You Mi
You Mi is a professor of Art and Economies at the University of Kassel / documenta Institut. Her academic interests are in contemporary and historical materialism, performance philosophy, and the history, political theory and philosophy of Eurasia. She employs the historical figure of the Silk Road as a model for the re-imagining of networks, and has curated exhibitions and programs at institutions such as Asian Culture Center, South Korea, Ulaanbaatar International Media Art Festival, Mongolia (2016), Zarya CCA, Vladivostok (2018), Centre for Heritage, and Arts and Textile, Hong Kong (2023). She also runs the research and curatorial platform ‘Unmapping Eurasia’ (2018-) with Binna Choi. Her recent exhibitions focus on socializing technologies and ‘actionable speculations’, such as ‘Sci-(no)-Fi’ at Academy of the Arts of the World, Cologne (2019) and ‘Lonely Vectors’ at Singapore Art Museum (2022). She was one of the curators of the 13th Shanghai Biennale.