The Problem of Asia Artwork Captions

Exhibition Checklist

List of Works: Artist: Ai Weiwei Title: Beijing: The Third Ring Media: Video Duration: 1 h 50 min Year: 2005 The video is a document of the two opposite views of traffic flow on 55 bridges along Beijing’s Second Ring. The artist records a single frame for one minute for each view on the bridge. The entire piece is made up of 110 segments. The length of the film is 1 hour and 50 minutes.

As opposed to BEIJING: THE SECOND RING, which was entirely shot on cloudy days, the segments or this film were entirely shot on sunny days.

The Rings are important urban structural elements of Beijing. The circular rings govern the whole spatial organization of the City’s urban fabric. Like the CHANG’AN BOULEVARD piece, the act of recording is minimal, focusing on the process of pure observation and the nature of time. The film documents the historic aspects of the city, modern development, its nearly 13 million people, mass transport, and the urban reality that defines Beijing.

Artist: Ai Weiwei Title: Beijing: The Second Ring Media: Video Duration: 1 h 6 min Year: 2005 The video is a document of the two opposite views of traffic flow on 33 bridges along Beijing’s Second Ring. The artist records a single frame for one minute for each view on the bridge. The entire piece is made up of 66 segments. The length of the film is 1 hour and 6 minutes.

As opposed to BEIJING: THE THIRD RING, which was entirely shot on sunny days, the segments or this film were entirely shot on cloudy days.

The Rings are important urban structural elements of Beijing. The circular rings govern the whole spatial organization of the City’s urban fabric. Like the CHANG’AN BOULEVARD piece, the act of recording is minimal, focusing on the process of pure observation and the nature of time. The film documents the historic aspects of the city, modern development, its nearly 13 million people, mass transport, and the urban reality that defines Beijing.

Artist: Leung Chi Wo Title: My Name is Victoria Media: Performance +Video documentation Year: 2010 This performance is based on his documentary work My Name Is Victoria, which is a research work in progress that deals with colonial identity in Hong Kong.

Artist: Dinu Li Title: Crescendo Media: Video Duration: Year: 2010

This video is result of a performance by the artist which addresses the issue of corruption in China. The video includes some archive materials from 50's to 70's Communist Propaganda movies.

Artist: Tintin Wulia Title: (Re)Collection of Togetherness Media: Installation Year: 2010 The artists uses a collection of faked passport documents to create breathtaking installations that deal with the notion of boundary, nationality and politics within the context of Asia. The passports invade the exhibition space and are transformed through the inclusion of sculptural pedestals.

Artist: Huang Xiaopeng Title: Thanks To The Expansion Of The Empire Media: Installation Year: 2010 Huang Xiaopeng ouvre deals with the notion of translation, and derived problems of political interpretation in the context of Asia. This large scale installation includes texts that have been transformed to automated translation software available through the internet. The result of this deconstruction is put into this work in the form of a wall text vinyl installation.

Artist: Luke Ching Title: Easy To Learn Cantonese (I Love You) – Japan Version Media: Video Duration: 9 min 39 sec Year: 2006 Through video performance produced during Luke Ching’s artist in residence in Fukuoka Art Museum, several sitters are asked to repeat a sentence in Cantonese. Through these sessions with each person the artist creates a portrait of each individual, as well as deals with the issue of language and its difficulties in the context of Asia.

Artist: Michael Lee Title: National Columbarium of Singapore (Asian Excerpt) Media: Installation (Vinyl lettering, architectural models) Year: 2010 This installation is comprised of architectural models and vinyl wall text installation. The main concern of this work is the disappearance of architecture in Asia and its connection with national identity.