FULLY BOOKED 
Convened by Natasha Ginwala, with Marieke van Hal and Sabina Sabolović 

The biennale is the form that is perhaps most identified with the rise of the ‘freelance curator’ as a figure in its own right within the field of contemporary art during the globalised era. It signals an inherently international field of practice, as well as a synthetic or critical and narrative-building practice. What are the ‘professional standards’ of such a figure, however, working across vastly different contexts? And how are obligations to be weighed; to ones own material and ethical needs, to the artists invited, to the inviting organisation, to the inviting organisation's board, and/or their sponsors, to the local artist community of the inviting organisation etc.?