Prague, May 3 – July 4, 2021, http://www.meetfactory.cz Oliver Torr is a Czech electronic music artist and sound designer. The showcase in one room at Meetfactory was a presentation of his sound project done last year in the context of the SHAPE platform “for Innovative Music and Audiovisual Art from Europe” that is co-financed from…
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_Writing about, Asia, China, Hong Kong, Lecture/Performance/Event
Asian Curator Panel Talk VI: Takahashi Mizuki on “Genuine Art Experience”
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Online, De Art Center & Global Center for Technology in Humanities, Kyung Hee University, March 16, 2021, Zoom An on-line talk between a bunch of curators from the APAC region: Takahashi Mizuki, Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, Renan Laru-an, Penwadee Nophaket Manont (Pooh), Memuro Washida and Xia Yanguo. Yuhang Zhang was the host of the event. Takahashi…
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Construction of the M+ Museum in Hong Kong is now officially complete, what will the future bring?
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_Writing about, Berlin, Europe, Germany, Lecture/Performance/Event
transmediale: Bonnie Honig “Embodying Refusal, from the Bacchae to The Fits”
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Berlin, 29.01.2021, http://transmediale.de In this cinema and gender studies talk, Honig takes up elements from three movies (A.R.Holmer, C.Chaplin, L.v.Trier) to show how the body reacts with movements to being fixated by norms and violent gazes. Especially the female body. She sketches a historical arc from the Greek “Bakchantes” to contemporary incarnations of the same…
_Writing about, Berlin, Europe, Germany, Lecture/Performance/Event
transmediale Marshall McLuhan Lecture: Jason Edward Lewis “Expansive, Embracing, Evolving: Looking Beyond Impoverished Intelligences”
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Berlin, January 29, 2021, http://transmediale.de Lewis talked about computer game workshops he conducted with indigenous Hawaiians. He talked about the importance of creating one´s own questions and narratives, instead of accepting the generous help of caretakers, who unfortunately also impose their own worldviews in the caretaking process. He pleaded for a digital emancipation of indigenous…
_Writing about, Czech Republic, Europe, Exhibitions, Prague
Biennale Ve Věci umění / Matter of Art 2020 (VVUMOA)
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Prague, July 22 – November 15, 2020, https://matterof.art/ I have visited the show right during the opening week. The show is spread across two main sites, the Prague City Gallery on the top floor of the Municipal Library Prague, and a couple of industrial style ex-market halls in the Holesovice (Prague) Market. The visitor guidebook…
_Writing about, Europe, Exhibitions, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Portikus: Hajra Waheed “Hum”
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Frankfurt am Main, July 7 – September 6, 2020, https://www.portikus.de Hajra Waheed´s installation in Portikus consists of an empty room with a white carpet, where all visitors are required to take their shoes off. From above an array of speakers is suspended in the space. A mellow soundtrack of humming voices is played back. The…
_Writing about, Berlin, Europe, Germany, Lecture/Performance/Event
Mél Hogan, Joshua Neves: transmediale Marshall McLuhan Lecture 2020 “Expanded Networks“
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Berlin, Embassy of Canada, 19:00, January 29, 2020 The Marschall McLuhan lecture is a one of the traditional events opening the lecture program of transmediale. Mél Hogan is an assistant professor in Communication, Media and Film at the University of Calgary. Her research is on server farms and data centers – their social implications and…
_Writing about, Exhibitions, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Suwon Museum of Art: Gary Hill “Momentombs”
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Suwon, November 26, 2019 – March 8, 2020, https://suma.suwon.go.kr Another two years passed, and another visit to the Suwon Museum of Art appeared on my schedule. First of all a pleasant formal change, the “Ipark” name (Suwon Ipark Museum of Art) disappeared from the museum’s name. Ipark is the name of a prominent apartment brand…
_Writing about, Czech Republic, Europe, Exhibitions, Prague
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art: “Russia. Timeless”
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Prague, October 4, 2019 – January 6, 2020, http://www.dox.cz/en/ Most of the works presented in the show were worthy to see, and I enjoyed walking around. I was a bit reminded of my visit to Loft Project Etagi in Saint Petersburg. Most of the works were in a smaller, portable format, and looked a bit…