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For ArtAsiaPacific’s July/August issue, Mimi Wong reviews Ian Cheng’s “Emissaries” at MoMA PS1, New York. For his latest simulations, the artist, who holds a degree in cognitive science, aimed for managed chaos. He likened constructing a “virtual ecosystem,” where the video game plays itself, to experimenting with a chemistry set: “You put all the ingredients together, and then just watch. It goes boom.”
Slow Down, Look Closer
As the hectic art calendar decelerates north of the equator, the July/August issue of ArtAsiaPacific spotlights artists who methodically capture the more subtle aspects of time and place that constitute both personal and collective memory.
Rasheed Araeen on Anthony Caro
In early 1985, I found myself in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
Narrating Syria Through Family-Run Arts Patronage
A patron is not simply a collector who gathers works of art for his own pleasure or a philanthropist who helps artists or founds a public museum
Through Burmese Eyes
Ian Holliday
Hong Kong has a reputation for art collections of all kinds, from the private to the well-publicized.
Simply Put
Rana Begum
For all their chaos, ugliness and noise, cities have a poetic tendency to create serendipitous moments of beauty.
2 or 3 Tigers
Predator, conqueror, god—many qualities come to mind when considering one of nature’s most majestic creatures.
Emissaries
Ian Cheng
With the incredible popularity of eSports and the prevalence of mobile gaming apps, video games are now squarely part of mainstream entertainment.
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