Archives: Koki Tanaka

Reinventing Biennials A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist Dear HUO Nice to see you again at the Venice Biennale opening earlier this month: as intense and inspiring as usual, one of those ‘hurricane moments’ we always have!View More >

Exhibition-making in a transnational context A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru Dear HHR Your text on Adel and Ming also made me think of the transnational condition of art. As Simryn Gill once told us at theView More >

Yan Pei Ming and Adel Abdessemed A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist Dear HUO, I’d like to return to the reflections on Paul Chan’s work that you sent me two issues back. I’m keen to exchange viewsView More >

Interview Marathon A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru Dear Hanru I hope your move to San Francisco went well and am very curious to hear more about your new city. I am in London now and toView More >

Index 6: Chaos*Lounge 2010 – Budding freedom/equality and their future 5: Ernest Fenollosa – the unacknowledged source of simulationism? 4: From art history concepts to independents – On viewing the Expressionist Movements in Japan exhibition 3: Overseas territories as culturalView More >

Laboratory for an uncertain future A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist Dear HUO, I was very impressed by your text on Paul Chan. Certainly the question of political engagement in contemporary art activity has become more crucialView More >

Paul Chan in the Uncertain States of America A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru Dear Hanru Last night, as I was writing a bit about Paul Chan, I suddenly decided to send it to you. If weView More >

The Staff Contemporary art surely has to be the freest form of expression in the world. A painting, an object, a performance: simply say ta-dah! A work of art! And there you have it ? contemporary art. But even contemporaryView More >

Contemporary “hot spring” art museum What would you do if a hot spring sprung in your backyard? Build a super sento public bath with all the trimmings? A spa, a sanitarium? Sure, but there are plenty of these already. HowView More >

Announcing the results of our ‘unsolicited proposal’ selection! (Round 1) Well we called for your proposals, and sure enough, in they rolled! A grand total of two that is, so far anyway. Huh! Anyway, this issue we present the proposalView More >