This post provides a flashback of this year’s summer time in Seoul. I spent most of July and August in Seoul. It has been more than a month since my departure, but memories still linger in my head. On the contrary to my experience in Europe where summer is the holiday season or Shanghai where…
(10/11/2013) Creative Media Colloquium website In a concert at the CityU SCM, Suzueri played piano and some sound effects while Satoru Higa took care of the visual part (projection). The patches on the projection were doubling as musical instruments as well as visuals – that was the most interesting feature. In the first track, this…
(10/8/2013) Tak Cheong Lane FB An event of a different kind, this was an artist talk in a series of events organized at the Run Run Shaw Creative Media Center (CMC) of City University of Hong Kong (CityU). Tak Cheong Lane is a group of artists/activists, more activists than artists. They were at the core…
(10/5 – 11/2/2013) Blindspot Gallery website When I received the invitation I first wondered whether this is an installation or photo exhibition. The images showed objects, like a crystal chandelier, a paper sheet or a mysterious liquid which were emanating light – the light was coming straight out of them from another light source illuminating…
(9/15 – 11/10/2013) http://www.para-site.org.hk/ After a plague-themed exhibition in the summer, Para/site is showing a death-themed exhibition in the autumn – that was my first thought when finding out about this show. I was surprised that the exhibition architecture of the space stayed the same as last time. I thought it would be temporary. Given…
(8/30-9/28/2013) http://www.galerienec.com I arrived at this gallery by chance while on my way to some other place. I have passed by previously, but the usual display of ceramic vases and sculptures rarely got my attention. This time my sight was drawn in by the empty space that was lined by one long double-shelf along the…
(9/19 – 11/2/2013) http://www.pearllam.com/city/hong-kong/ This show has a bit of a ‘showroom feel’ at first. The polished LED displays in the white space looked similar to the iPhones in an Apple Store. I also instantly recognized the arch-shaped displays that have been on show at Rockbund Museum in Shanghai earlier this year. The work was…
(9/13 – 11/2/2013) http://whitecube.com/exhibitions/ I saw Gates’ work at the Documenta 13: A transformation of an abandoned house in Kassel, a refurbishment through collective effort. For Gates, a house is a container for a community. And even though he works with houses and building materials, it is the community which lies in the center of…
(9/13 – 10/31/2013) http://www.sinsin.com.hk/ A group show of many artists related to Sin Sin Gallery. While many countries were represented, Indonesia stood out as one of the main focal points. It seemed that artists were asked to produce works in the shape of boxes or containers: Many works took this shape. A lot of the…
(8/31 – 9/30/2013) http://www.osagegallery.com/ Featuring AMA, Au Hoi Lam, Vivian Poon and Tsang Chui Mei from the “Qiang” studio space, along with artists Carmen Ho and Wong Wai Yin. This was a group show of ‘cirle’ themed artworks. Most of the artworks had a feminine feel to them. Did it mean that the artists were…