2019
Transcultural Collaboration
International Semester Program in the Arts and Design
Transcultural Collaboration is a unique international MA semester programme in the arts and design, and a cooperation between seven arts universities in Asia and Europe. 30 participants from all arts and design disciplines have the chance to explore Zurich and Hong Kong, collaborating on experiments with open outcomes. The programme runs from September 2nd until December 13th 2019.
Phase 1
HART Haus
Hong Kong
An evening of experimental performances at HART Haus in Hong Kong. 27 young international artists and designers from the Transcultural Collaboration programme performed live improvisations with sounds and visuals. The performances were the results of a one-week CoLab workshop facilitated by guest artists Andreas Siagian (ID) and Simon Dietersdorfer (AU).
Hong Kong
Exhibited Work
Meditation In Red
Installation, Sound, Video Work
Collaborating Artists
Cass Leung (Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University),
Cindy Cheng I-Hsin (Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts),
Nuriia Khasenova (Music Pedagogy, Zurich University of the Arts),
Milos Stolic (Fine Arts, Zurich University of the Arts).
Academy of Visual Arts, Kai Tak Campus
Phase 2
Ming Contemporary Art Museum
Shanghai, China
The TC participants presented their collaborative explorations at Ming Contemporary Art Museum in Shanghai in a two-week exhibition.
In the two-week exhibition, 26 artists from different cultural settings as well as from a wide range of artistic backgrounds present their collaborative explorations of the bonds and ties, the visible and invisible and how they understand their role of creative practitioners in a restrictive and bounding context.
Exhibited Work
再見
See You Again
Live Stream, Internet Performance, Video Work
Collaborating Artists
Bou1
淚眼
Tear Up
Room Installation, Performance
Collaborating Artists
Dai2
Phase 3
Zurich University of the Arts
Zürich, Switzerland
Finals at Toni Areal, Zürich
The final performances and installations Bonds & Ties of Transcultural Collaboration 2019 took place at Toni Areal, Zurich.
Exhibited Work
To Dream*
Installation, Film
Collaborating Artists
Boudai12
Boudai12 is a collective exploring the possibilities of political future, political engagement and aesthetics of social movement. The group is brought together by a shared drive to search for a deeper understanding of what is happening in this rather exceptional political situation they experienced in Hong Kong. In times like this solidarity becomes more important than individual expression, thus the group has chosen to merge their distinct perspectives to a collective coherence. Constructing a common vision out of the multiple approaches is a continuous process and part of the challenge the group intends to take. Inspired by the spirit of the movement, the collective develops its structure and creative strategies with the same fluidity.
* ‘To dream (發夢)’ is an expression used in the Hong Kong movement referring to going on the streets.
