Time to feed my love of typewriters, harking back to my father’s 1966 Adler (shown below), which I hold precious … More
Tag: Mandarin
Hong Kong 2015: Ip Wai Lung at 100ft. PARK gallery
During my two-hour (still wasn’t long enough) catch up with friend and artist Morgan Wong in his studio, he said I … More
Teaching: ‘Are our kids tough enough? Chinese School’ on BBC2/Part Three
Time for the write-up of the final episode of the three-part documentary ‘Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School’ on BBC2. I … More
A Universal Icon Language(?) – Visual (Mandarin) Chinese
Mandarin, Chinese, is my weight on my shoulders…the language I wish I knew inside out, the dialect I wish I … More
Weekend Reads #1
So many words in my head to share with you…so little time as PhD land takes over. It’s happening, one … More
‘Metadocuments’ by Craig Clunas
Yesterday afternoon, I attended a lecture at the very beautiful John Rylands Library in Manchester by academic and Chinese art world … More
M is for…
…quite obviously Mandarin. My love affair with this language could be described at the moment as, brief, occasional, forgetfully engaged and … More
L is for…
…living. Living the dream. Taking every second for what it is…being who you want to be with the respect and … More
G is for…
…gravity, and the way everything feels like its falling sometimes…like time slipping away so fast you wonder how it is … More
F is for…
…frameworks. Theoretical, methodological, exhibition and curatorial…what and who reflect and respond to each other, where have I come from and … More