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
https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/admin_columns_e/s2apAXv5SMOgLNEmcWCe/
2 Laboratory for an uncertain future
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/admin_columns_e/v4zTs1LqA2MUSBHdgEiK/
3 Interview Marathon
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
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4 Yan Pei Ming and Adel Abdessemed
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
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5 Exhibition-making in a transnational context
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
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6 Reinventing Biennials
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/admin_columns_e/OE5Gsv4MutDaZndemQBP/
7 The Future of Art
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
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8 The Future of Public Art
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
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9 The Nanomuseum
from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
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10 In-between, and in small numbers
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
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11 Parallel realities
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
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12 Obama, Crisis, Two Realities and Change
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
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13 The future of knowledge
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
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14 The Spectacle of the Everyday
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
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15 Beginnings, Beginnings, Beginnings
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
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16 Intimate But Public
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
https://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_ed_contri11/twJIkSqA4V39RcLuiTrG/
17 The Production of Cloud
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
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18 Freedom on Earth: Metabolism, Favela, Yangjiang Group
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
https://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_ed_contri11/juN0PdOV6bmW1KHAe3CI/
19 To Enter a Void
A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru
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20 Urgent Is to Take a Distance
A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist
https://www.art-it.asia/u/admin_ed_contri11/Iy1kMXmtgb7RS0vsduQ4/
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.