Curator, Fellow of Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University
Chinese (Boston, New York, and Beijing), 1992
Ariel Qinru Hou is a curator and researcher based in Boston and New York. Her curatorial work focuses on media theory, experimental film, and installation art. Her research examines the technological genealogies of optical devices, digital cultures, and their suppressed histories. She is currently a fellow in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, where she has also been affiliated with the Chinese Art Media Lab since 2019. She also serves as a board member of Revolution Per Minute (RPM), an experimental film and media art festival in Boston, and deputy director of Reel Diaspora. She previously co-founded Festival MARS, a contemporary music and art festival in Los Angeles. Her curatorial projects have been presented in Mexico City, Venice, Wuhan, Beijing, Boston, and New York, among other cities.
