Ok, so we went to Hong Kong this weekend. And The Cure was playing. And we went. And Robert Smith is still amazing. They played a 3+ hr long set that included most of the hits as well as some crate diggers (Kyoto Song, 100 Years) and a blazing second-encore rendition of A Forest that [...]
Spent the weekend in the Huitengxile region of Inner Mongolia. The flight from Beijing to Hohhot takes only an hour, but getting to the grasslands takes much longer. About 3 hours longer. The distance isn’t that great - it’s the condition of the roads (and, at times, lack of roads) that accounts for much of [...]
Every now and then Beijing offers up a welcome surprise. This weekend, that surprise came in the form of EMO+, without a doubt one of the most well curated shops for conceptually-oriented designer furniture and housewares in the city. Tucked away in the residential section of Soho New Town, it’s easy to overlook, but [...]
The Beijing leg of Translate went off inside the 798 Gallery last night. Lack of aircon made for a pretty sweaty evening but, thankfully, there was plenty of beer on ice.
Dwayne & Andre
Uma & Simon
Take the world’s most talented breakdancers, film them at home with their families and then on stage at the most anticipated annual breakdancing competition (which happens to take place in a small town in Germany), and you’re sure to get some entertaining footage. The film Planet Bboy definitely doesn’t disappoint. The screening this weekend in [...]
PLANET B-BOY will have two free public screenings on July 10th and 11th (with block party afterwards on the 10th). The event is outdoors so a blanket and picnic are recommended. This screening marks the preview of the Tribeca Film Festival’s invasion of China, scheduled for 2008. Movie starts at sundown both nights (8pm).
Don’t know much about this artist, but I like the flyer and the description of his installations offered by the gallery:
The Qiu Zhijie solo exhibition, “Archeology of Memory”, will be held in 798 Long March Space on July 7, 2007. It will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in Beijing since year 2004.
The exhibition [...]
Somewhat bummed that we won’t be out in Europe this summer to catch a glimpse of the Grand Tour, so to assuage my sadness, Shu and I took a mini tour through Beijing’s rapidly expanding art districts this weekend. Started out in what is now considered Beijing’s somewhat over-the-hill granddaddy of art centers, the 798 [...]
Last night was the closing of this year’s Borderline festival. Platform China in Caochangdi hosted the event, which included 10 or so video works installed in the gallery space. My favorite of the lot is titled “The Welcome Rain Falling From the Sky.” Unfortunately, none of the pieces in the show were tagged, so I [...]
So Tiger beer has already hit New York and Berlin, and now its traveling design/art exhibition will make its way to Beijing later this month. Opening party July 14 at the 798 Space in Dashanzi. Info: www.tigertranslate.com