June 4 – 8, 2015, curated by Craig Cooper and Wang Dong What a short time for a show! The show was quite special in the aspect that it was curated by two current doctoral students at Hong Kong Baptist University, yet did not show (only) works by students, but works by a number of…
May 30 – July 19, 2015; Para Site, 22/F, Wing Wah Industrial Building, 677 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Sheela Gowda is a well-established artist from India, who participated in major biennials and exhibitions. The exhibition is only titled only by the artist’s name and it surveys a rather broad range of works and…
The Empty Gallery, 19/F Grand Marine Center, 3 Yue Fung Street, Tin Wan, Hong Kong It has been about two months since The Empty Gallery first opened its doors, and given my recent second visit for the Suishou No Fune gig, I thought it would be good to record some of my impressions. The Empty…
4/F, Union Hing Yip Factory Building, 20 Hing Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. 03.08.2015 – 05.03.2015. Curated by Patrick Flores and Anca Verona Mihulet This exhibition came as a pleasant surprise: Osage invited two guest curators to put together a complex show comparing, contrasting and connecting the “Southeast” of Asia and the “Southeast”…
Para Site: A Hundred Years of Shame – Songs of Resistance and Scenarios for Chinese Nations. Mar 06 – May 10, 2015, 22/F, Wing Wah Industrial Building, 677 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong (link) The inaugural show in Para Site’s new space opened yesterday. The title of the show followed the established format of…
05.16.2014 – 06.30.2014, Au Hoi Lam, Tang Kwok Hin, Yu Ji, Zhao Zhao, Ian Woo, Milenko Prvacki, Ng Joon Kiat, Jeremy Sharma, Grace Tan, Nilo Ilarde, Ringo Bunoan, Bernardo Pacquing, Maria Taniguchi, Masanori Handa, Kishio Suga, Young Rim Lee, Shin Il Kim, Mee Ai Om, Tintin Wulia, FX Harsono, Nipan Oranniwesna, It is worth visiting…
Ten Million Rooms of Yearning. Sex in Hong Kong. Para Site, 4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, 5/10-8/10/2014, & other locations (only ‘till 5/25/2014) The title of the show seemed a bit too schematic, but once visiting the show I have to concur I was mistaken. The show spread out of the Para Site space…
The art fair is over. I want to record this event, but at the same time, don’t see much meaning in writing about the fair itself. A fair is a fair. Many artworks by many artists were on display for sale, many people came to town to buy, and many people followed those who buy…
Prior to Ellen Fullman’s concert in Hong Kong I downloaded some of her music. I enjoyed listening to the done-like tones of her long string instrument, and it made me look forward to her live performance. I wondered how the long string instrument will sound like live, and also how Ellen Fullman will perform on…
Leung Chi Wo “So I don’t really know sometimes if it’s because of culture”, 25.4.-17.5.2014 CMC Gallery, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, City University of Hong Kong Leung Chi Wo’s solo show contained 4 works, all video-based, some combined with photography. The first work to catch a visitor’s attention was “Sign” (2008) a single…