A Series of Suspended Readings No. 2
Czar Kristoff
11 January – 04 February 2020
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11 January – 04 February 2020
as body
as studio
as library
as refuge
as survey
as exhibition
as publishing
as intervention
as performance
as retrospective
as self-organization
as experimental pedagogy
as multitude of inquiries on autonomy and violence
In his fifth solo exhibition, A Series of Suspended Readings No. 2, Czar Kristoff revisits his publications from 2015–2019, to both seal and reveal a chapter of inquiry on refuge and violence.
About the Artist
About the Artists
Czar Kristoff (b. Camarines Sur, 1989) is an artist who works across photography, video, performance, intervention, and publishing. His current practice which sometimes requires public engagement is based on his inquiries on memory, identity, and the theme of unlearning.
His work has been exhibited locally at Vargas Museum, Ateneo Art Gallery, MO_Space, 98B Collaboratory, West Gallery, 1335 Mabini, Blanc Gallery, and Drawing Room Gallery and internationally at Danselhallerne Copenhagen, Art Dubai Marker, C3 Artspace Melbourne, Atelier de Koekkoek Vienna, Bangkok Arts and Culture Center, Jogjakarta National Museum, Westergasfabriek Amsterdam, PrintRoom Rotterdam, and Tai Kwun Contemporary Hong Kong.
He has also done lectures in the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, ArtEZ Institute for the Arts, Arnhem, and several locations in Singapore and Manila.
Kristoff is affiliated with Hardworking Goodlooking, a publishing and design hauz interested in decolonization, horror vacui, and tropical diaspora, and Temporary Un/Re/Learning Academy, an experimental school that focuses on de-centering art and cultural production in the Philippines.
He lives and works in Laguna, Philippines.
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About the Artists
About the Artist
Czar Kristoff (b. Camarines Sur, 1989) is an artist who works across photography, video, performance, intervention, and publishing. His current practice which sometimes requires public engagement is based on his inquiries on memory, identity, and the theme of unlearning.
His work has been exhibited locally at Vargas Museum, Ateneo Art Gallery, MO_Space, 98B Collaboratory, West Gallery, 1335 Mabini, Blanc Gallery, and Drawing Room Gallery and internationally at Danselhallerne Copenhagen, Art Dubai Marker, C3 Artspace Melbourne, Atelier de Koekkoek Vienna, Bangkok Arts and Culture Center, Jogjakarta National Museum, Westergasfabriek Amsterdam, PrintRoom Rotterdam, and Tai Kwun Contemporary Hong Kong.
He has also done lectures in the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, ArtEZ Institute for the Arts, Arnhem, and several locations in Singapore and Manila.
Kristoff is affiliated with Hardworking Goodlooking, a publishing and design hauz interested in decolonization, horror vacui, and tropical diaspora, and Temporary Un/Re/Learning Academy, an experimental school that focuses on de-centering art and cultural production in the Philippines.
He lives and works in Laguna, Philippines.
Related Exhibitions
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