VENICE REDUX: Cao Fei's China Tracy Pavilion

Will gradually be posting some pictures and thoughts from the crazy Venice/Documenta trip Adrian and I took this summer...


Here are a few snaps from Cao Fei's "China Tracy Pavilion" at Venice, and a short piece I wrote up about it for short piece I wrote up for Tomorrow Unlimited.




Also, just looking at Cao Fei's blog today and spotted a picture of me and Adrian hanging out in the igloo-like structure, taking a break from the Venetian heat.

New Issue of BIDOUN

A small piece I did on Chungking Mansions is in the new Bidoun Magazine. Haven't seen it yet (not sure where they sell it yet), but if you come across it have a look.

Newest Issue

97+10: HK HandBaggage

The special exhibition project "97+10: HK Hand Baggage" that I organized with Adrian (Wong) and Isaac (Leung, of Videotage) is currently up at the Shanghai MOCA as part of the Handover Anniversary show "Reversing Horizons" (we're listed as "Videotage", I think for the sake of simplicity).

Though it was a long crazy process to get it made, it came together at last. Pictures from Diana (Freundl, at Shanghai MOCA) and Isaac from the opening, that I had to miss because of the GetItLouder HomeShow that same day back in Hong Kong...

More details on the project, the fabulous artists who contributed, and the future travels of this box to come!

And more photos currently up
here







“97+10: HK Hand Baggage”
A Special Project by Videotage (Curated by Isaac LEUNG Hok-Bun and Embassy Projects [Samantha CULP, and Adrian WONG Ho-Yin])

Featuring Works by:
Kurt CHAN Yuk-Keung, CHOI Yan-Chi, CHOW Chun-Fai, LAM Tung-Pang, LEE Kit, Ocean LEUNG, Isaac LEUNG Hok-Bun, Otto LI Tin-Lun, Magdalen WONG, Doris WONG Wai-Yin

Featuring Videos by:
Danny YUNG N.T., WONG Chi-Fai, Ellen PAU, Johnny AU Tsz-Keung, KWAN Pun-Leung, Keith LEE, CHOI Yan-Chi, KWAN Sheung-Chi

in "Reversing Horizons", July 8-August 8, 2007
Shanghai MOCA

The Big Man: Ai Weiwei Awesome

The latest issue of Artkrush is up now, with my interview of Chinese contemporary art heavy-hitter Ai Weiwei. He doesn't normally do phone interviews, so I felt really lucky to get one (he and his people kept being like "Can't you come up to Beijing?" and I was like, "No, sorry, this weekend I can't"). In the end, he was a generous and thoughtful subject.


Click to read the interview