Tulou Open House – Preview Event in Hong Kong

In case you’re in Hong Kong, for ARTHK or otherwise, please stop by the Tulou Open House preview event on May 14 – this project has been in the works for quite a while, and we’re very excited to finally share it. Official press release to follow.

Tulou Open House: Project Preview in Hong Kong
Monday, May 14, 3 – 5pm
Afterschool Cafe
2/F, 17 Yun Ping Road, Causeway Bay
銅鑼灣恩平 道17號2樓
RSVP to Samantha Culp, samantha@newterritories.org

This Monday, please swing by Afterschool Cafe for a preview of the Tulou Open House project 2012 – a temporary, site-specific creative experiment and mini-conference taking place this June at a traditional Tulou (round earthen house) in Fujian Province. During this open-ended “expedition”, a diverse group of artists and scholars from greater China will explore the structure, symbolism, and everyday life of the Tulou as a laboratory for new projects and collaborations, a fresh lens for the concept of creative community, and a potential site for expansive future projects at the Tulou and beyond. The event will culminate in a public “Open House” event on the weekend of June 8-10, which is open to visitors and the local community alike, and will stage a program of talks, screenings, workshops, performances, guided tours, and artistic interventions.

On Monday, organizers Dana Wu (Friends of the Tulou) and Samantha Culp (New Territories Studio) will present an overview of the project, discuss its background and goals, and lead a conversation with HK-based Tulou participants and others who might like to join or learn more.

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EMAIL: tulouopenhouse2012@gmail.com
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Posted on May 13, 2012 by shc | Posted in Blog, Event | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rockers & Romancers

Just a little sonic something for Valentine’s Day: “Rockers & Romancers,” a mix of luscious, vintage Jamaican rocksteady and soul. Lovingly collected by L.A. musician Spencer Dunham (of The Allah-lahs, another great recent discovery) when he was working the discount reggae bins at Amoeba Records, these tracks are a subdued tropical caress to a fevered or broken heart. Extra reverb makes them extra dreamy. Preview Tony Gregory’s stunning “Human” here – which at first sounds like it could be a rework of “Moon River” or “Sleepwalk” but then turns into something beautiful and new:

Human – Tony Gregory

Download the compilation here: Rockers & Romancers

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Two bonus tidbits:

- “The Bus Driver’s Face” – a short, mysterious Valentine’s Day story in translation from Jing Xianghai (鯨向海), Taiwanese poet, essayist and psychiatrist (via Asymptote Journal)

- A campy cover of The Cure’s classic “Lovesong,” as performed in a Bangkok bathtub by the effortlessly-fabulous Gene Kasidit (formerly of Bangkok’s defunct electro sensation Futon)

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Posted on February 14, 2012 by shc | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Apidistrafly – New Music Video From Singapore Dronesters

Though the band Apidistrafly hails from Singapore, there’s no clue of their tropical island homeland in their latest music video, “Landscape with a Fairy.” Instead, the track off their upcoming release seems deeply influenced by their time spent in Japan – evoking the type of melancholy afternoon best spent in a Shimokitazawa cafe on the last day of autumn. For the new album, April Lee and Ricks Ang (the principals of Apidistrafly and also founders of the Kitchen Label) continue their longstanding collaboration with Japanese musicians/sound artists, in this instance featuring guests like Kyo Ichinose, Seigen Tokuzawa, haruka nakamura, and others, to create their trademark sound: a “flickeringly filmic mixture of ambient folk with gossamer-like vocal harmonies, guitar-based drone and environmental recordings wrapped in a delicate lo-fi haziness.”

The record/art-book looks like a beautiful object, featuring photographs and collages that explore imaginary landscapes such as “a secluded hilltop cottage, a forest hued in the splendor of autumn and distant, rocky shores.” I think we’ll see more Asia-based musicians creating unique physical manifestations of their albums, to supplement the disposability of download culture, and hopefully better sustain their creators. Some drones are too delicate for mere download.

Purchase/read more about the album here


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Posted on December 2, 2011 by Samantha Culp | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Leica x Swire Hotels Photo Contest: Beijing/HK


(by Madi Ju)

It’s not too late to submit your most striking snapshots of Beijing or Hong Kong to the Leica x Swire Hotels photography contest. Organized by my frequent collaborator Juliana Loh, the project invited four of greater China’s most talented young photographers (my friends Madi Ju and Xue Tan among them) to shoot Swire’s main hotels in Beijing and HK – the Opposite House and Upper House, respectively. They will then be judging public photo submissions for prizes like Leica cameras and hotel stays. Also important to note: “Entries from all over the world are accepted as long as they fit into the theme shot in Beijing or Hong Kong, photos do not have to be taken with a Leica Camera.”

Full details here and on their Facebook page, and hurry up to get your snaps in by November 30.

Terms and conditions:
-One photo entry per person, 300dpi, 1280 x1024, send to leicaphotos@swirehotels.com
-Name + email address + contact number + Facebook / 微博 username.
-Photos have to be taken in either Beijing or Hong Kong under respective city’s themes.


(by Xue Tan)

(by Han Chao)

(by Mandy Yeung)

View the full set here

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Posted on November 24, 2011 by Samantha | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Let’s Do This

Seems like en route to Russia is as good a time as any to restart this. давай!

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Posted on November 24, 2011 by shc | Posted in Blog | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Border Studies Tumblr for Rapidfire Visual Inspiration

Announcing “Border Studies“, a haphazard collection of visual inspiration from New Territories Studio. While the more formal New Territories blog/site is still under construction, check here for fragments pulled from the lucid dreaming experience that is Tumblr in 2011.

Threads: Asia, art, landscapes, cultural remixing, the aesthetics and problematics of exploration, absurd and arresting images

See it here.

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Posted on April 19, 2011 by shc | Posted in Blog | Leave a comment

Mild Gathering – Madi Ju & friends exhibition in Shanghai

Madi Ju has brought “Wild Gathering” to Shanghai but it is now a “Mild Gathering” – in the wake of recent bleak times in Japan, Yunnan, Beijing and beyond. Let’s gather, mildly, for some beautiful photographs and humble creations from Madi and friends, from April 7 at Aegis shop in Shanghai.

MILD GATHERING – art, music, photo, conversations
6-9pm, April 7th
at our friend Winston’s shop – Aegis
777 Julu Lu, near Fumin Lu, Shanghai
5403 9869

Featuring photographers Madi Ju and Peter Sutherland, and Japanese fashion designer Hiro Sawatari

MILD GATHERING

3 friends
3 professions
3 countries
3 exhibition parties

Closely linked by photography, music, art, design and now – some sadness about Japan, China and Thailand earth quakes and their people’s difficulties and pains.

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3 shows will happen in 3 years…

Show 2010 was Wild Gathering in Beijing, 350 people attended our party, we partied happy and wild, looked at artworks, listened to our djing, spoke about everything and nothing.

and as were planning show number 2 in Shanghai – Wilder Gathering on April 7th, because of the sadness and grey mood around us, we have decided to continue, not call it Wilder, but simply call it MILD GATHERING.

Click here for Continue reading →

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Posted on April 6, 2011 by shc | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION

In upgrading to a new WordPress version, the entire site design got erased… please stand by as we make repairs.

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Posted on March 11, 2011 by shc | Posted in Blog | Leave a comment

Electro-classical Fantasy Concerts by Hyejung Bae

A lovely series of posters by designer Hyejung Bae (Korean-born, Los Angeles-based) – they advertise imaginary concerts of electronic musicians playing classical composers, such as Kraftwerk/Mozart, YMO/Beethoven, and Pet Shop Boys/Haydn.

“hyejungbae says:

the concert is my imagination,
not happened

thank you”

See her more of her work here (via Dangerous Minds)

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Posted on March 3, 2011 by shc | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Yo Yo Ma is Cool

From the annals of unexpected graffiti, this gem. (via Eyeteeth)

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Posted on March 3, 2011 by shc | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment