First published on ArtSlant. Text by Robin Peckham. Spectral Evidence Sreshta Rit Premnath, Simon Leung, Lin + Lam; curated by Steven Lam 15 July – 5 September 1a Space Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd., To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong For its inaugural curatorial residency, 1a Space has invited [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Kitty Ko Sin Tung: Contour and Mark
Friday, July 30, 2010
The following text, contributed by Robin Peckham, is associated with an upcoming exhibition at Blue Lotus Gallery. Kitty Ko Sin Tung, a graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, was born in 1987 and continues to live and work in Hong Kong. Though it visually belongs to the school of “nice painting” that dominates [...]
Conduit and Containment in the Work of Xu Wenkai
Thursday, July 29, 2010
First published in Digimag. Interview by Robin Peckham. Xu Wenkai, who uses the name Aaajiao in most exhibition and other public contexts, was born in Xi’an in 1984 and currently resides in Shanghai. His name is widely known within both art and tech circles in China, though mostly for his efforts at organizing and sharing [...]
Resonance: A Conversation
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The following interview was carried out by Robin Peckham and Jessica Lam with Samson Young, Yao Chung-Han, and Rachel Connelly. It was translated and edited by Robin Peckham and then Ceci Moss before publication on Rhizome.org. Introduction The exhibition Resonance was initiated in early 2010 as an experiment in the conceptual underpinnings and practical manifestations [...]
An Aesthetics of Empathy: João Vasco Paiva
Saturday, July 10, 2010
First published on Eyeball. Text by Robin Peckham In João Vasco Paiva’s most recent major exhibition, entitled Experiments on the Notation of Shapes (2010), two projections and a video monitor trace sonic and visual routes through the streets and across the skyline of Hong Kong, simultaneously mediating and abstracting the architectonic composition of the city. [...]
From ‘Resonant Forms’ to ‘Resonance’
Friday, July 9, 2010
“Resonant if Unsound: Concept, Style, Execution” First published in Hong Kong Gallery Guide. This text describes a general critical framework. Text by Robin Peckham, with thanks to Venus Lau and Rachel Connelly. Marcel Duchamp inaugurated one of the manifold lineages of experimental art in the twentieth century with a push towards what he termed “non-retinal [...]
At the Node: A Conversation with Doreen Heng Liu
Friday, July 9, 2010
First published in InMagazine. Conversation carried out by Robin Peckham and Venus Lau with Doreen Heng Liu. Doreen Heng Liu, the principal of NODE Office and a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, began her architectural career with something rare in that field: a blank slate for the design of a new urban [...]
Multiple and Repeating: Duoxiang Studio
Thursday, July 8, 2010
First published in InMagazine. Interview carried out by Robin Peckham with Jia Lianna Duoxiang Studio, a comprehensive conceptually oriented design office founded by a group of architects, has long been a household name in Chinese design circles, particularly after their well-received work with the And Art Lab, a pioneering gallery space in Beijing’s 798 art [...]
A Latent Force: Recent Work by Yaohua Wang
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
First published in InMagazine. Interview carried out by Robin Peckham with Yaohua Wang. Yaohua Wang captured the imaginations of forward-thinking sectors of the architectural world while still a student in Los Angeles, releasing a series of increasingly radical projects in terms of both politics and aesthetics, all delivered in a set of neat animations that [...]
Revolving Vision: Rob and Nick Carter
Monday, July 5, 2010
First published on ArtSlant. Text by Robin Peckham. Rob and Nick Carter: Revolve 15 June – 31 July The Cat Street Gallery 222 Hollywood Rd., Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hong Kong is an interesting city in which to play with light, essentially constructed our of varying glass and steel rectangles perched between verdant [...]
