51 Personae

51 Personae, curated by Chen Yun, grew out of her initiation of the Dinghaiqiao Mutual Aid Society (2015-18), a self-organized venue for studies, communication, reflection and social services, within the working class migrant neighborhood of Shanghai. 

Chen Yun won the first prize of the PSA Emerging Curators Project in 2014 by curating Dinghaiqiou: Art Practice into History exhibition in Power Station of Art (Shanghai). Chen Yun organizes and co-edits publications for West Heavens as well as independent publication projects via 51 Personae. Since 2018, 51 Personae has developed into a self-sustaining independent art publishing project, exploring the possibilities of publishing today as a radical and experimental medium within the context of Asia and the Third World.