Ocula Conversation transmediale Artistic Director Kristoffer Gansing Looks Back Terence Sharpe, Berlin Since 2012, Kristoffer Gansing has worked as the artistic director of transmediale—a festival at the forefront of digital media and culture that analyses the current moment through self-reflection and anticipation of rapidly oscillating futures. Explorations into moving image, online culture, and the socio-political landscape of digital...
Ocula Report Taipei Lowdown: Shows to See Tessa Moldan, Taipei As Taipei Dangdai returns for its second edition between 17 and 19 January 2020 at the Nangang Exhibition Center, a selection of exhibitions across the city confirm Taipei as one of the region's most exciting art hubs. Yahon Chang: Cursive OUR Museum, National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA), No. 59, Section 1, Daguan Road, Banqiao...
Ocula Insight Images from Abroad: Lada Nakonechna at Galerie EIGEN + ART Phoebe Blatton, Berlin Lada Nakonechna's solo exhibition, Images from abroad at Galerie EIGEN + ART (9 January–20 February 2020) ostensibly takes place on an end wall of the gallery. The wall bears markings hand-drawn in graphite that evoke shadows once cast by pictures, since removed, their fixtures also left in situ. Serving as a framework of variable...
Established in 2000, Sundaram Tagore Gallery is devoted to examining the exchange of ideas between Western and non-Western cultures. We focus on developing exhibitions and hosting not-for-profit events that encourage spiritual, social and aesthetic dialogues. In a world where communication is instant and cultures are colliding and melding as never before, our goal is to provide venues for art that transcend boundaries of all sorts. With alliances across the globe, our interest in cross-cultural exchange extends beyond the visual arts into many other disciplines, including poetry, literature, performance art, film and music.
Ocula Report Singapore Lowdown: Shows to See Tessa Moldan, Singapore Singapore Art Week returns from 11 to 19 January 2020 with a host of island-wide events, at the centre of which is the second edition of S.E.A. Focus (16–19 January 2020), which returns to Gillman Barracks arts precinct with the best of contemporary art in Southeast Asia. Citra Sasmita: Ode to the Sun Yeo Workshop, 47 Malan Road, #01–25,...
Ocula Report Sydney Contemporary: Bridging the Gap Anna Dickie, Sydney As far as art fair venues go, Sydney Contemporary (13–16 September 2018) has nailed it with Carriageworks, where the fair was once again staged. Formerly a rail yard and now a cultural centre, the space has retained its distinctive 19 th -century industrial details, and it offered a striking light-filled backdrop to the fair's crisp white...
Ocula Photolog Sydney Contemporary 2018 'With a thriving contemporary art scene, Sydney is a dynamic cultural destination with an international reputation for presenting the very best in visual art through its leading commercial galleries, public institutions, private museums, festivals and Biennale. Defined by the vibrancy of its host city, Sydney Contemporary provides collectors,...
Ocula Insight Born to a Japanese mother and an American father, Miya Ando is very much a creature of both the East and West. Known for creating large-scale installations, paintings and sculptures redolent of natural phenomena, as a child she split her time between the redwood forests of Santa Cruz, California, and a Buddhist temple in Okayama, Japan, where...
Related Press Steve McCurry's photos show the complex relationship between humans and animals 8 November 2019, CNN Steve McCurry has achieved legendary status with his documentary photography, and is perhaps best known for his portrait of the Afghan Girl with the piercing green eyes published in 1985.But the influential American photographer, who has built his career around his daring coverage of armed conflict, has a lesser known passion: animals.
Related Press Singapore: Karen Knorr’s exhibition at Sundaram Tagore Gallery pays an ode to majestic India 26 August 2019, Architectural Digest American/British photographer Karen Knorr has over the years developed a critical and playful dialogue with photography. From investigating patriarchal values of the English upper classes to the role of animals and their representation in art, ...
Related Press LIFE & CULTURE The Story Behind Karen Knorr’s Riotous 1970s Series, Punks 30 July 2019, Another Man Karen Knorr was born in Germany to American parents and grew up in Puerto Rico, before studying in Paris and then moving to London. 'Here I was, this Puerto Rican American, and I was trying to understand British culture,' says Knorr over the phone from Washington DC, though she has been based in London since the 1970s. 'I did it through...
Related Press Research In Progress: A Q&A with Karen Knorr 15 July 2019, Frontrunner Magazine Born in Frankfurt, Karen Knorr (currently a Professor of Photography at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, Surrey, UK) was raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico and then pursued her education in the United States, the UK, and across Europe, cultivating a dual perspective that would underscore her work. Having started her own 'movement,'...
Related Video & Audio Sofa Sessions: Conversations with Martin Parr - Karen Knorr 6 August 2019, Martin Parr Foundation Photographer Karen Knorr joins Martin Parr for the sixth instalment of 'Sofa Sessions: Conversations with Martin Parr'. They discuss her educational background, approach to the use of text with image and having to become a wildlife photographer.
Related Video & Audio Art Stage Singapore 2015 22 January 2015, Vernissage TV / 21 January 2015 For the 5th time, Art Stage Singapore takes place at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore. The fair is known for its special focus on Southeast Asian art scenes (Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar). This year, more than 170 galleries from Asian and Western...
