Hong Kong, July 22 – September 15, 2016, http://www.pearllam.com/ If the exhibitions at Karin Weber and K11 Chi Art Space represented the joyful side of Hong Kong’s young artists, then “Interstitial” represented the existential angst-laden side. Instead of everyday leisure and fun, existential questions and personal fears came to the fore. The use of technology…
Hong Kong, August 12 – September 8, 2016, 8F New World Tower II, Central (Curator: Vivian Poon) Dirty Paper is a Hong Kong art collective consisting of Chan Wai Lap and Yau Kwok Keung. The artworks has a youthful and relaxed feel: A human anatomy class drawings reminding of the biology class where the teacher…
Hong Kong, SAAL, Unit D 3/F King Wan Industrial Building, 21:00 August 19, 2016, FB Noise to Signal is an irregular noise and improvised music event. This time it took place in what appeared to be a recording studio and record shop in an old industrial building in Kwun Tong. Walking there on a rainy…
Suwon, April 28 – August 21, 2016 (Rha + PLAYART), July 14 – October 16, 2016 (Alice), http://sima.suwon.go.kr SIMA is a new museum in Suwon that opened in October 2015. “iPark” is the is an apartment brand launched by Hyundai Development Company in 2001. Prominently featured in the entrance hall of the museum is the…
Seoul, August 8 – 30, 2016, https://www.facebook.com/space.ba421 Ba421, a little space in between the electronic shops and warehouses of Sewoon Sangga Market, had an exhibition of photographs by Reu Ji Young류지영. All were photos of domestic appliance’s charger cables or power chords.
Seoul (세운상가 가열327호 개방회로), August 5 – August 19, 2016, www.3hragency.com, opencircuit.co.kr Sewoon Sangga, a large market complex near Jogno 3-ga in the center of Seoul, was quiet and half deserted on the Saturday afternoon when I was finding my way through the maze of little shops and warehouses selling mostly electronic goods. It was…
Seoul, June 23 – August 14, 2016, http://www.altpool.org/ Artists: Yongju Kwon권용주, Woohyun Kim 김웅현, An Gyungsu안경수, Yongseok Oh오용석, Okin Collective옥인 콜렉티브, Yuri Kim임유리, Jang Pa장파, Sojung Jun전소정, Jeong Deokhyeon 정덕현, Curator: Sohyun Ahn 안소현
Seoul, August 12, 2016, http://www.mmca.go.kr, FB event A one night open studio and opening party for a small exhibition on the ground floor of the Changdong Residency of MMCA. Artworks by Tim Breukers (large Styrofoam mashup sculpture), Tyler Joseph Stefanich (generative video and graphite sound drawing), and Enrique Ramirez (videos of sea and a sport…
Seoul, July 26 – October 16, 2016 (Title Match), July 22 – October 26, 2016 (Neighbors), May 3 – August 15, 2016 (Lee Ju Yong), http://sema.seoul.go.kr The Ju Jae Hwan 주재환 and Kim Dong Kyu 김동규 “Title Match” exhibition has been a continuation of the title match series that puts together an artist of an…
Seoul, August 12, 2016 (screening), http://www.mmca.go.kr In addition to exhibitions, MMCA also organizes a screening program that introduces artists-filmmakers. The screenings take place in comfortable cinema space within the building and are freely accessible with the purchase of a standard museum ticket. Much better than watching these art movies on some more or less uncomfortable…