Kate Gu 辜雪婷

Central to my interest is the public, its constituents and the relationship with the environment, as an audience, a conduit, a receiver and an enabler, which leads to my inquiries in the roles and the agency of art institutions and the technological impact on human psychology and behaviours. My graduation project, 'Every Second in Between', was a temporal public commission (May to August 2018) in White City, London, that recognized a complex constitution of an urban environment and explored the rhythmic encounter between the public and its surroundings through in-depth audience development and engagement programs. The importance of the understanding of the public is further addressed by my dissertation, The Triangle: Institution-led Cultural Development in Urban Regeneration, that examined institutions’ roles as well as the relationship with the local communities in cultural development for urban regeneration. Moreover, my previous writings and exhibitions researched and analysed human behaviours and perceptions that are influenced by technologies, such as digitization and Virtual Reality. I am also exploring new ways of public engagement through technologies, such as online platforms and Virtual Reality.