The FIELD MEETING: Participating Artists
In anticipation of the FIELD MEETING planned for October 25 and 26, 2014, when some of today’s most prolific artists and art-professionals working in Asia and beyond will gather and take centre stage, the curatorial team presents a series of special feature posts on Asian Contemporary Art Week’s Artsy page to contextualize the participants’ diverse practices and propositions. The selection of excerpts of videos and texts below offers a first look into the still growing line-up of artists through their own words and works.
1. Haig AIVAZIAN (Beirut)
2. Burçak BINGÖL (Istanbul)
3. Patty CHANG (Boston)
Video: clip from Embankment (2007), a collaboration with David Kelley.
4. Alexis DESTOOP (Sydney & Brussels)
Video and Still from Kairos, 2009-12, 35'30". image source.
5. Heri DONO (Jogjakarta & Berlin)
Video: A short film documentation from the artist Heri Donos studio in Yogyakarta, Indoensia.
6. Jeanno GAUSSI (Berlin & Kabul)
Caption: Jeanno Gaussi, HOME SWEET HOME Jerusalem, Artist Book VIA KHAN AL ZEIT and video THREE FRAGMENTS FROM JERUSALEM, 2010. Image source.
Video: Jeanno Gaussi's video essay from 2012, Cinema Park.
7. Shilpa GUPTA (New Delhi)
Video: Shadow 3, 2007, interactive video projection incorporating the viewers simulated shadow.
8. Lamia JOREIGE (Beirut)
Video: Lamia Joreige describes life in Beirut, Lebanon.
9. LI Shurui (Beijing)
10. LU Yang (Shanghai)
Caption: Lu Yang, UterusMan, 2013, digital print, 120 x 83 cm. Image source.
Video: a trailer of Uterus Man, 2013.
11. Map Office (Hong Kong; Laurent Guttierez, Valerie Portefaix)
12. Jewyo RHII (Seoul & New York)
Caption: Rhii Installationsansicht1, 2013. Image source.
13. Aki SASAMOTO (New York)
Caption: Aki Sasamoto, Centripetal Run, 2012, installation/performance. Image source.
14. SUN Xun (Beijing)
Video: Sun Xun discusses his work Some Actions Which Haven't Been Defined Yet in the Revolution (2011), as part of the artist interview series conducted for the special exhibition Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China, December 11, 2013--April 6, 2014.
15. Polit-Sheer-Form Office (Beijing; Hong Hao, Xiao Yu, Song Dong, Liu Jianhua, Leng Lin)
Caption: Polit-Sheer-Form Office, Do the same good deed (still), 2014. Video. Courtesy of Polit-Sheer-Form Office. Image source.
16. Tintin WULIA (Melbourne)
Video: commission work at Sharjah Biennial 11
17. YU Cheng-Ta (Taipei)
Video: Fisherman's Wonderland, 2013, Single Channel Video Installation.
18. ZHENG Chongbin (San Francisco)
Video: Christie's interviews Zheng Chongbin about his practices.
Please stay tuned for upcoming series of posts and in-depth features on individual participants of the Field Meeting. More participating artists will also be announced.
