Artist Hong Hong, featured in the site-specific installation 'The Mountain That Does Not Describe a Circle,' reflected on the process of creating large-scale paper works and explored topics such as materiality and sensation.
Hong Hong in conversation. The performance of ritual, with its physical demands and cyclical patterns, grounds Hong s papermaking and opens a channel of communication between present and past, the artist and her ancestors, and the mundane and the divine. In her work and installations, Hong investigates human experiences of time, dimension, and space. She will discuss her installation at Asia Society, where the architecture is both a support and a counterpoint for ideas of scale, visual perception, and experiential connection.
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In this artist talk, Houston-based artists Ahra Cho and Royal Sumikat presented their works-in-progress from the 'Artists on Site' project, exploring the themes of language and nostalgia as well as the future of their work.
In a discussion presented by Blaffer Art Museum, Asia Society Texas Center, and Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, four artists addressed the multiplicity of identities and communities they navigate in their individual practices.
Antonius-Tín Bui,
Matt Manalo (moderator), the webcast was held in conjunction with
Stephanie Syjuco: The Visible Invisible, on view at Blaffer Art Museum from October 17, 2020 – January 10, 2021.
Through an hour and a half of discussion, responding to one another s questions as well as those of the audience, the four spent time discussing how they situate their individual practices in the current political and institutional climates, as well as addressing the multiplicity of identities and communities they navigate as they create work that reflects their current realities.
We have transcribed the conversation, which you can access or download below.
Please note that while the transcript has been reviewed for accuracy, it was originally produced by an automated service and may still contain small inaccuracies.