currents - art and music

Now at CURRENTS

  • Sarina Tang curated an exhibition at the Hong Kong Arts Center (December 2009) featuring artists from Hong Kong, China, S. Korea, Japan, and Brazil. Press coverage: South China Morning post (in English: page 1, page 2), Ta Kung Pao (in Chinese: 大公網)
  • Sarina Tang was recently featured in Stream magazine: Download as PDF.
  • For the Shared and Divergent project, an exhibition in 2010 will display works created during of artists' exchange residencies whereby Brazilian artists create work in China and Chinese artists create work in Brazil. The following two artists were in residence in 2009.

São Paolo-based Gabriela Maciel's works in sculpture, painting, installation video and photography explore physical transformations by deconstruction and reconstruction with the fluid influence of bodily movement, converted into palpable matter. Two works shown below (more info on gabrielamaciel.net).


Also a São Paolo artist, Lia Chaia brings together video, photography and performance art to examine the relationship between man-made structures and nature, and the immense power to create or destroy held by mankind and the natural world. Two works shown below (portfolio site in Portuguese has more).



CURRENTS - Art and Music invites contemporary artists and musicians of international reputation to its Beijing location for one to two-month residencies. CURRENTS facilitates and increases interaction between the Chinese and international art and music communities.

The CURRENTS Space

430 m sq (4500 ft sq)