This interview is conceived as a follow up to a residency undertaken in May 2019, when Load Na Dito (Mayumi Hirano and Mark Salvatus) visited Vancouver, together with their young son Yoji. The Pacific Crossings project is conceived […]
1. The concrete walls around me are painted in stale white. I’m sitting on a chair made of cheap wood banded with light metal. The metal parts are coated with glossy, black enamel paint. The chair […]
( online JULY 30 – AUG 13) Artists: Alwin Reamillo, Danielle Madrid, Leslie DeChavez, Martin DeMesa, Sidney Valdez, Tanya Villanueva, Timmy Harn, Tekla Temoria, Ralph Barrientos Lost Frames is a community-based initiative for viewing artists’ moving image in […]
The exhibition, A Journal of the Plague Year, originally responded to disparate narratives of 2003 in Hong Kong—the SARS epidemic, the first arrivals of mainland Chinese on individual tourist visas, and the beginning of the democracy movement, as […]
A public conversation with Load Na Dito and Pacific Crossings team Load Na Dito is an artistic and research project by Mayumi Hirano and Mark Salvatus based in Manila, Philippines. Developed as a home made culture, currently located […]
Curated by Load Na Dito, Either a Storm or a Drought was a deconstructed screening of video works by artists in the Philippines. Referring to ideas that are commonly associated with the Filipino weather, Either a Storm or a […]
In residence with Pacific Crossings from May 22 – June 7, 2019, Mayumi Hirano and Mark Salvatus shared their individual practices of research, curating and art making. Based in Quezon City, Philippines, and working frequently in Japan and […]
Erin Gleeson spoke about affinitive artistic and curatorial strategies at work in the 2017 exhibition On Attachments and Unknowns. Taking place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, this group exhibition was held within a research residency FIELDS (2017), hosted by […]
Shot on the Thai island of Ko Yao Yai and set amidst the environmental change caused by global warming, Warm Spell explores the economic and cultural challenges the island faces as it shifts from a predominantly farming community […]
Sharing his experience of a recent three months intensive research trip to 83 art spaces in 9 countries in South East Asia, Ogawa discussed the “collective” activities shared among many artists in South East Asia, where organic communities […]
Saturday January 12, 2pm at Richmond Art Gallery Ogawa presented on the Tokyo alternative art scene and various unique art practices by the young and emerging artists. He will discuss Art Center Ongoing, the alternative art space/cafe in […]