by Sophia Kidd | Jul 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
For decades artist BORIS NIESLONY has been dealing with violence, death and pain. How are humans capable of inflicting such atrocities on one another? He dedicated some performances and installations to the victims of genocides and massacres, drowning out his pain at...
by Sophia Kidd | Jul 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
The recent Water Forming Chengdu exhibition in Sydney, Australia and now brought home to Chengdu uncovers an art history which is situated in the natural urban environment, reinforcing a daoist tradition of deeply respecting waterways as well as the trans-physical...
by Sophia Kidd | Nov 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
The 2021 Biennale is filling two huge and brand new museums, is composed of 8 sectional exhibitions curated by a total of 16 curators. In this first of a series of blog entries on the Chengdu Biennale, we’ll simply outline the 8 sectional exhibitions. We’ll focus on...
by Sophia Kidd | Mar 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
What is the difference between behavior and performance? Older generations of Chinese performance artists teach their students ‘behavior art’ and eschew ‘performance art.’ These teachers of the Chinese form of performance art ask their students to remain embodied...
