Exhibition map and forum schedule now available as PDF here! “Writing off the Wall” Nadim Abbas, Bai Xiaoci, Lee Kit, Kitty Ko Sin Tung, MAP Office, João Vasco Paiva, Adrian Wong, Samson Young Curated by Venus Lau and Robin Peckham Organized by Kunsthalle Kowloon (S.E.C.P.) Opening 26 May 2011, 14:00 – 20:00 Forum 29 May [...]
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. [...]
First published in Hong Kong Gallery Guide, April issue. I commented previously that Hong Kong-based Portuguese artist João Vasco Paiva’s recent solo exhibition Experiments on the Notation of Shapes represented something of a point of negotiation between new media art and the contemporary art world proper, accomplishing this by leaning primarily on the concept of [...]
First published on ArtSlant China. Text by Robin Peckham. Experiments on the Notation of Shapes Input/Output 31A Wyndham Street, Hong Kong, China February 12, 2010 – April 11, 2010 Despite the ongoing discussions of Hong Kong as an Asian hub for artistic exchange, an auction platform, and the host of the region’s leading art fair, [...]