Para Site Executive Director, Curator Billy Tang on art as a haven, the impact of racism, cross-cultural semiotics, and culture as a coat.
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Executive director and curator Billy Tang, Parasite
Ep.60 | In this episode of The Last Supper I had the pleasure of meeting executive director and curator Billy Tang at their new space in Quarry Bay in Hong Kong. After he guided me through the current exhibition Signals we began our dialogue with why art is a safe haven, we talked about the relationship between language and identity, how racism has informed his viewpoint on the world and why he became a curator.
Installation view of 'signals...storms and patterns', Para Site, Hong Kong. Photo: South Ho
Installation view of 'Again, Just Again', Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai. Image courtesy of Rockbund Art Museum.
Installation view, “Live Remnants” by Liu Chuang, at Magician Space, Beijing, 27 October – 6 December 2015. Image courtesy of the artist and Magician Space.
Billy Tang is Executive Director & Curator at Para Site, Hong Kong. He was previously the Senior Curator at Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, and Curatorial Director at Magician Space in Beijing. Writing contributions have appeared in ArtAsiaPacific, Leap, Spike Magazine, Terremoto, and Mousse Magazine.
Website www.para-site.art
Instagram @parasite.hk
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