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Installation view of "Space Drawing No. 7" by Chen Sai Hua Kuan. On view in the current exhibition "Scenery & Landscape: Hotel Asia Project," presented in collaboration with Organhaus.
Chen Sai Hua Kuan
Space Drawing No. 7, 2010
Single-channel video, color, sound
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Space Drawing is a long-term project by Singaporean artist Chen Sai Hua Kuan. Working in abandoned warehouses, historic buildings, and other urban sites, the artist uses bungee cords stretched across floors, walls, and ceilings—and even out of the buildings themselves—to release energy that transforms into a fusion of drawing, video, performance, and sculptural space. These actions capture visceral, site-specific memories, infusing physical space with a sense of temporal tension and giving new historical life to specific environments. 0 reply
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Installation view of "Strangle" by Tong Wenmin. On view in the current exhibition "Scenery & Landscape: Hotel Asia Project," presented in collaboration with Organhaus.
Tong Wenmin
Strangle, 2022
Performance, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China
Single-channel video (color, silent)
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Tong Wenmin is a prominent figure among a new generation of Chinese performance artists. Her work often explores the intersection between external environments and individual perception. Strangle (2023), part of her recent project From South to North, is rooted in her stay in a minority village in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. There, she learned local knowledge about coexisting with wild plants. Using her body as a medium, she visualizes, personifies, and transforms this relationship into poetic allegory. (“Strangling” in this context refers to a survival strategy in tropical rainforests, in which seeds of certain tree species—dispersed by birds or wind—parasitize host trees and eventually overtake them.) 0 reply
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We’ll also be open this Saturday and Sunday from 11 to 18h for Gallery Weekend Berlin!
Installation view of "Planking" by Chulayarnnon Siriphol. On view in the current exhibition "Scenery & Landscape: Hotel Asia Project," presented in collaboration with Organhaus.
Chulayarnnon Siriphol
Planking, 2012
Single-channel SD digital video, silent, color
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In Thailand, the national anthem is played at 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily in public spaces such as parks, train stations, subway platforms, schools, and streets. Citizens are required to face the national flag, stand at attention, and remove their hats as a sign of respect. Bangkok-based artist Chulayarnnon Siriphol challenges this ritual in his video work Planking (2012), using his body to perform a physical protest. In various public spaces throughout Bangkok, he collapses or falls flat at the moment the anthem begins, highlighting how politicized bodies are forced into visibility in contemporary Asian public space. 0 reply
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P3: "Performing a Landscape" by @leegte.eth in the exhibition "FRAGILIA" from March 16 to April 20, 2024.
Jan Robert Leegte
Performing a Landscape, 2020
4K video
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P4: "Uncanny Garden" by Qing Lu in the exhibition "Uncanny Garden" from April 27 to May 24, 2024.
Qing Lu
Uncanny Garden, 2024
Water, mosses, earth, plants, oxygen pump, foam, glass hearts
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On the occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin, we are delighted to collaborate with Organhaus, a non-profit art space based in Chongqing, China, to present ”Scenery & Landscape: Hotel Asia Project,” an experimental video exhibition featuring eight Asian artists from China, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand, at our Berlin gallery! The opening reception will take place on next Friday, April 25, from 6 to 9 PM – you’re warmly invited to join us!
Scenery & Landscape: Hotel Asia Project
BABU
Chen Sai Hua Kuan
Pan Lu / Bo Wang
SECOND PLANET
Gen Sasaki / Keiichi Miyagawa
Chulayarnnon Siriphol
Tong Wenmin
Yu Guo
Opening: April 25, 2025, 18:00 – 21:00
April 26 – May 17, 2025
Mariannenstrasse 33, 10999 Berlin
Curated by Ni Kun
In collaboration with Organhaus
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