Art Basel in Hong Kong, in its sophomore edition, impresses visitors with its "Encounters" section featuring 17 large-scale sculptures and installations. Curated for the second year by Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art Chief Curator Yuko Hasegawa, Encounters features traditional sculpture and interactive experiences ranging from a ping pong game (“Ping Pong Go-Round” by Lee Wen) to visitors performing with Yu Cheng-Ta in “The Letters”. Fair goers are invited to read fraudulent spam e-mails that originated in Africa to Cheng-Ta while being videotaped. The videos are replayed between the live performances.
In her curatorial statement for Encounters, Hasegawa says the show “reconsiders social and communal memories and relationships… undergoing a process of complicated diversification due to the fluidity of globalization and the formation of a new way of relating through social media. Change in the social landscape constitutes miscommunication and cultural breakdown.”
Details on all 17 "Encounters" can be found HERE.
Watch all ARTINFO videos from Art Basel Hong Kong 2014 HERE.
