“in the memory of my Wuhan dialect”, Performance lecture at Creative Time Headquarter. 2025
“Posthuman Curating: Revisiting Nomadic Subjectivity” as Speaker at the 25th World Congress of Philosophy in Rome, Sapienza University, Rome. 2024
“The Chaotic Force of Independent Curating”, City University of Hong Kong. 2024
“On Curating Difficult Content, Reconciling an ethics of care with artistic freedom,” Creative Capital & NCAC. 2023
“Heal Me Through Your Nightmare,” Performance lecture at Wendy’s Subway & TIAB. 2023
“Black Death and Middle Age Art,” Lecture at Hong Kong Ruyi Cultural Association. 2020
”Magic and Posthuman Subjectivity” Utrecht University. 2019
“Collecting Anxiety and Posthuman Subjectivity,” New York Institute of Technology. 2019
“I Am the Anxiety Collector,” Speaker at TEDx Shenzhen. 2018
“Why I Curate Waste,” Philosophy Department at Fudan University, Shanghai. 2017
Lectures and Talks
Conversations and Panels
“In conversation: Charlie Perez-Tlatenchi and Chiarina Chen,” Canal Projects & ISCP. 2025
“Basketball in Shan Shui: The Body and Scenery of ligne de fuite,” Positive Art Research Center. 2025
“Artists at Work: Anaïs Goupy in conversation with Chiarina Chen,” ISCP. 2024
"Artists at Work: Coralie Vogelaar in Conversation with Chiarina Chen”, ISCP. 2024
Artist talk with Jordan Homstad, Rainrain, New York. 2024
“Poetics of Inquiry: How to Stay With Trouble,” MIT. 2023
“Contemporary Animism and the Psychedelic Renaissance,” Accent Sisters. 2023
“I Want to Be Well: Wellness in the Digital Era,” Signal Online. 2021
“Posthuman Body”, Panelist with Francesca Ferrando and Agathe François, NYU. 2019
China Art Development Forum, Panelist at Columbia University. 2018
“Great Movement and Transformative Anxiety” Kunstvoll Galerie, Hamburg. 2018
“E-Waste and Art Innovation” Fudan University. Shanghai. 2017
