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1. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Annette Meier

   Up Close: Lap-See Lam (opens the original)

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   Our relation to the past is always fickle, prone to slippage, lapse, and erasure. The more we try to summon a memory, the further it recedes, disassembling and reconfiguring itself, evading our painstaking attempts to retain, let alone restore it. This unstable cognitive process is acutely familiar to diasporic individuals, whose recollections of distant origins often dilute over time, giving way to the dull ache of absence. Stockholm-born artist Lap-See Lam has long been attuned to the elusive

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2. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Annette Meier

   To Fall, and to Mourn: Isaac Chong Wai’s “An Intimate Surrender” at Tai Kwun (opens the original)

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   Isaac Chong WaiAn Intimate SurrenderTai Kwun JC ContemporaryHong KongJul 10–Aug 9, 2026 On the third floor of Tai Kwun, a light fixture awaits at the top of the stairway, its harsh beam briefly dazing visitors and disengaging them from their duty of observing, until a man enters the scene and begins to dance. His movements are graceful yet vigorous as he spins, falls, and rises again and again, a ritualistic continuity that sets the tone for Isaac Chong Wai’s “An Intimate Surrender.” Com

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