A trained cultural historian and artist who uses academic writing and visual art practice to address issues in fashion. The discourse of cultural identities in the production of fashion and the cultural property of fashion are common themes in her work. Author of Fusionable Cheongsam (2007), she has written widely on the socio-cultural revolution of the Chinese dress, through which she has dissected the material culture in China. Current projects include an edited volume on Making Fashion in Multiple Chinas: […]
Associate Professor of the Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Member of the China Arts and Crafts Association; Member of the standing committee of Fiber Art Association of China; and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Jiang’s research focuses on technologies of physical and chemical treatments of textiles, he has been devoted to innovative fashion and textile designs. He has achieved breakthroughs in research on decorative and functional textiles and their usages in fashion design, […]
(Professor, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK) Janis Jefferies is an artist, writer and curator. She is Professor of Visual Arts at Goldsmiths, University of London, also working with early career researchers and with developing practice research. She trained as a painter (Sheffield School of Art, Maidstone College of Art and Camberwell College of Arts and Crafts) and in woven construction (Poznan Academy of Fine Arts, Poland) under Magdalena Abakanowicz. Jefferies is a pioneer in the field of contemporary textiles within […]
Ingrid Chu is a curator and writer based in Hong Kong with experience at leading museums and non-profit art organisations as Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong; Creative Time, New York; The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City; The Power Plant, Toronto; the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. Chu’s reviews, interviews, and articles have been featured in international contemporary art and culture publications including Afterall, frieze, Kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope Asia, Performa Magazine, […]
Professor of Social Anthropology, The University of Edinburgh. Francesca Bray is a historian of science, technology and medicine in imperial China, trained in Chinese studies and anthropology. As an anthropologist, Bray is fascinated by the macro- and micro-politics of technologies, past and present. She has specifically looked at how technology has expressed and shaped gender roles throughout Chinese history. In Technology and Gender: Fabrics of Power in Late Imperial China (1997) and Technology, Gender and History in Imperial China (2013), […]
Born in 1982, lives and works in Seoul. Actively participates in numerous artist-in-residence programmes around the globe to exchange ideas with artists and cultural creators from different backgrounds and create transdisciplinary works, Yeom’s works exist across media such as video, installation, sculpture and illustration. Beyond her interest with space, her works also address humanity, politics, and sociological elements in relation to space. After participating in numerous residency programmes in Ghana, Iran, Palestine, Brazil, and Colombia, she had three solo shows […]
Born in 1981, lives and works in Hong Kong and New York. Wong works with video, installation, photography, sculpture and drawing. She collects objects from her daily life, and displays an alternative perspective to their stories through projections, sounds, and lighting. Altering the audience’s perception of everyday objects, she triggers our curiosity for the unordinary in the mundane. Wong received the Freeman Foundation Asian Artists’ Fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center Residency in 2010, and the Asia Pacific Artist Fellowship […]
Born in 1985, lives and works in Boston and Tokyo. Sputniko! creates machines, robotics, music and videos exploring issues surrounding technology and pop culture. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab and a graduate of London’s Royal College of Art. Sputniko! is not only an artist, but also a singer, writer, actress, model and even an idol. Her playful and cross-boundary works examine the technology of everyday life, and rethink gender […]
Born in 1967, lives and works in Malakoff. Disappearance is a crucial theme for Nisic. Through research and interviews, she collects fragments of lost memories and muted voices from historical events. Using various mediums such as Super 8 and 16mm film, video, photography and drawing to interrogate the nature of image, Nisic’s works connect history to our own contemporaneity. She presented solo exhibition “Echo” at the Jeu de Paume in Paris (2013). She has exhibited her work in numerous institutions […]
Born in 1987, lives and works in Glasgow. Works across printing, media and photography to illustrate an imagined narrative in her video works, addressing issues of identity, social values and politics. Maclean creates special and unique characters that combine playful elements with unpredictable storytelling methods. Wearing colourful costumes and dramatic makeup, Maclean is a multi-tasker, playing all of the characters in her videos and acting as artist, director, and performer. Recent screenings of video works in Athens and Luxembourg Film […]