citytransit asia-europe http://www.city-transit.org/ct Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:16:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en August 2009 http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2009/08/26/august-2009/ http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2009/08/26/august-2009/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:11:14 +0000 admin http://www.city-transit.org/ct/?p=304 ‘Cities of Desire‘ is to be launched in Hong Kong. We are pleased that four Vienna-based artists will come to Hong Kong. MACHFELD (new media duo), Martin Krenn (political artist) and Barbara Holub (artist, architect, co-founder of Transparadiso) will be joining us for the opening, the symposium and the workshops.

Programme:

Exhibition: “Cities of Desire: Vienna - Hong Kong”
Hong Kong Arts Centre, 4/F Pao Galleries
10 Sept -10 Oct 2009, Opening on 9 Sept 09

Symposium: “Alternative Place-Making - the grassroots perspective”
Speakers: Hector Rodriguez (Associate Professor at School of Creative Media, HK City University)
Barbara Holub (artist, architect, founding member of Transparadiso)
Jaspar Lau (HK Political Art group)
moderated by Hilary Tsui (Project curator)

Presentations by Martin Krenn & Pak-Chi Tse; MACHFELD & Cedric Maridet
Date: 12 Sept 2009, 15:30 - 18:00

Collaborative Workshops with artists and NGOs from Hong Kong and Vienna
Date: 1 - 10 Sept 2009

Participating Artists and Architects:
Vienna: feld72, Andreas Fogarasi, Giannotti&Giuriat, Martin Krenn, MACHFELD
Hong Kong: Luke Ching, Hong Kong Political Art Group, Mee-Ping Leung, Cedric Maridet, Ducky Tse, Pak-Chai Tse, Urban Void Group

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Contemporary Asian Art – Production, Representation and Internationalisation

Hilary Tsui in dialogue with participating artists: Heri Dono (Indonesia) and Jun Yang (China/Austria). She will approach the issues of representation and internationalisation of contemporary Asian art, as well as addressing various modes of art production.

Date: 23 May 09, 16:00
Venue: Academy of Fine Arts Vienna 

]]> http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2009/05/18/may-2009/feed/ March 2009 http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2009/03/20/march-2009/ http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2009/03/20/march-2009/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:00:29 +0000 admin http://www.city-transit.org/ct/?p=268 Asian Village - An encounter with sound and visual artists from Asia and Europe 

city transit Asia-Europe will take part in the realisation of ‘Asian Village’ - an interdisciplinary project with an exciting programme including, music, sound art, film, talks and street acts. 

The Gumpendorfer Strasse in Vienna will be transformed into a place for cultural encounters during 23-24 May. Artists and musicians from China, Indonesian, Japan, Kasachstan, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Austria, Germany and the UK will be participating in the project. 

‘Asian Village’ is initiated by ‘Into the City’, an urban culture series of the renowned Vienna Festival. In cooperation with Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and all commercial outlets along the Gumpendorfer Strasse 1-12 (Cafe phil, IG Bildende Kunst, Das Möbel, Restaurants Ramien, ShanghaiTan, Schnitt!)

More under ‘into the city’: http://www.festwochen.at

Date: 13-24 May 2009

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In Vienna (May 09): Catalogue “Cities of Desire” will be published.
*Contributors: ThinkArchitecture (Vienna/London), Wolfgang Zinggl (Vienna), Martijn de Waal (Amsterdam), Stephen Chan (Hong Kong), Hilary Tsui (Vienna), Howard Chan (Hong Kong)

In Vienna (May/June 09): Symposium: “Re-think: Places” 

In Hong Kong (Sept 09): Cities of Desire: Vienna <-> Hong Kong 2008-09
* Programme: Exhibition, talks, Landmark2.0 workshops (artists, architects from Vienna & Hong Kong with NGOs and activists in HK)

More projects in progress, stay tuned!
  • We wish you a fruitful 2009!
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Moderator: Farid Tabarki (CoolPolitics)
Speakers: Ester van der Wiel (designer public space, curator Sunday Adventure Club), Kamiel Klaasse (NL Architects, participant Urban Play), Scott Burnham (curator Urban Play, Montreal), Renny Ramakers (Droog Design), Ji Lee (graphic designer, participant Urban Play, New York), Hilary Tsui (platform director, city transit Asia-Europe, Vienna)
more: www.experimentadesign.nl/2008/en/0207.html

]]> http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2008/11/03/november-2008/feed/ October 2008 http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2008/10/20/october-2008/ http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2008/10/20/october-2008/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:48:53 +0000 admin http://www.city-transit.org/ct/?p=138 ‘Art Interventions as Alternative Place-Making’ by Hilary Tsui is published in dérive -  Journal of Urban Studies (Vienna) ( ed. 33)
More: www.derive.at

]]> http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2008/10/20/october-2008/feed/ September 2008 http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2008/09/20/september-2008/ http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2008/09/20/september-2008/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:49:35 +0000 admin http://www.city-transit.org/ct/?p=140 ‘cities of desire’: Vienna <-> Hong Kong kicked-off

]]> http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2008/09/20/september-2008/feed/ August 2008 http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2008/08/12/august-2008-2/ http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2008/08/12/august-2008-2/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:01:30 +0000 admin http://www.city-transit.org/ct/?p=108 ‘Cities of Desire’, an interdisciplinary arts exchange project between Vienna and Hong Kong initiated and curated by Hilary Tsui, will be launched on the 25th Sept 2008 in Vienna. The project involves international participants from both cities and will be implemented in Hong Kong (March 09) in cooperation with the Community Museum Project. The Vienna Programme (Sept- Nov08) includes an exhibition, roundtable discussion, performances and art interventions in public space. (more under: arts exchange)

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]]> http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2008/08/09/august-2008/feed/ September 2007 http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2007/09/30/september-2007/ http://www.city-transit.org/ct/2007/09/30/september-2007/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:22:30 +0000 admin http://www.h-mayer.info/hil/?p=34 NOMAD A.I.R. Programme in Nice, Berlin and Vienna will be launched in October 2007.

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