What It Is
The Moon Index is a quiet research tool for tracing women’s images as they appear, disappear, return, and connect.
It gathers exhibitions of Asian women artists around the world, with a focus on photographers, image-makers, and selected practices shaped by images, archives, performance, and visual culture.
Rather than functioning as a feed, The Moon Index is built as a living record — a way to follow exhibitions, artists, institutions, regions, and histories over time.
Who It Is For
For researchers, curators, artists, writers, educators, students, and readers of feminist visual culture who want to follow Asian women photographers and image-makers across exhibitions, institutions, regions, and histories.
For those who believe visual culture is shaped not only by images, but also by records, absences, repetitions, and the ways we learn to notice.
What You Can Search
Search across artist names, exhibition titles, venues, cities, regions, mediums, tags, exhibition status, and dates.
Each entry is designed to help you move between a single exhibition and a wider field of visual culture.
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The Moon Index is currently in private beta.
During this stage, access is offered through a short application form. This helps me understand who may need the index, how it might be used, and what kinds of exhibitions, artists, regions, and research paths should be supported as it grows.
Early access is free during the beta period. After this initial testing phase, The Moon Index will become part of a paid research and publishing practice connected with the newsletter.
Newsletter subscribers will receive free access to The Moon Index.
This is not a feed. It is a growing field note, a research companion, and a living record of women’s visual presence.
Apply for Early AccessAbout the Curator
The Moon Index is maintained by Muki Pan, a photographer, designer, and feminist visual culture researcher working across image-making, writing, online curation, and archival practice.
Related Work
The Moon Index is part of a wider practice that includes Women’s Image Almanac and Water Notes — two ongoing projects for writing, collecting, and publishing research around images, exhibitions, and women’s visual culture.