Darunee Terdtoontaveedej

artistic research - communication - design - film - gender

Darunee Terdtoontaveedej is a curator and researcher with a strong interest in collecting and forming a collection. Trained as an architect at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, and later as a designer at Design Academy Eindhoven, Terdtoontaveedej specializes in cross-disciplinary collaboration and looking beyond the design world. Her fascinations include issues such as the home and sense of belonging, the selves, and alternative histories. Prior to her Masters education in The Netherlands, she has worked as a design and architecture journalist and editor for art4d magazine, Thailand's first design magazine and book publisher. In late 2018, Terdtoontaveedej co-founded Non Native Native, a cultural platform which looks into the Asian creative landscape in The Netherlands through the lens of outsiders from within. She has worked as a curator at CinemAsia Film Festival and the 49th edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).


Sacred Beings

Exhibition / presentation

  • 22-01-2020 t/m 23-02-2020
  • In collaboration with: International Film Festival Rotterdam
  • Location: Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
  • Sacred Beings brings together different characters from various Asian contexts by forming a contemplative space at the core of the program. The installation combines a multi-disciplinary body of work by non-artists and artists, thus encouraging new perspectives and imaginations on gender fluidity. The program is part of the Young Curators initiative, which selects one promising proposal from an open call to curate for the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
  • https://iffr.com/nl/2020/programma/sacred-beings

Our Lives Elsewhere

Exhibition / presentation

  • 01-03-2019 t/m 10-03-2019
  • In collaboration with: CinemAsia Film Festival
  • Location: NEVERNEVERLAND, Amsterdam
  • Our Lives Elsewhere is curated by Darunee Terdtoontaveedej as part of the LGBTQ+ program during CinemAsia Film Festival at NEVERNEVERLAND. The exhibition showcases the work of Dutch-based Asian queer creatives, namely photographer Xiaoxiao Xu and designer Jonathan Ho under the backdrop of an open-sourced contributions of queer Asian stories from across the globe. During the exhibition, the space is open and performers are invited to create their own interpretations of the work.

Acknowledgments

    Scholarship
  • Creative Industries Fund NL

  • 2017
    Scholarship
  • Amsterdam Fund for the Arts

  • 2019
    Scholarship
  • Baltan Laboratories

  • 2017
    Scholarship
  • Hivos

  • 2017