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sinokultur would like to invite you to our Salon on Friday, May 24 at 18.30 for the talk Concepts on the Move with the Hong Kong cross-disciplinary artist and artist-curator Wong Chi-yung.

Wong Chi-yung will talk about experiential installations, lighting installations, and creative education, emphasizing the communication between arts and sciences. He will explain to everyone how he wanders between art creation and scientific research, and then responds to his exploration with art creation. How to stimulate cooperation, creation, and research through the exploration of cross-disciplinary collaboration, and promote public awareness of mental health.

Wong Chi-yung was born in Hong Kong, and now lives in Zurich and Hong Kong. In the past four years, Chi-yung has actively promoted artistic and academic exchange. His collaborators include: Theatre of Liege, Belgium, West Kowloon Cultural Authority District, Hong Kong Arts Center, ETH Zurich, and the Artists-in-Labs Program at the Institute of Cultural Studies of Zurich University of the Arts, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, etc. Recently, he was selected as one of the Art Fellows 2020 by Yale University in the United States, where he developed arts and mental health projects.

The talk will be moderated by Yunlong Song. After the talk everyone is invited for an Apéro.

The talk will be held in English.

Location: sinokultur, Klosbachstrasse 109, 8032 Zurich

For tickets click here

The Chinese artist Ni Daodao is delighted to invite you to the opening of his solo exhibition 'EARTH Notes of a Chameleon' at Kompass Space in Zurich on Thursday, April 18 from 6-9pm. The exhibition will be open until May, 25 th.

NOTES OF A CHAMELEON
As the inaugural “Earth” exhibition of ΚΟΜΠΑΣ / Kompass space, Notes of a Chameleon spotlights the work of Ni Daodao, an artist deeply concerned with eco-friendly living and notions of care. Conceived for Dienerstrasse’s vitrine format, Notes of a Chameleon evokes the immersive, porous atmosphere of Daodao’s garden studio at home in Uster, Switzerland, where their conceptual universe, Rabbonia, blooms year-round through material and sensorial engagement. Somewhere between a moon gate, a portal, and a peephole, this springtime installation stages the artist’s story-spinning works with the peppery flair of a chameleon, or even their beloved “chameleon plant,” indigenous to Southeast Asia: as fluid, nomadic ornaments of playful transformation. 

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Born in Chongqing, China and presently working in Switzerland, Ni Daodao 倪島島 engages with the world as a “skeptical inquirer.” An artist of “no gender, no nationality, no age,” their practice is defined by a commitment to ecological sensitivity and intimate, everyday narration.

Image Credits: Photo by Arthur Heck; Graphic Design by Blaž Rojs

Location: Kompass Space, Dienerstrasse 33, Zurich, Switzerland

The American artist Maggie Lee is exhibiting her solo show MAGAZINE at Kunsthalle Zurich until May 20th.

The exhibition MAGAZINE was born out of the artist’s long-held desire to publish her own magazine – a very personal magazine that would nonetheless circulate further than just her own circle of friends. Maggie Lee’s passion for this medium of distribution was inspired by her work in copy stores, and above all by creating zines since her teenage years in New Jersey. 

There is a special appeal to the creative self-realisation in self-publishing, which has developed into a scene of its own ever since cheap reproduction became accessible. This appeal is also reflected in Lee’s artistic practice: she collects material, cuts out, scans and copies, paints backgrounds, adds text or decorates with stickers and fabric remnants, then puts the finished pages back on the scanner, laminates them or cuts them into a different shape. Here, magazine-making becomes an artistic method: all her collages, installations, videos and sound works function via this technique of montage, associative arranging and the concomitant fun of disseminating the self-made. 

The exhibition at Kunsthalle Zürich can be read like a walk-in version of the imagined magazine: at the center of the room is the desk at which the magazine is created, with inspirations and ideas scattered around it like will-o’-the-wisp. On the walls are paintings like layouted magazine pages, graffiti akin to overlooked advertisements and, lastly, a strange horror film that attracts attention like a sophisticated editorial. (Text: Kunsthalle Zurich)

Maggie Lee (born 1987) lives and works in New York, USA. 

The exhibition is curated by Otto Bonnen, Assistant Curator Kunsthalle Zürich.

Location: Kunsthalle Zürich, Limmatstrasse 270, CH-8005 Zürich

Vom 18.04.2024 – 25.05.2024 zeigt das Atelier Righini Fries in Zürich "NewKammer: A Showcase of New Talent".

Der Ausstellungstitel «NewKammer. A Showcase of New Talent» kombiniert die Wörter «Wunderkammer» und «Newcomer» und verbindet die Idee einer Schausammlung von Objekten unterschiedlichster Herkunft mit der Präsentation neuer Talente. Diese deutsch-englische Wortkreation unterstreicht zudem den multidisziplinären Charakter der teilnehmenden Kunstschaffenden. 

«NewKammer» ist eine Gastausstellung des Z-Kubators der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) und umfasst Teilnehmer:innen des Förderprogramms What’s next_Compass der Jahre 2022-2024. Das Förderprogramm wird unterstützt durch die Stadt Zürich und die Stiftung Righini-Fries.

Die Werke wurden speziell für die Ausstellung ausgewählt oder entwickelt und geben Einblicke in aktuelle künstlerische Praktiken und Prozesse. Die Ausstellung zeigt von Fotografie, Malerei, Skulptur, Installation bis hin zu multimedialen Arbeiten ein breites Spektrum an zeitgenössischen Themen und Herangehensweisen. 

Kurator: Itay Blaish

Mit: Caroline Ammer, Mercedes Borgunska, Gabriyel Bat-Erdene, Giuliana Beya Dridi, Simona Ferrari, Ramona Gschwend, Jorim Emanuel Huber, Jiaxi Han, Pablo Jókay, Alina Kopytsia, Elio Lüthi, Alexeï Aad Monney, Barbara Schuler, Studio Topo, Andrea Francesco Todisco, Shannon Zwicker

Ort: Atelier Righini-Fries, Klosbachstrasse 150, 8032 Zürich

Mehr Infos: https://www.righini-fries.ch

The Zurich Galerie Lange + Pult is inviting you to the opening of the group exhibition BEYOND THE LOOKING GLASS on Thursday, April 18 from 6-9pm. The exhibition will be open until May, 25th.

In the exhibition “Beyond the Looking Glass” – inspired by Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking-Glass” – Works will be exhibited that deal with following thematic areas: Transformation and Metamorphosis, Technological Interventions, Mirrors and Reflections (Simon Würsten Martin).

Among the exhibiting artists is Chinese artist Xu Yang. She (b.1996, Shandong) is a London-based Chinese multi-disciplinary artist creating artwork with political undercurrents. Inspired by and referencing 17th and 18th century western art history, often seen via the male gaze, Xu is also influenced by drag performance, theatre and cabaret. Using herself as a model, Xu explores through painting, performance and photography the position of women in contemporary society and pop culture. 

Among the other artists are: Alfredo Aceto, Victoria Cantons, Sylvie Fleury, Dorota Gaweda, Egle Kulbokaite,Thomas Julier, Klaudia Schifferle, Sinae Yoo. 

Curated by Doris Son

Xu Yang, Gaze 2024, oil, watercolour, pencil and glass paint on lime wood panel, 17 x 13 cm

Location: Galerie Lange + Pult, Rämistrasse 27, 8001 Zurich

sinokultur is very excited to invite you to this unique opportunity! On Friday, June 14 from 11am to 3pm we will visit the the two fairs Volta Art Fair and Art Basel. 

At 11 am we will meet at the booth of Lechbinska Gallery at Volta Art Fair in Basel. Julia Lechbinska will give us a tour of her booth and introduce  the exhibited artists to us. After the tour you have time to visit further booths at Volta Art Fair.

Lechbinska Gallery was founded in 2020. The Gallery’s primary focus is the contemporary art created between cultures and identities. Its mission is to bridge cultural theories and artistic materials and techniques. Today the gallery represents a diverse range of institutionally recognized contemporary mid-career artists and some estates from Switzerland and the East Asian region.

At 2pm we will meet at Art Basel at the booth of Urs Meile Galerie Beijing Lucerne. The gallery director Yang Yang will introduce the presented artists and their works to us. 

Since its establishment in 1992, Galerie Urs Meile has contributed to the presentation and dissemination of contemporary art, from painting and sculpture to photography, installation and video. The gallery is working from three locations: Lucerne (CH), Zurich (CH), Beijing (CN), as well as a pop-up space in Ardez (CH). Galerie Urs Meile was one of the first international galleries to focus on the Chinese art scene and has been working on an international level with Chinese artists since 1995. 

The day tickets for Volta Art Fair and Art Basel have to be purchased individually beforehand. The eventfrog ticket only covers the place reservation and administrative fee for the tour. Click here for place reservations.

If you have questions contact us at info@sinokultur.ch

Das Literaturhaus Zürich präsentiert am Samstag, 13. Juli um 20 Uhr im Rahmen des Literaturfestivals Zürich den US-Pulitzerpreisträger HUA HSU mit seinem Buch des Jahres "Stay True".

Hua Hsu, 1977 in den USA geboren, Sohn taiwanesischer Einwanderer, ist Autor und Professor für Anglistik am Bard College. In seiner Arbeit befasst er sich unter anderem mit Immigration sowie der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung von Diversity und Multikulturalismus. Mit dem autobiographischen Roman "Stay True" ist ihm eine literarische Sensation gelungen: Das Buch avancierte zum New-York-Times-Bestseller und wurde von zahlreichen Zeitungen und Magazinen zum besten Buch des Jahres gewählt. Auch von den US-Literaturkritikern gab es die Höchstnote: den National Book Critics Circle Award. Und als wäre das alles nicht schon genug, kam auch noch der renommierte Pulitzer-Preis obendrauf!

"Stay True" ist ein aufrichtiges, zartes und berührendes Memoir über das Erwachsenwerden, in dem es um intensive Jugendfreundschaften und die Suche nach Sinn und Zugehörigkeit geht: Die japanisch-amerikanische Familie von Ken lebt seit Generationen in den USA. In den Augen des achtzehnjährigen Hua Hsu besteht das Problem mit Ken darin, dass er genau so ist wie alle anderen: Mainstream – wie öde! Hua, der Sohn taiwanesischer Einwanderer, der Zines macht und in Plattenläden stöbert, sieht sich als das genaue Gegenteil. Und doch nähern sich die beiden an und werden beste Freunde – bis Ken gewaltsam und sinnlos aus dem Leben gerissen wird.

Ort: Alter Botanischer Garten, Talstrasse 71, 8001 Zürich // bei unsicherer Witterung: im Kaufleuten // Türöffnung um 19 Uhr //

Sprache: Das Gespräch findet auf Englisch statt. Lesung ausgewählter Textstellen auf Deutsch.

Mehr Info/Tickets: https://literaturhaus.ch/veranstaltungen/literaturfestival-zuerich-hua-hsu/