I’m working on Schumann’s Intermezzo (No. 4 from Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26), written in 1839 when he intended to settle with his future wife Clara, whom he married the year after. A poetic piano piece, in the only recording…
A pudgy black Fold Away Tesco Green Bag, a silvery blue hard disk, two plastic bottles, a hazy Tate Aug/Sep booklet, a colourful Transport for London June 2009 brochure, a black umbrella, an empty tall glass, a little black mouse,…
Make spaghetti. For sauce, melt butter in frying pan, put in garlic and onion until golden brown, mix in chopped tomato, cubed broccoli stem, chopped champignon, a bit of cream cheese, a bit of white wine, a bit of nutmeg,…
What is it that you want me to promise you my dear: that I will never suddenly die? I can promise you the whole earth in my hand my love, but that would be simply a lie. “Faith is the…
In my dreams, logic goes in reverse. Once, in there, I saw my ID card — which was slightly bigger than it was in un-dream (or, the waking world, to avoid using the word “reality”), therefore might be fake and,…
We walked the platform. As we pass the first class carriages, or perhaps a bit before then, you tried to initiate a conversation. Sorry that I can’t look at you in the eyes, you said, I’m too nervous. I nodded…
Presented as a party game, Terra incognita, et cetera (2009, interactive performance and wall installation) is an exercise in collective painting and, simultaneously, a play of collaboration and territorial marking. The interactive performance is an art exhibition opening party game…
Lure (2009) is a spatial installation using handmade miniature passports, handmade real-size passports, and a claw vending machine. The installation consists of two coherent parts — the Intro and the Main part. The Intro is a long line of colourful…
The production of Lure involved a curator (Eva McGovern) based in Kuala Lumpur, a production supervisor based in Yogyakarta, and a production assistant based in Melbourne, as well as subcontractors in Guangzhou and Yogyakarta. This valuable experience of a multinational…
Heat wave, unwavering. In a distance, you waved to me a flying kiss. I waved back my flying kiss, and sat down at the front row. A girl with a big backpack came in. An older man in black with…