Lee Kai Chung conducts artistic research on history and historiography, systems and ideology. In his early years, Lee was inspired by the lack of proper governance over public records, so he developed his own archival research methodology as his key artistic practice. Through research, social participation and engagement, Lee’s work reflects upon historical narratives and demonstrates an individual’s transition between politics and art. Lee received the Altius Fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council in 2020 and the Award for Young […]
Lau Ching Ping lives in Hong Kong. Currently, he is the chair of Hong Kong International Photo Festival and was the co-founder of photo art magazine Dislocation. He received the WYNG Master Award (AIR Project), and actualised the project in a photo art book titled Thin as Air. He hopes to capture the future of the world with the most optimistic aperture.
Lau Chi Chung graduated from The Surrey Institute of Art & Design University College (BFA on Interior Design) in 1999, and worked in the television commercial industry as an art director before becoming a full-time artist. Although he started out on short films, Lau has mostly worked in photography and has exhibited in various international photo festivals. His photography series Landscaped Artifacts in 2013 brought him the title of New Photography Artist of the year from Lianzhoufoto Festival 2013. Lau […]
Charles Lai is an architect as well as a researcher and writer of architectural history. He received his PhD degree in architectural history and theory from the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong, and his diploma degree from the AA School of Architecture in London. His thesis focuses on the history, material culture and technology of a cement plaster called Shanghai Plaster in East and Southeast Asia, as well as the conservation of built historical heritages. Lai […]
Helen Jungyeon Ku is currently a curator at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. She received her MA in art theory from the Korea National University of Arts. She co-founded mediabus and The Book Society after working as a design curator at the ZeroOne Design Center. She co-curated the exhibition Artists’ Documents: Art, Typography and Collaboration (MMCA, Seoul, 2016) and has edited several publications including MMCA Artist Studies Series Im Heung-soon: Toward a Poetics of Opacity and […]
Kong Yuye holds a bachelor degree in Literature and Philosophy and a Master of Journalism from Peking University. She is interested in media, technology and gender in 20th century China and has published “8 March Restaurant” Blossoming with Flowers of Innovation: Women and Technical Labor During the Great Leap Forward the politics of technology and women’s liberation in socialism. In her research, she focused on women and textile in the Chinese revolution, as well as the dissemination, reform and practice […]
Gisun/Motoyoshi is a cultural translator and an earthbag builder currently based mainly in Japan. As the director and coordinator of a team he set up in 2015 which consists of cultural translators and editors, he has developed a unique cultural approach through co-organising a wide range of projects addressing lifestyle, community, art, food and craftmanship throughout Asia. Also, as a member of five mutual aid communities, he continues to expand his living design practices through his characteristic architectural and woodworking […]
Born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan in 1985, Isaji Yugo graduated from Tama Art University in 2008. In 2019, he became the Pola Art Foundation’s fellowship recipient for a research project in Sweden. Isaji is a visual artist based in Tokyo and creates works with ready-made products. ‘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. […]
Calvin’s artistic practices seeks to combine architecture, planning and advocacy. He is the founder of Spatial Anatomy and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. With a keen interest in bridging design and geopolitics, Chua has led ground-breaking research and capacity building programmes on urban and economic development in the DPRK over the past decade. Recognised as one of the leading voices on the relationship between the Korean peninsula, his opinions have been featured in […]
Chu Chun-Teng was born in 1982, Taipei, Taiwan. He graduated from the Department of Film at Shih Hsin University, Taipei in 2006 and completed his MFA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London in 2010. Chu Chun-Teng made a number of feature films and was selected for international film festivals before graduation. Upon receiving his BA in film, he shifted his focus towards fine art and worked on film, video art and installation. He is deeply concerned with the […]