Around the World: 'It's Raining Rocks!', Mik Gaspay's 'Sunrise' in San Francisco, and More
Thursday, May 7, 2020
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Each week, we'll share a variety of videos, articles, webcasts, and more from around the web — all curated by Asia Society Texas Center staff to reflect the broad interests and goals of our mission. On Thursdays, connect with art online and get a closer look at exhibitions at Asia Society and elsewhere.
Video: It's Raining Rocks!
Mineko Grimmer's Dialogue in Asia Society Texas's Drawn from Nature exhibition featured ice, rocks, water, and bamboo in a complex juxtaposition of material and sound. Enjoy this brief video of the work, and take a deeper dive with her recent artist talk at the Menil Collection, where she talks about her work with artist and composer John Cage.
Watch her artist talk at the Menil »
Learn more about the exhibition Drawn from Nature »
Video: Virtual Trip to San Francisco with Artist Mik Gaspay
If you loved artist Mik Gaspay's installation at Asia Society Texas during Super Sarap, delve deeper into his public art practice with this short film. His work Sunrise was commissioned by the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco. It completely transformed their public space and brought the community together through art.
Learn more about the exhibition Super Sarap »
Video: Just a Bit to the Left: Installing with Zheng Chongbin
The artist Zheng Chongbin was inspired by our Yoshio Taniguchi-designed space to create a site-specific response using acrylic panels, video, light, and his signature ink painting. In these behind-the-scenes videos of the installation, learn more about his process and the team effort in bringing an artist's vision to fruition.
Learn more about Zheng Chongbin's exhibition Clusters of Memory »
Business and Policy programs are endowed by Huffington Foundation. We give special thanks to Bank of America, Muffet Blake, Anne and Albert Chao, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Nancy Pollok Guinee, United Airlines, and Wells Fargo, Presenting Sponsors of Business and Policy programs; Nancy C. Allen, Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen, and Leslie and Brad Bucher, Presenting Sponsors of Exhibitions; Dr. Ellen R. Gritz and Milton D. Rosenau and Wells Fargo, Presenting Sponsors of Performing Arts and Culture; and Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), Presenting Sponsor of the Japan Series. General support of programs and exhibitions is provided by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Hearts Foundation, Inc., Houston Endowment, Inc., the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance, McKinsey & Company, Inc., National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, Vinson & Elkins LLP, and Mary Lawrence Porter, as well as Friends of Asia Society.
About Asia Society at Home
Though Asia Society is temporarily closed, we are dedicated to continuing our mission of building cross-cultural understanding and uplifting human connectivity. Using digital tools, we bring you content for all ages and conversations that matter, in order to spark curiosity about Asia and to foster empathy.
About Asia Society Texas Center
With 13 locations throughout the world, Asia Society is the leading educational organization promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among the peoples, leaders, and institutions of Asia and West. Asia Society Texas Center executes the global mission with a local focus, enriching and engaging the vast diversity of Houston through innovative, relevant programs in arts and culture, business and policy, education, and community outreach.
