Berlin, January 29 – February 1, 2029, https://transmediale.de The two new curators – Neema Githere, Juan Pablo García Sossa – gave a new and different feel to the festival compared to prior editions. This was the first edition of a new mode of operation for transmediale, where curators only receive a temporary contract and change…
Winter is a time to read some books. This was a Christmas present a gave to myself. Part 2 of 3. Books. Why I met Bogna Konior in Hong Kong some time ago, had her on my radar and was curious about what she is doing. She is in fact still in the region, now…
Winter is a time to read some books. This was a Christmas present a gave to myself. Part 1 of 3. Books. Why Not much to do with East, even though Contemporary enough (just published, 2025). It was more an interest in a method, that seems to be somehow related to what I am doing…
Frankfurt, September 25, 2025 – January 4, 2026, https://www.schirn.de Filipino-Canadian artist, presenting a couple of video installations and some related object-based art merchandise. Thematically, it all seemed a bit like “in search of one’s own (Comilang’s) identity: The video works were anchored in interviews she conducted with people that were somehow like her, either a…
Prague, Troja Chateau, September 20-21, 2025, https://www.ghmp.cz Troja Chateau is one of the multiple locations of the Prague City Gallery (GHMP) on the outskirts of Prague, next to the Zoo and Botanical Gardens. It is a beautiful baroque manor house, surrounded by a well maintained garden. This place was the site of the recent GHMP…
Basel, June 13 – 22, 2025, https://www.pf25.org/ I do not remember any more how I met Chan, but it was definitely during the time when he still lived and worked in Hong Kong. It was likely at some local art fair or opening. I also remember that since that time I had him connected with…
Hong Kong, Mar 14, 2025, on-line, https://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk In this lecture, Pierson traced the development of blue ceramics in China. She started off with the first known appearances of blue pigment under preceding centuries, then Talked about Tang and ended up by adding a bit about the following dynasty, Song. Blue and white ceramic can be…
Hong Kong, Feb 27, 2025, on-line, https://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk Pierson is a professor of Chinese ceramics at SOAS London and currently a visiting professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong. This was a first lecture in a series of four. The topic of this lecture was (interior) architecture used for porcelain displays. She started from the most…
After the very problematic transmediale last year, that resulted in the quiet and early departure of director Nora O Murchu, I was quite worried how this edition will turn out. My worries increased when another anti-projewish message was posted on the tm web in November. Would the paying visitors be again taken innocent hostages to…
Prague, September 5, 2024 – January 5, 2025, https://www.galerierudolfinum.cz A very generous exhibition in the magnificent spaces of Rudolfinum Gallery. And by “generous” I mean primarily in terms of space. Each of the large rooms was basically reserved for one gesture, but this gesture was given space to unfold to its fullest. Additional materials like…