Olivia Chow

SPRING

Photo credit: Grace Law

For the project Hong Kong Solos by Ari Benjamin Meyers that Spring produced for An exposition, not an exhibition (2017), Meyers invited 6 composers to create brief, jewel-like works to be performed live: Shane Aspegren, Steve Hui, Charles Kwong, Lam Lai, Vanissa Law, and GayBird Leung. These solos are then performed by staff members at six arts organizations across the city: Michelle Wong at Asia Art Archive, Samantha Kwok at Hong Kong Arts Centre, Tom Morgan at M+, Olivia Chow at Para Site, Alice Wong at soundpocket, and Chantal Wong at Things that can happen.

Olivia Chow (b.1990, Canada) is an artist and curator based in Hong Kong. She is Assistant Curator of Para Site. She recently hosted a dinner performance at Mur Nomade in Hong Kong. As an active participant within the art community of Edmonton, Canada. She curated Gastrosophy (2014) and co-curated Everything On Sale project (2013). She co-exhibited Sightings (2014) and Nickelodeon (2015) at the 1st bi-annual Nuit Blanche Edmonton, among others. She was Lead Production Supervisor of The Works Art and Design Festival (2012-2014) and was a member of The Drawing Room, an independent art studio and salon. She received her BFA degree from the University of Alberta in 2012.

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A PART OF
AN EXPOSITION, NOT AN EXHIBITION

An exposition, not an exhibition was developed during Ari Benjamin Meyers’ two residencies at Spring Workshop in the summer and fall of 2016, and stems from his ongoing research into the essence of live musical performance and the questions surrounding its protocols for audiences, performers and institutions.

The Kunsthalle for Music is commissioned by Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art (Rotterdam) together with Spring Workshop (Hong Kong) and will make additional appearances at locations to be announced. An exposition, not an exhibition at Spring Workshop (March 2017) unfolds the Kunsthalle’s foundational themes, and will be followed by a congress at Witte de With (May 2017), then punctuated by an inaugural take-over, featuring a series of new commissions also at Witte de With (January 2018).

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