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…
Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 6 March – 13 April 2014 I already did not intent to write about this exhibition, but given the amount of publicity and importance attributed to this show, I want to record my impressions and add to the pile of…
No One Pulse (HK) + Olaf Hochherz (Germany), Circuitrip (Singapore), Naturalismo (Italy) + Sherman (HK), C-drík (Belgium), dj sniff (Japan) + Otomo Yoshihide (Japan), SETE STAR SEPT (Japan), Mikko Savela (Sweden), adeō (HK) Hong Kong, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School Of Creativity, April 27 The last weekend was rich in music. After the Friday concert…
– April 25, 2014, concert at Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, City University, Hong Kong The performance venue was set up in a circular form, with small separate stages for each performer located along the perimeter. The center of the circle, an empty space, was left for the audience. Each performer had his own…
April 1 – 4, 2014, Future Cinema Studio, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre The festival was divided into country blocks: South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China. Each section was curated by an invited curator, who got a free hand how to interpret the festival’s subtitle. I attended three of the…
1 March – 20 April 2014, Para Site, 4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Para Site is one of the longest-standing art spaces in Hong Kong and as such it does not need much introduction. I have written about Para Site previously and most recently I was slightly complaining about the well made…
Friday, 21 February 2014, Cheng Yu Tung Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Marysia Lewandowska (ML), an artists and currently visiting professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong gave an introductory artists talk explaining her practice. My previous knowledge about ML was limited to the work she did with Neil Cummings which caught…