The Forest Curriculum

The Forest Curriculum (Bangkok/Berlin/Santa Barbara) is an itinerant and nomadic platform for indisciplinary research and mutual co-learning via the naturecultures of Zomia, the forested belt that connects South and Southeast Asia. Founded by curators Abhijan Toto and Pujita Guha, and with Rosalia Namsai Engchuan, the Forest Curriculum organizes exhibitions, public programs, performances as well as an annual intensive in a different location around the region: “The Forest And The School,” Bangkok (2019); “The Forest Is In The City Is In The Forest,” I, Manila (2020), and II, online (2020-2021). The collective has also exhibited in “Nonhuman Assemblages,” Busan Sea Art Festival, South Korea (2021) and “Nation, Narration, Narcosis,” Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof, Germany (2021). Their work has been supported by the Australia Council for the Arts; the Sharjah Art Foundation; Staatenkunstfonds, Denmark; IdeasCity, the New Museum; NTU CCA, Singapore; Nomina Nuda, Los Baños; and GAMeC, Bergamo, among others.