This short text reflects on the process of working with the curators who produced the texts for this anthology. What can one say when the context (geographical, institutional) in which an exhibition is encountered is one that possibly, to a large extent, directs what we experience and what we see? And beyond the question of what to say, what do we feel we are able or allowed to say, and on what grounds? How does what we do in our day-to-day work, our practice in practice, feed into what we think we should or should not say? And how does what we think we want to say translate into a coherent piece of writing that makes sense in relation to all of this? These are among the concerns that came to the fore in the process of developing the contributions to this volume – some consciously present and others quietly simmering below the surface.