Curators on the Move: Index

A correspondence between Hans Ulrich Obrist and Hou Hanru

Two star curators who've worked together on exhibitions such as Cities on the Move, and have each presented a stream of epoch-making shows on cities, culture and life; two minds ceaselessly 'on the move' both physically and intellectually, always looking one step ahead, exchanging views.


1 Paul Chan in the Uncertain States of America
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_columns/s2apAXv5SMOgLNEmcWCe/?lang=en

2 Laboratory for an uncertain future
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_columns/v4zTs1LqA2MUSBHdgEiK/?lang=en

3 Interview Marathon
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_columns/C6XJdU4jErKk51wFPAgR/?lang=en

4 Yan Pei Ming and Adel Abdessemed
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_columns/2Wzgpmk13v7a6l8ZVNby/?lang=en

5 Exhibition-making in a transnational context
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_columns/ALUwKxM6F0Db2Se75hBT/?lang=en

6 Reinventing Biennials
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_columns/OE5Gsv4MutDaZndemQBP/?lang=en

7 The Future of Art
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_columns/ej1F4ZX9kzYfCyShlKAP/?lang=en

8 The Future of Public Art
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_columns/6KpN2EdF9CmXJrYbn8z0/?lang=en

9 The Nanomuseum
from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_columns/s1uj4nxyhwLSad8cBNgO/?lang=en

10 In-between, and in small numbers
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_columns/Y7HfwnaOlMBL9cEAGeoR/?lang=en

11 Parallel realities
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_columns/4VCIUPAsGijKlSuHBhWv/?lang=en

12 Obama, Crisis, Two Realities and Change
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_columns/QmSXGbWAJZeMh029uyfk/?lang=en

13 The future of knowledge
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_columns/KCJEbj0rUPS32XeQhBom/?lang=en

14 The Spectacle of the Everyday
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_columns/OkMTb4U6yo83h7rPSeiJ/?lang=en

15 Beginnings, Beginnings, Beginnings
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_ed_contri10/rzd3G2CnWULkfDewgERj/?lang=en

16 Intimate But Public
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_ed_contri11/twJIkSqA4V39RcLuiTrG/?lang=en

17 The Production of Cloud
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_ed_contri10/4GIwbjJDkocF1i0sW2ql/?lang=en

18 Freedom on Earth: Metabolism, Favela, Yangjiang Group
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_ed_contri11/juN0PdOV6bmW1KHAe3CI/?lang=en

19 To Enter a Void
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_ed_contri10/jt8YQfIU5pWhd7yDwOBZ/?lang=en

20 Urgent Is to Take a Distance
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
http://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_ed_contri11/Iy1kMXmtgb7RS0vsduQ4/?lang=en


Hans Ulrich Obrist
Born 1968 in Zurich. Co-director of exhibitions and director of international projects at the Serpentine Gallery, London. Co-curator of the 2003 Venice Biennale, 1st Moscow Biennale (2005), 2007 Lyon Biennial, 2008 Yokohama Triennale, Indian Highway (2008-09) and the Marathon series at the Serpentine Gallery, among others. He has authored/edited more than 70 books including Do It, The Conversation Series, The Future Will Be..., Formulas for Now and A Brief History of Curating.

Hou Hanru
Born in 1963 in Guangzhou. Director of exhibitions and public programs at San Francisco Art Institute. Recent major exhibitions include the 2005 Guangzhou Triennial (with HUO), the Chinese Pavilion for the 2007 Venice Biennale, the 2007 Istanbul Biennial, EV+A 2008 (Limerick, Ireland), and the Biennale de Lyon 2009. Author of several books including Wherever We Go: Art, Identity, Cultures in Transit.