Para Site – Private Tour of ‘Fanatic Heart’ Exhibition

Rundown
16:50 Registration and Mingle
17:00 Starts
18:00 Ends

Follow Asia Society Hong Kong Center on a guided tour of Para Site’s current exhibition, Fanatic Heart.

About The Exhibition

'Fanatic Heart' seemingly is an elixir of pop cultural offerings that alleviates us from the hardships of daily life. Nevertheless, it prompts the audience to realise the potent political power behind obsessive, fanatical desires and employ them to make sense of the radical world we live in. Organised to embrace and expand the definition of fandom culture, the exhibition invites fifteen artists from Hong Kong, Japan, mainland China, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam to materialise the relationship between fandom and socio-political happenings that have taken place in Southeast and East Asia. Making eclectic references to celebrity worship, drag, postcolonial and post-socialist identities, social movements, religion, and technological advances, the artists investigate desire and affect to decipher the cultural unconscious of contemporary social landscapes.

Participating Artists

Haneyl Choi, BuBu de la Madeleine, Guhit Kulay (Maria Christina Castillo Anire, Cristina Balao-as Cayat, Jonalyn Macalalad Molina, and Marilyn Santiago Lopez), Ho Tzu Nyen, Yuree Kensaku, Dew Kim, Lu Yang, Green Mok, Yasumasa Morimura, Diane Severin Nguyen, Yoshiko Shimada, and Sin Wai Kin

The views and opinions expressed are those of the speakers and participants and, unless expressly stated to the contrary, do not reflect the opinion, position or official policy of Asia Society Hong Kong, its members, or its committees. Asia Society Hong Kong does not endorse or approve, and assumes no responsibility for the content of the information presented.