WHAT

The exhibition is the second chapter of the ‘Spinning East Asia Series’, which features sixteen groups of artists based in East Asia, or whose creative research revolves around East Asian topics. The exhibition hones in on the interdependent yet conflicted web of East Asian relations in today’s context. By bringing into discussion how maintaining one’s own identity and uniqueness within a larger complexity can be practically achieved, the exhibition provides a point of reference for people from diverse cultures for their own reflections.

WHY

Delving into the ever-evolving East Asian relations, the artists gazed deep into history to scrutinise the geographical spaces, lifestyles, industries or cultural zeitgeists that shaped the political, economic, social and cultural outlooks of East Asia. Presenting their works from various angles of textile culture – materiality, techniques, subject matter, and more, the cultural significance of textiles opened up countless new possibilities for artistic expression and experimentation.