Ep.88 | Cambodian-based artist Khvay Samnang talked about Calling For Rain, a work that consists of a video installation but also multiple sculptures that are inspired by Reamker, the Cambodian version of the poem Ramayana. We talked about ecology and the impact of urban development, the critical role of animals in the Chang community and Stiev Selapak, an art collective committed to reevaluating and preserving Cambodian history as well as exploring the connections in visual practices that were disrupted by the civil war of the Khmer Rouge regime.

Ep.87 | Taiwanese-based artist Cheng Wen Hsuan discussed the roles of paper as a social movement and as a tool for activism, the challenge of normalisation, how a new generation appears to have a disembodied experience about current affairs in Taiwan and addressed her work called the international suicide award.

Ep.86 | Cambodian-based artist Svay Sareth talked how the Blue Art Center provides free art education to children to become independent and find their own way, the impact of imagination, Sareth spoke passionately about his mission to preserve Cambodian’s artisanship and history for the next generation, and his performance work eat rubber sandals.

Ep.85 | Researcher and curator Michelle Wong talked about her PhD research, discussed her work on Hong Kong artist Ha Bik Chuen, big egos in art, the weird sculpture in Aberdeen in Hong Kong, and she explained her project New Park.

Ep.84 | Jolene Mok is an experimental artist and I sat down with her to talk about a range of different subjects. Jolene began with her experience of not being able to see anything, the mundane or the exciting part of boredom, heuristics, deep ocean exploration in Barbados, and we ended our conversation with the red forest of “Life Is Elsewhere”.

Ep.83 | Researcher Shih-Yu Hsu and director, curator Zoe Yeh of the Honggah Museum in Taipei talked about the upcoming Taiwan International Video Art Installation (TIVA) that is opening on the 4th of November, we discussed the multiple narratives of this year’s theme Living Togetherness, and how they make art more inclusive.

Ep.82 | Cambodian-based artist Yim Maline talked from her place in Phnom Penh about her dream of becoming an artist, her experience of going to France without a grant and not being able to speak the language, we also delved into how nature informs her work, and we discussed why she began the Blue Art Center initiative.

Ep.81 | Jeannie Wong is a Hong Kong-based an artist and print maker. We talked about her journey into print making, what inspires and informs her drawings, and we talk about her work she made for Art Basel.

Ep.80 | Architect turned artist Justin Hui sat down with me to talk about his journey into art that started in Africa, how globalisation is shaping cities in Africa and the rest of the world, the impact of colonialism and appropriation, the erosion of Hong Kong’s history, and we also discussed the semiosis of imagery.

Ep.79 | Taiwanese artist Chi Yu delved into several areas such as the ambiguous roles of the Han Chinese as settlers and occupiers in his work called “Settlers and the Unhomely”, we continued our discussion about his project Atlas of the Closed Worlds, a work that illustrates the global development of the closing of nations, and we looked at society through the lens of an alien.

Ep.78 | In today’s episode I have the pleasure of talking with Vuth Lyno, a Cambodian-based artist, curator, and educator. We delved into his work Spirit Houses, spirituality in Cambodia, and his rainbow machine maker. Vuth Lyno also talked about his collective Sa Sa Art Projects and the role of placemaking in his work.

Ep.77 | Dr Sonia Wong is a performance artist and poet based in Hong Kong. We began our conversation about her role at the China University in Hong Kong, how her diglossic poetry and writing has informed her body of work, we talked about embodied experiences, and lastly we discussed her latest 3-day performance One Sheet of Warm Coexistence in which she invited people to share her bed with her.

Ep.76 | Michelle chan is a photographer, artist and in today’s episode we talked about how she shifted her career from computer science to behavioural therapy to art, how she discovered the unexpected passion of her late uncle, and the different reasons why people take Citybusses in Hong Kong.

Ep.75 | Poet and artist Maung Day talked with me from his home in Yangon, Myanmar which is also formerly known as Burma. We began our conversation about what was driving him to draw, the ugly and the beautiful, how he reconstructives narratives through poetry and drawings, and the challenge of translation between languages and domains.

Ep.74 | In today’s episode I met Mindy Lui, a Hong Kong-based artist. From her studio we discussed her work and began our conversation with her airing blanket project, we discussed the background of her tangerine peel work, talked about how she collaborated with Hidden Space team and we delved into how the value of objects change over time.

Ep.73 | I’m back on the ferry to another island in Hong Kong. This time I travelled to meet artist Kai Chun Yip on Peng Chau where we talked about how he learnt to speak Hakka, the impact of its decline, how a new generation was exposed to Hakka through his community project and the upcoming Inter Island Art Festival in Hong Kong.

Ep.72 | Wing Sze Lam is a Hong Kong-based video artist and she talked about her role at the M+ museum, why she identified herself with a fisherman, the foundation of creativity and we discussed the meaning of art.

Ep.71 |Artist Aktin Drieglo is my next guest on The Last Supper. From his Cheung Chau studio we spoke about the role of alter egos, how they function as a kind of escapism, and we talked at length about his work and how his work has evolved from graffiti to paintings.

Ep.70 | Artist and illustrator Pearl Law talked about adapting to European sensibilities, Hong Kong - Japanese dog owner behaviour, the notion of modernology or Kougengaku and we spoke about her art residence in Japan.

Ep.69 | Based in Hong Kong, Dr Caroline Ha Thuc is a researcher, curator, writer and lecturer. I met her at Asia Art Archive and together we talked about her residency programme Walden, her current project about the ecology of cocao in Asia, we delved into the challenges of today’s discourses, and her role as a lecturer.