Esther Lu is a curator and a writer whose curatorial practice examines the intersection of ecological art and alternative food and art practices. During her fellowship in Japan, she will visit eco-villages that engage in agricultural and food practices, as well as art communities including 6okken in Yamanashi, to explore how art can support the development of community knowledge and collective learning in response to social, environmental, and climate changes. By engaging with local practices that link ecology, food, and art, Lu aims to reflect on how these experiences may inform new ways of curating that address ecological and social concerns. The insights from her research in Japan will contribute to her ongoing exploration of art as a medium for shared learning and sustainable living.

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Esther Lu is a curator and writer exploring art’s socio-political roles and ecological dimensions through co-learning practices, collective knowledge production, and innovative mediation strategies, cultivating art as a medium for care and transformation. Recent projects include The Mountain Algorithms (Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, 2024) and Mycelium Academy (2023–24). Her project This is Not a Taiwan Pavilion was presented as a collateral event for the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. She founded Moss Piglets in 2021, a curatorial research platform addressing ecological issues and future body politics, and served as Director of the Taipei Contemporary Art Center (2015–17). She holds an M.A. in Curatorial Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London, and an M.F.A. from Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Sweden.