM
Possibilities For a Non-Alienated Biennale: Experiences of Conditions of Production in The Kochi-Muziris and Singapore Biennales - MELANIE POCOCK
Writing on The Run: A Midpoint Rumination on Curating The Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2020 - SHUBIGI RAO
Latent Images: Vanghoua Anthony Vue’s Mediated ‘Photography’ - TIM RILEY WALSH
Beyond The Pale: Critical Reflections on Society, Politics and Aesthetics Within and at The Borders of China - PAUL GLADSTON
Many Undulating Things - HERA CHAN
Garden of Forking Paths: Performance Art Without Performativity - DAVID TEH
The 2019 Aichi Triennale: Notes on ‘After “Freedom of Expression?”’ - REUBEN KEEHAN
Contemporary Worlds and The Great Debate - ELLY KENT
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INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
NANCY ADAJANIA India
Cultural theorist, editor, writer and curator, Bombay (Mumbai)
STEPHANIE BAILEY Hong Kong/United Kingdom
Writer and editor, Hong Kong/United Kingdom
THOMAS BERGHUIS The Netherlands/Australia
Fellow, Leiden Asia Centre, Leiden University;
Honorary Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
DIANA CAMPBELL BETANCOURT Bangladesh
Artistic Director, Samdani Art Foundation; Chief Curator, Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka
Artistic Director, Bellas Artes Project, Manila
FULYA ERDEMCI Turkey/The Netherlands
Curator and writer, Istanbul/Amsterdam
PATRICK FLORES The Philippines
Professor of Art Studies, University of the Philippines, Manila
BLAIR FRENCH Australia
CEO, Carrigeworks, Sydney
ADAM GECZY Australia
Senior Lecturer, Sydney College of Arts, University of Sydney; author, artist, Sydney
PAUL GLADSTON United Kingdom
Judith Neilson Chair Contemporary Art, University of New South Wales Art & Design, Sydney
ALEXIE GLASS-KANTOR Australia
Executive Director, Artspace, Sydney
REUBEN KEEHAN Australia
Curator, Contemporary Asian Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
VASIF KORTUN Turkey
Curato, writer. board Member, SALT, Istanbul
LEE WENG CHOY Malaysia/Singapore
Independent art critic, Kuala Lumpur
IAN MCLEAN Australia
The Hugh Ramsay Chair of Australia Art, University of Melbourne
VALI MAHLOUJI United Kingdom
Curator, writer, critic and author, London
GUYS MANNES-ABBOTT United Kingdom
Writer, essayist and critic, London
CHARLES MEREWETHER Georgia
Curator of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi
NAT MULLER The Netherlands
Independent curator and critic, Amsterdam
DJON MUNDINE Australia
Independent curator, writer, and art critic, Sydney
NIKOS PAPASTERGIADIS Australia
Professor, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
ROBIN PECKHAM China
Independent writer, Shanghai
TAN BOON HUI USA
Director, Asia Society Museum. New York
PHIL TINARI China
Director, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing
MURTAZA VALI USA/UAE
Writer, art historian, and curator, New York
ALA YOUNIS Jordan
Curator and artist, Amman
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