How to write a great strategic plan
Harnessing a creative vision into a workable strategic model needs acute thinking, skillful writing and huge commitment. Chinese military strategist and philosopher Sun Tzu inspired this…
That which is most obvious
Fragments of a day – a journey that follows another’s step – what is left behind, what is noticed, or not. These are the small things…
What, new art movements? You’ve got to be kidding
They blazed then died, were regurgitated or appropriated. We thought we’d seen it all, but new art movements have emerged. Art History has been peppered and…
Egan Frantz @ Michael Jon Gallery, Miami
Michael Jon Gallery decided to launch its new gallery on the eve of Art Basel with a body of work by Egan Frantz. The choice of…
Alex Seton: Refoulement
Island dreams and hopes get shipwrecked with Seton’s new sculptures, which continue his interest in the issue of asylum seekers. Seton captures deflated hopes with his…
Re / Branding Melayu: fruit salad with piquant nationalism?
First published in documenta12 magazine project, for the invited Malaysian publication SentAP!, 2007 In The Matrix Laurence Fishbourne cynically welcomed us “to the desert of the…
Outside In / Inside Out: Observing contemporary Philippine art
First published in Thesis Eleven: Critical Theory and Historical Sociology, Sage Publishing UK in collaboration with La Trobe University Melbourne, 2012. The cultural cartography: Exiting Ninoy…
Double dip: The Asian Biennale and Art Fair
First published in TASSA Review’s 20th Anniversary Issue – 2013 (Australia). There are over 80 international biennials and triennials today, an overwhelming number of which began…
Beyogmos: Mai Nguyen-Long
LABORATORY FOR LABELS: As human beings we have an automatic compulsion to assign ‘things’ a place, compelled to tether a person and their actions to prescribed…
UnBound, Yuchengco Museum Manila
BOUNCE: UnBound (Yuchengco Museum, 24 January-20 February 2013) explored how culture can move beyond physical boundaries and the cartographic disposition of nation-based exhibitions and pre-packaged notions…