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Born in 1984 in Kanagawa, Japan, Kamata Yusuke graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Inter-Media Art from the Tokyo University of Arts in 2013. He exposes the distortion inherent in history through his work built upon extensive research of the connection between war and culture as well as the architectural and modern histories of Japan. Kamata’s recent exhibitions include The Ongoing Dialogue at Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, Kanagawa (2019), Compiling Behaviors, Digesting Actions at Tokyo Arts and Space […]
Jeon Gisun/Matsuda Motoyoshi is a cultural translator and earthbag builder currently based mainly in Japan. As the director and coordinator of a team of cultural translators and editors that he established in 2015, he developed a unique cultural approach through co-organising a wide range of projects addressing lifestyle, community, art, food and craftmanship throughout Asia. As a member of 5 mutual aid communities, he continues to expand his living design practices through his characteristic architectural and woodworking techniques. Born and […]
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Ho Rui An Ho Rui An is an artist and writer working in the intersections of contemporary art, cinema, performance and theory. Through lecture, essay and film, he examines the systems of governance in a global age. He has presented projects at the Bangkok Art Biennale; Asian Art Biennial; Gwangju Biennale; Jakarta Biennale; Sharjah Biennial; Kochi-Muziris Biennale; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Kunsthalle Wien; Singapore Art Museum; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; and Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, Japan. Ho […]
Isaji Yugo is a visual artist based in Tokyo and creates works with ready-made products. Born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan in 1985, he graduated from Tama Art University in 2008. In 2019, he became the Pola Art Foundation’s fellowship recipient for a research project in Sweden. ‘Our lives are surrounded by flat floors and straight walls. It feels cramped to stay there all the time, so it’s a good idea to go for a walk in the forest or mountains. […]
Chen Yiyun is currently based in Shanghai. She graduated with an MA in Design Interactions from the Royal College of Art (London, UK) and obtained a BA in Digital Media Design at Tongji University (Shanghai, China). She also holds a diploma in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Using the language of speculative critical design, her multi-media practice probes the relationship between men and their bodies, and the interrelation between emerging technologies and everyday lives. She […]
Cha Seungean currently works and lives in Seoul. Her artistic practice references abstract paintings and consists of strokes and shades on woven textiles. After graduating from Hongik University with a BFA and MFA in textile art and the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in painting and drawing, she has continuously explored the condition of painting through producing textile art on woven canvases. The artist’s current interest is to reconsider the legacy of the experimental art movement in the […]
Au Yeung is a well-respected cross-media artist and a curator of food culture based in Hong Kong. Au Yeung is China’s preeminent lifestyle and dining specialist, well regarded by the media and public alike. Au Yeung graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a Bachelor’s degree with honours in Graphic Communication. He later obtained a Master’s degree in Philosophy. Au Yeung has been deeply involved in the study and research of lifestyle in contemporary China. His research takes various forms, […]
Johanna von Pezold is a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Hong Kong, where she is researching the trade and consumption of Chinese-made fashion products in Mozambique. Originally from Germany, Johanna obtained an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from the University of Oxford. She has worked for different think tanks and management consulting firms in Hamburg, Rio de Janeiro and Beijing. Johanna is especially interested in China-Africa relations, transnational flows of non-Western fashion and material culture, and interactions between […]
Brainfood was co-founded by Aaron Wong (MA in Linguistics) and Cat H. M. Fung (MPhil in Linguistics, MA in Interpretation) in summer 2018. Sign language, as a visual language, serves as one of the brain foods which stimulates how we navigate our daily lives through sight. Brainfood also serves as a hub to promote Deaf awareness and sign language as a human right. Born to Deaf parents, Wong as a Deaf lecturer has been advocating for his own rights through […]
Sunnie Chan is currently the Associate Curator of Exhibition at CHAT. She holds degrees from the University of Essex majoring History of Art & Film Studies, and the Hong Kong Baptist University in MA Communication. Between 2010 and 2019, Chan worked as an independent and with Gallery 27, a private design gallery in Hong Kong, took part in research and curating for projects including M+ Mobile: Yaumatei (2012), Sori Yanagi: The Designer’s Heart (2015), Hong Kong Department Store (2016), Very […]