Topic Archives: Videos

Chinese artist Cao Fei discusses the anti-hero characteristics she gave factory workers from the Pearl River Delta region in China in a recent theatrical work.

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Dmitri Venkov and Baibakov Art Projects explore the idea of art as communication in their 2008 video The World of the Other. Art Radar takes a look.

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Art Radar interviews Chin Chih Yang on the multidisciplinary work be brought to Art Taipei 2011

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VernissageTV releases a video tour of the Russian Pavillion at the 54th Venice Biennale. The video captures the work of Andrei Monastyrski and artist group Collective Actions.

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In a March 2011 TED talk, Turkish journalist Mustafa Akyol takes us through the ideals of Islam in the past and today, breaking down some of the common criticisms of the faith.

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In this joyous video a child runs excitedly around Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Dots Mirrored Room (1996), on display at the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, USA.

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Thai installation artist Rirkrit Tiravanija appears in another great video interview by Studio Banana TV in which the internationally known artist talks on social intentions.

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Most people in countries around the world move silently through their lives. Taiwanese video artist Chen Chieh Jen attempts to gives a voice to those less-represented.

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In 2010, huge wrinkly faces of elderly Shanghai residents began appearing in various parts of the city. Watch a video on this project created by artist JR.

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While Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, perhaps unsurprisingly, claimed top spot with the channel’s video on his much-discussed Tate Modern exhibition, Sunflower Seeds, it seemed viewers thought that what Japanese Takashi Murakami had to say was worth third place in this list.

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BIENNALES CONTEMPORARY ART EVENTS KOREA Mousse Magazine was chosen by the Gwangju Biennale to put together a series of video portraits of the entire 2010 event. The resulting set of films tour the various exhibition spaces and provide a surprisingly … Continue reading →

VernissageTV has produced an insightful video on November’s Contemporary Istanbul 2010 where interviews with five gallery representatives are combined with shots of the fair hall. The video highlights, among other things, the growing sophistication of attending collectors and the freshness of the works being presented for sale. A new date for the fair is announced; next year the fair will coincide with the 12th International Istanbul Biennial. Continue reading →

In this TED video, collector Ravin Agrawal introduces ten young contemporary artists working in India, and he does it in six minutes! Art Radar presents a brief summary of the video and the artists that it covers. Continue reading →

Alwar Balasubramaniam (1971) is an Indian artist who works and lives in Bangalore. In a TED Talks video, ‘Alwar Balasubramaniam: Art of Substance and Absence’, he explores his inspirations and the “inherent” qualities of objects that he challenges through his work. Here we profile a number of the works he discusses in the video and reveal the theories behind them. Continue reading →

INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS LONDON VIDEO Between January and May this year, Indian contemporary artist Jitish Kallat displayed seven pieces, paintings, sculptures and installations, at Saatchi Gallery, London with 23 other contemporary Indian artists in an exhibition called “The Empire … Continue reading →

ARTIST-RUN SPACES VIDEOS PERFORMANCE ART VIDEO ART STOP MOTION We bring you another summary of an [art]attack show by ChooChooTV, this one profiling C&G Artpartment, founded by Clara Cheung, who studied art in the United States for four years, and Cheng Yee … Continue reading →

HONG KONG ARTISTS CHINESE INK PAINTING VIDEO Art Radar Asia brings you another video (length 5:22 minutes) from Internet channel ChooChooTV’s show [art]attack. This one features Wilson Shieh, one of the few full-time professional artists working in Hong Kong. Specialising in … Continue reading →

INTERNET TV 3D ART VIDEO Art Radar Asia brings you yet another insightful video from Internet channel ChooChooTV’s show [art]attack. This four minute production allows Hong Kong-based social artist Luk Tsing Yuen to explain his art output and offers viewers … Continue reading →

HONG KONG FOTANIAN ARTIST VIDEO INTERVIEW In the four-minute video, Chow Chun Fai [art]attack 6, Hong Kong-born artist Chow Chun Fai shares his views on the ever-evolving interpretation of art and his own role as an artist. A graduate of the … Continue reading →

INDIAN ART ARTIST TALK TED CONFERENCE VIDEO PUBLIC SPEAKING “Raghava KK: Five lives of an artist” (length of video, 17:56 mins) was recorded when Indian artist Raghava KK spoke at ideas conference TED2010 earlier this year. In the video, the artist tells … Continue reading →

Japanese sculptor Kohei Nawa speaks of online inspiration, his workshop and life in Kyoto in an interview with Studio Banana TV. Continue reading →

PAKISTANI ART IN UNITED STATES The Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan exhibition presented by the Asia Society Museum has recently wrapped up in New York City, but you can still get a taste for the show in this video, … Continue reading →

HONG KONG ARTIST INTERVIEW The remarkable Hong Kong artist Leung Chi Wo explores the idea of possession and value in his fascinating installation exhibiton entitled {Inter}Viewing Possession, curated by Carl Cheng Chi-Ming and Livia Garcia. Leung Chi Wo is a … Continue reading →

SERBIAN PHOTOGRAPHY PERFORMANCE ART Ahead of her performance piece “The artist is present” due to take place at MoMA in 2010, Abramovic talks about her photography, seen on display at the Armory Show in New York. To view click The … Continue reading →

 JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY  Thank heavens for youtube which has given us a whole new way to appreciate art and learn about artists. In these video interviews, internationally-acclaimed Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto gives us a glimpse of his warm personality. Intelligent and mild-mannered, he responds with … Continue reading →