Luna Huang Ruomin-Journalist, Culture Observer

The World of Chinese • 5th December 2024

Remembering China’s 1990s Boom Times Through Art

An exhibition in Guangdong explores the personal emotions evoked by China’s rapid growth and construction obsession of the 1990s
Hopes, love, and lost emotions were the themes in “Follow the Feeling,” a contemporary art exhibition at Guangdong Times Museum from March 23 to June 23.In the museum’s long, narrow space, curator Qu Chang sought to tell the story of China’s rapid development and modernization in the 1990s with art pieces that explore personal experiences amid the soaring high rise...

The World of Chinese • 5th December 2024

Hong Kong’s Housing Crisis and Homelessness Through the Lens of Chan Hau Chun

Having spent her childhood living apart from her parents, filmmaker and photographer Chan Hau Chun developed a deep desire to explore family relationships and the meaning of home. After leaving the Chinese mainland and living in various cities, Chan settled in Hong Kong as a teenager and has considered it home ever since.Driven by the urge to express her feelings amidst the constant change and pressures of a highly commercialized city, Chan took up documentary filmmaking and photography. “It is...

Following the Yuan • 29th March 2024

China is positioning Hainan as a duty-free haven. Will it fulfill its potential? 🌴| Following the yuan

Melody Xu’s social media posts took an unexpected turn in 2021. From posting daily life updates, the English teacher switched to sharing luxury items on WeChat. She offered discounts on high-end products sourced from Hainan, praising the government’s tax exemptions and “beneficiary policies” to promote the island’s economy. As China closed its international borders in 2020 to curb the spread of COVID-19, the country’s southernmost province became a hotspot for consumers unable to travel abroad b...

5th December 2024

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5th December 2024

“盛夏观潮”：一周城市生活

Weixin Official Accounts Platform • 5th December 2024

首个LGBTQ+大型当代艺术展在香港“出柜”，“神话制造者”谱写去禁忌化的彩虹光谱

“窗边雨水/拼命地侵扰安睡/又再撇湿乱发堆/无需惶恐/你在受惊中淌泪/别怕! 爱本是无罪/请关上窗/寄望梦想于今后/让我再握着你手/无需逃走/世俗目光虽荒谬/为你我甘愿承受 ……”在这首被认为是隐晦道出同志之爱、由达明一派唱出的《禁色》被唱出35年之后，香港首个以 LGBTQ+ 为题的大型当代艺术展览“神话制造者——光·合作用III”在位于荷里活道的大馆当代美术馆举办，展览由英提·格雷罗（Inti Guerrero）及黄子欣策展，由骄阳基金会（Sunpride Foundation）合办。“神话制造者——光·合作用III”展览现场，大馆当代美术馆，香港，2022年单慧乾（Sin Wai Kin），《突发新闻》（The Breaking Story），在“神话制造者——光·合作用III”展览现场，大馆当代美术馆，香港，2022年在展馆入口处呈现的六频录像装置是骄阳基金会委托艺术家单慧乾（Sin Wai Kin）为本次展览制作的录像作品《突发新闻》（The Breaking Story），每个屏幕呈现一位异星主播，报导平行宇宙中的新闻事件。此件作品中的新闻主播为艺术家创作中的两位常见的角色...

qilucriticism • 22nd July 2024

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端傳媒 Initium Media • 12th June 2023

香港是個option：高才通申請掀熱浪，他們會移居香港嗎？ | 端傳媒 Initium Media

The China Project • 10th March 2023

Celebrated and censored: Hong Kong’s first major LGBTQ-themed art exhibition – The China Project

On view until April 10, the show is the third iteration of a traveling exhibition that revolves around a core concept of “queer mythologies,” and has made previous stops in Taipei and Bangkok. Curated by Inti Guerrero and Chantal Wong, the most recent edition features more than 100 pieces of artwork created by 60 local and overseas artists, with a third of them on loan from other galleries, notably the National Gallery Singapore.
There are several unusual things about Myth Makers, with one being...

The Ken • 5th August 2021

Temu changed its seller policies. And wiped $50B off parent PDD’s market value

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