Hilary Tsui
(Hong Kong/ Austria)

Biography
(independent curator, cultural critic)
Hong Kong/Vienna
Hilary Tsui studied social science and cultural studies, currently working as independent curator and cultural critic. She has been working in the field of arts and cultural management in Europe and Hong Kong both with institutions and independently since 2001. She has founded the platform, city transit Asia-Europe to support and enhance arts exchange, urban cultural discourse and research cooperation between European and Asian cities.
Tsui has initiated and co-curated arts exchange programmes and public art projects with cultural institutions and collectives in Europe and Hong Kong, including initiating and curating ‘Cities of Desire - cultural exchange between Vienna and Hong Kong’ and co-curating ‘sidewalkCINEMA’ in Vienna. She has been published internationally, in journals such as: Dérive – Journal of Urban Cultural Studies (Vienna), Yishu –Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Vancouver/Taipei) and Visual Production (Shanghai).
Tsui was educated in Vienna (Cultural Management and Cultural Studies) and in Hong Kong (Social and Political Science with major in European Studies). She has lived and worked in Vienna, Hong Kong and Karlsruhe. Her research and curatorial interests include, cultural studies in urban contexts; socio-political art; new media art; contemporary arts in greater China and Southeast Asia; the interdisciplinary practice of arts, urban studies and cultural policy.
More under: www.city-transit.org
Publications/Essays/Reviews:
2009 Cities of Desire - Interdisciplinary arts exchange between Vienna and Hong Kong 2008-09 (Publisher of Catalogue, co-editor with Norman Ford)
Contributors: Stephen Ching-Kiu Chan (HK), ThinkArchitecture (Vienna/London), Martijn de Waal (Amsterdam), Howard Chan (HK), Hilary Tsui (Vienna/HK)
Premature Farewell and Recycled Urbanism – Guangzhou Triennial and Shanghai Biennial in 2008, in: Yishu – Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Volume 8, Number 1, Jan/Feb 2009, P.6-16.
Urban Play – Catalyst for Urban Creativity, in: dérive - Zeitschrift für Stadtforschung, ed. 34, Jan-Feb 2009, P. 30-40.
2008 Art Interventions as Alternative Place-Making - Urban cultural exchange between Vienna and Hong Kong, in: dérive - Zeitschrift für Stadtforschung, ed. 33, Oct-Dec 2008, P. 27-29.
10th Istanbul Biennial - Staging a Communitarian Utopia, in: Yishu – Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Volume 7, Number 1, Jan 2008, P. 86- 95.
2007 Demolition of Star Ferry - Urban redevelopment and conservation of local culture in Hong Kong, in: dérive - Zeitschrift für Stadtforschung, ed. 29, Oct 2007, P. 41- 44.
Curating China’s New Identity- Review of “China Welcomes You…” in Kunsthaus Graz, Austria, in: Visual Production, Vol.4 2007, P. 100- 103.
2006 Cultural Strategies for Urban Regeneration. Cultural Quarters for Local Cultural Development? Case Study: Vienna Museums Quarter. Master’s Thesis, Vienna: Institute of Culture Management and Culture Studies. University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Contemporary Asian Art – Cultures, Representations and Internationalisation
A talk by Hilary Tsui with artists: Heri Dono (Indonesia), Jun Yang (China/Austria), 8gg (China), Sonicbrat (Singapore), Susanne Rogenhofer (Austria)

The talk approached contemporary Asian art from various perspectives: the different localities and cultures that the term embraces; how tradition, histories, local and global cultures, and Western art theories shape the work of artists of Asian origin; whether the current internationalisation of contemporary art acts as a balancing act or exaggerates the ongoing exoticisation of Asian art.

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Artists
Nannue Tipitier (Thailand), Kyoka (Japan/Germany), Daito Manabe (Japan), Stereotyp & Cee (Austria) feat. AraByrd (Malaysia), Sonicbrat (Singapur), 8gg (China), Heri Dono (Indonesia), Tri Minh & DJ Kruise (Vietnam), Elsa Okazaki (Japan/Austria), VJ Azz (Taiwan/Austria), Nuphlo (India/UK), Constanze Ruhm (Austria), Coconami feat. Ferdl Schuster (Japan/Germany), Klangküche (Austria), Pinie Wang (China/Austria), Belki (Russia), Albert Rivkin (Russia), DJ Kulisch (Austria), Ganzha (Kazakhstan), Park Modern (Russia), ANTIPHoDES (Russia), Elisabeth Penker (Austria), Susanne Rogenhofer (Austria), Tran Vu Van Anh (Vietnam), Eun Jung Yim (South Korea/Austria), Ami Han (South Korea/Austria)Hilery Tsui (Hong Kong/Austria), Jun Yang (China/Austria)and others