South by Southeast

March 7 – May 3, 2015

Osage Gallery
4/F, Union Hing Yip Factory Building, 20 Hing Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong

Curated by Patrick Flores and Anca Verona Mihulet
Presented by Osage Art Foundation

“Commonplace is the notion that the south lies at the opposite of the north, which is supposedly ascendant, more prone to power, closer to the imagined center. The south is cast as peripheral and dispossessed, gathered at the perceived fringes of province on a map of asymmetries. Such a curious psycho-geographical, or geopolitical imagination yields another antinomy: the west and the east, bearing more or less equivalent valences as north and south. In this attempt at reducing the world to polarities and verticalities, the west is modern and everywhere and the east is timeless and far. Exceptional is the situation in which the south and the east cohere to form the coordinate of the southeast, possibly a double negation: not north, not west. This is a productive locus: that which is not the center, twice.

…How do we figure the southeast? And how do we do it across the globe in which lateral coordinates might emerge? This is an initial effort and it involves contemplating a possible liaison between two articulations of the south east, one in Asia, the other in Europe, both rendered proximate in such a way that they converse across distance and form vectors of relations that craft robust narratives of the contemporary and of history, categories to which the term is appended: contemporary art and history of art / art history.

…These are the coordinates of an exhibition waiting in the wings: south by southeast, edgewise.”

Excerpt of South by Southeast: A Possible Coordinate by Patrick Flores in Reflection Center For Suspended Histories / An Attempt edited by Anca Mihulet, published by the Romanian Cultural Institute, 2013.

The exhibition is supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute. Dan Perjovschi’s presence in the exhibition is possible with the support of Jane Lombard.

Participating Artists:

Pio Abad (Philippines)
Ana Adamović (Serbia)
Apparatus 22 (Romania)
Jon Cuyson (Philippines)
Maung Day (Myanmar)
Doplgenger (Serbia)
Dex Fernandez (Philippines)
http://frombandungtoberlin.com/ (Amanda Lee Koe, Brigitta Isabella, Chang Yuchen, Muhammad Al-Fayyadl, Renan Laru-an, Tan Zi Hao) (Trans-region)
Ahdiyat Nur Hartata (Indonesia)
Ivan Hrkaš (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Ištvan Išt Huzjan (Slovenia)
Ana Hušman(Croatia)
Eisa Jocson (Philippines)
KERNEL (Greece)
Andreja Kulunčić (Croatia)
Leung Chi Wo (Hong Kong)
Dalibor Martinis (Croatia)
Sebastian Moldovan (Romania)
Jakrawal Nilthamrong (Thailand)
Dan Perjovschi (Romania)
Lia Perjovschi (Romania)
Herra Pahlasari (Indonesia)
Mark Salvatus (Philippines)
Ali Taptık (Turkey)
Krassimir Terziev (Bulgaria)
Pradeep Thalawatta (Sri Lanka)
Trung Cuong Tung (Vietnam)
Lyno Vuth (Cambodia)
Yao Jui-Chung (Taiwan)

Exhibition Dates and Opening Hours:
03.08.2015 (Sun) – 05.03.2015 (Sun)

Opening Reception:
03.07.2015 (Sat) | 5 – 7 pm

Opening Hours:
Mon – Sat: 10:30 am – 6:30 pm | Sun: 2:30 – 6:30 pm
(Closed on public holidays. Open to special appointments outside of these times. Docent guided tour arrangeable 3 days in advance)

Address:
osage hong kong, 4/F, 20 Hing Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Enquiry and Guided Tour:
Grace Lam
gracelam@osagegallery.com| +852 2389 8332 | +852 2172 1635

South by Southeast
策展人：帕特里克‧弗洛雷斯及安卡‧偉羅娜‧米胡萊特
主辦：奧沙藝術基金

本展覽把世界的「南方」開列出來。「南方」被視為一個地理與土地城邦，自然與權力的體現。它是被認定的中心以外的指標。它可以是一個正在增長的區域或燃點，一個地方或開端。南方的角度可以用其他的座標和方位來加以精確化─即是東方。透過東南亞與東南歐，「東南」使「南」變得更為具體。

展覽從幾個交匯的主題出發，包括對政治想像的批判、身體被社會故事所刻劃的過程、關於根源的論述與感覺的具體化。兩地之間種種表面上的相似與類同，將可能得以釐清，正好成為展覽的視線。

東南的參照點是什麼和在哪裡？它如何在相同的基點上與西和北產生關係？展覽不僅確認包括潛藏在東南底下的成規，亦會展示出它是如何構成，如像包括斯里蘭卡、台灣和土耳其等不能在地圖學上完整地加以確認的國家；透過把這些散佈在更廣闊的緯度上的不同地方來加以提問。而香港作為凝聚這些努力的所在地，亦被包括在廣義的鄰近地區當中。
–節錄自策展序言

展覽由 Jane Lombard 及 Romanian Cultural Institute贊助

參展藝術家：

皮奧‧阿巴德 (菲律賓)
安娜‧亞達莫維奇 (塞爾維亞)
Apparatus 22 (羅馬尼亞)
莊‧卡遜 (菲律賓)
萬‧蒂 (緬甸)
多皮蒂德 (塞爾維亞)
德士‧費蘭德斯 (菲律賓)
http://frombandungtoberlin.com/ (跨地區)
夏迪亞‧努亞‧哈特達達 (印尼)
伊萬‧伽士 (波士尼亞和赫塞哥維那)
伊什特萬‧ 伊斯 ‧胡茲亞坦 (斯洛維尼亞)
安娜‧胡什曼 (克羅埃西亞)
艾薩‧莊松 (菲律賓)
KERNEL (希臘)
安德烈亞‧庫倫季奇 (克羅埃西亞)
梁志和 (香港)
達利博爾‧馬丁尼斯 (克羅埃西亞)
塞巴斯蒂安‧莫爾多萬 (羅馬尼亞)
傑括瓦‧尼坦隆 (泰國)
達恩‧佩爾若斯 (羅馬尼亞)
利亞‧佩爾若斯 (羅馬尼亞)
海華‧法拉薩爾 (印尼)
馬克‧沙法特 (菲律賓)
阿里‧塔普特克 (土耳其)
克斯穆亞‧泰爾斯尼 (保加利亞)
普拉迪普‧塔拉華達 (斯里蘭卡)
圖隆‧古朗‧圖 (越南)
里諾‧胡圖克 (柬埔寨)
姚瑞中 (台灣)