Ocula Conversation MetaObjects: Towards a Theory of Studio Practice By Emily Verla Bovino, Hong Kong Ashley Lee Wong and Andrew Crowe, the founders of digital studio MetaObjects, discuss their approach to knowledge sharing and collaborative processes.
Ocula Conversation Isaac Chong Wai on Falling Carefully By Tessa Moldan, Berlin Isaac Chong Wai uses video, performance, and sculpture to visualise distributions of power and knowledge within human relationships and social systems.
Ocula Feature Exhibitions to See in Hong Kong By Tessa Moldan, Hong Kong As Hong Kong gradually reopens after lockdown, explore the exhibitions taking place this summer.
Ocula Feature The Lowdown: shows to see during Hong Kong Art Week By Diana d'Arenberg, Hong Kong With an ever-expanding list of exhibitions and happenings, here is a selection of things to see during Art Basel Hong Kong (29–31 March 2018).
Ocula Conversation Yoshitomo Nara By Catherine Shaw, Hong Kong Basically my approach is that it doesn't matter if there is an audience out there. Even if I knew there would be no one out there to look at my work, I would still make the exact same thing.
Ocula Conversation Shahzia Sikander By Anita Dawood, New York From being the first in a pioneering group of artists who breathed new life into the ossified tradition of Mughal-era miniature painting, Shahzia Sikander has left a trail in gouache across genres and cultures, gathering an astonishing number of accolades along the way. Still smiling from what looked to be an exhilarating exhibit of her animation...
Ocula Feature If We Build Them, Will You Come? By Sophia McKinnon, New York In 2014, I spent twenty days traveling across central and southern China exploring a cross section of roughly twenty of China’s thousands of new museums. This anomolous ‘museum boom’ has spawned much speculation over the driving factors and futures of this new generation of institutions. It has also catalysed discussion on how...
Ocula Conversation Xu Bing By Anna Dickie, Hong Kong My art is always speaking to contemporary life, so my art has changed as contemporary life has changed. An artist is always adapting what he wants to express as the world around him changes.
Ocula Conversation S. Alice Mong S. Alice Mong became the Executive Director of Asia Society Hong Kong Center in 2012. Prior to joining the Asia Society, Ms Mong worked for almost a decade in New York, where as Director of the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) she was responsible for transforming MOCA from a New York Chinatown institution to a leading national museum. Ms Mong...
