Hiroshi Sugimoto Glass Tea House Mondrain This has to be the most beautiful thing I have seen in Venice. Located on the island of San Girogio Maggiore, the Glass Tea House Mondrain is designed by Hiroshi Sugimoto, a Japanese photographer who also works on architectural projects. This work consists of two parts – a courtyard with a …
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Tsang Kin-Wah
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6 Jun 2015
Almost all exhibitions in Venice are now showing art of current times – so one day I have decided to step out of contemporary art and step into Gallerie dell’ Accademia for some old-age beauty. Originally a gallery of an art academy, Gallerie dell’ Accademia is now a museum that houses pre-19th century Venetian art. …
3 Jun 2015
Venice is famous for its beautiful scene along the great canal for sure. In the city, you can find many small canals and bridges connecting all the islands. If you ask Venetians whether they like living over the water or not, the answer must be a mixture of love and hate. To understand the reason, …
28 May 2015
I can say Fondazione Prada is one of my favourite places to visit in Venice. Located in Ca’ Corner della Regina, formerly a palace of the Corner’s family, Fondazione Prada has used the place as its headquarter since 2011. I spent an afternoon there when I had my day off on Monday. Although the entrance …
21 May 2015
In Tsang Kin-Wah’s video works, you can always see how he intricately uses the sound, light and space to transform the atmosphere of a particular site. Use of texts is also an important element in his works. For those who are familiar with Tsang Kin-Wah will know that he is very much inspired by Friedrich …
18 May 2015
‘Giardini’ is ‘Garden’ in English. The Venice giardini is an area of parkland which hosts the Venice Art Biennale. The garden contains 30 permanent pavilions. Each of them is allocated to a particular nation and displays works of art representing the by its nationals during the Biennale. In additional to these national pavilion is the …
11 May 2015
Me merging seamlessly into the churning river This is actually my favourite room of the installation, as it reminds me of a scene in Wuthering Height in which Catherine’s ghost appears at the window and begs to be let in. A glorious display of a miscellaneous assortment of objects Room with a view (not mine, unfortunately) Entrance …
11 May 2015
Let’s make Udon! 1. Mix some salt with cold water. 2. Add the mixture into plain flour slowly. “Tipo 0 flour” should be used (not the one shown in the photo below). 3. Mix completely and make it into a dough. 4. Wait for about 1 hour. The dough should be kept in a damp place or in …
11 May 2015
The past few days had been the busiest days for Venetians and the art lovers from all over the world. The preview of the 56th Venice Biennale and its collateral events officially opened for press and VIPs on 5th May. Lots of international art journalists and collectors came to visit Tsang Kin-Wah’s exhibition, including some …
9 May 2015
‘The whole work is mainly based on my reading and interpretation of Nietzsche’s philosophy and some religious ideas from Christianity, Buddhism and Taoism.’ – Tsang Kin-Wah. To understand more about The Infinite Nothing, take a look at artist Tsang Kin-Wah’s responses to The Venice Questionnaire by ArtReview as he tells us his exhibition plan for Venice, …
7 May 2015
Preview of the Biennale has begun; our exhibition is open as well. The doorway below leads you to The Infinite Nothing. The Central Pavillion at Giardini, All the World’s Futurescurated by Okwui Enwezor The Nordic Pavilion commissioned Camille Normentfor this site-specific work Rapture to be all ways to be by herman …
6 May 2015
1. I walk really fast. 2. Hong Kong people are very efficient! 3. When an Italian says, “OKAY, OKAY! No Problem.” It means, “I don’t really understand you but I will work it out in my own way.” 4. Body language is universal around the world but Google translate is still a must. 5. …
5 May 2015
They were our AV technical team from Hong Kong. They worked out the installation plan and dealt with errors in the construction such as the shortened beams where projectors were mounted. Here, they were releasing cables for speakers and projectors. This was not an easy job as 20 projectors and 8 pairs of speakers were used. It …
5 May 2015
As we needed to find a reception desk and chairs for the exhibition, Sharon (assistant curator), Jeff and I went to Padova to a large scale hardware shop Leroy Merlin. It took around 45 minutes from Venice to Padova. Leroy Merlin Perhaps because it is a hardware shop, we could only find several tools but cannot find any furniture for …
4 May 2015
Thanks M+ for giving me this opportunity that my dream to Venice and the Venice Biennale finally came true. Yesterday, my partner Ashley and I arrived at Venice in a misty morning. Right after picking up our luggages, what we first needed to do was to buy a water bus ticket at ticket machine as …
4 May 2015
I believe many of you have heard of the Guggenheim Museum in New York. So you may then wonder – who is Peggy Guggenheim ? Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a modern art museum on the Grand Canal in Venice, and is one of the most visited attractions in the city. Peggy is actually the niece of …
30 Apr 2015
The site was full of construction materials when we reached the site. I was quite impressed by the the Italian workers. For one thing, they really worked fast; for another, they really did not care about the construction plan but it still worked…hopefully. It was so exciting to work under unknown factors…
18 Apr 2015
11 / 4 / 2015 The contractor move in the site with many wood columns, wood and their tools. They plan to build the outdoor structure and complete the indoor retouch in a week. The contractor transport the materials to the site. Workers are starting to build the outdoor structure. Two more new rooms for the …
15 Apr 2015
If you have been to the exhibition venue at Venice (conveniently located opposite to the main entrance of Arsenale), you would remember the lovely open courtyard that has shown many works of Hong Kong artists over the years. From Para/Site Collective’s exploration of ‘collective’ as a notion (2003); the built parrot-oyster-shell terrain created by MAP Office (2007), the …
14 Apr 2015
It was the first time I visited the site. Our first task was to inspect the site and check the materials left on the site so that we could follow up the whole progress and map out what we had to purchase later. Everything here was similar to imagination, old, worn but having a kind of unique silence. Grey concrete floor and white wall made the space much more interesting than the pure white cube…
13 Apr 2015
雙年展（Biennale）一字源於意大利，意指以兩年為週期的藝術展覽，而歷史最悠久的就是威尼斯雙年展（La Biennale di Venezia），於1895年開始舉辦，今年已經舉辦第五十六屆。 在威尼斯機場已經看到威尼斯雙年展的海報。 有幸得到M+的機會，當是次展覽的技術實習員，隨著藝術家曾建華及M+策展團隊到威尼斯雙年展香港展館協助籌辦展覽，這網誌將聯同其他十二位實習員，記錄在威尼斯大大小小日常事。 //為是次實習計畫任務及目標…
13 Apr 2015
Welcome everyone to the Intern’s blog! As part of the internship programme for the exhibition, we have selected 2 technical interns and 10 exhibition interns, who will be our eyes and ears in Venice during the exhibition period. To bring a piece of the Venetian blue sky to us, we have decided to open up …