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• EDISON CHEN (THE WHOLE THING MAKES ME WANT TO VOMIT)

  Saturday, Feb 23, 2008 7:45AM / Standard Entry

  we -- IN HONG KONG and ONLY in hk -- expect our cantopop stars and starlets to be perfect, plastic, pre-pubescent, desexualized, eternally teenage, virginal human beings, rather like living hello kitty characters -- rather than full-blooded adults who engage in normal activities, like sex, recreational drug use, cursing -- well, the full gamut of normal behavīor of fully-formed human beings, replete with the inevitable deficiencies of behavīor and character. the fact that we are horrified and transfixed by the entire episode illustrates the profound and unfair ambivalence in which we hold up these overexposed chinese pop stars. the whole episode is a testament to the hypocrisy and sexual repressiveness of hong kong chinese society at large. i'm glad we got to see  these celebrities naked and fornicating. it only shows that they are real flesh and blood, breathing and sweating like the rest of us. at the same time, i'm appalled by society's inability to avert its eyes and lose interest in this sordid, rather pathetic episode in cantopop gossip history. (for myself, i had no idea about this whole thing until i was in the heli lounge at shun tak two days ago and saw someone who looked like daniel wu, having a press conference on the TV. one of my companions then told me it was edison chen, apologizing for his sexual peccadilloes)
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  i can't wait until China Stylus (Jay FC. check out his page on AnD) and Red Dog Studio (Timon Wehrli), come out with their book of beautifully shot nude photos of chinese women, both ordinary and famous! that will shake things up too. OH!!! did you know that famous chinese women sometimes get naked and have sex????
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  JESUS, what kind of place do we live in????
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• DINOSAUR DREAM

  Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008 9:26AM / Standard Entry

  my dream last night.

  suddenly, my stomach started feeling jumpy -- but to the point where i could see some creature's head, literally moving beneath the skin on my abdomen. the thrumming sensation turned into something much more violent, jumping. at which point, i actually stuck my hand into my abdomen and tore out a small dinosaur. naturally, that left a huge gaping hole in my gullet. another small dinosaur quickly followed on the heels of the first. and i had to dip my hand into my abdominal cavity again, this time, ripping off most of the flesh on my torso.

  suddenly, i was in a suburban tract home. again, i felt a distinct stirring, then a more tumultuous, back and forth sensation in my stomach. i tore one creature another out of  my body, but, this time, in quicker, then, never-ending, succession. each creature was different -- an admixture between a reptile/dinosaur and a transformer-like plated crustacean. while asleep, i was distinctly aware and living through the sensation of each abdominal disturbance. finally, i was sitting inside the living room of my suburban home, when i saw a young, green, hapless, rather adorable dinosaur show up on the front lawn. somehow, it dawned on me that i had to kill this dinosaur in order to make all the little ones vanish or die.

  i woke up at that point.

  i never remember my dreams, let alone write them down, but this one is still fresh in my consciousness. i can still feel each creature in my body, thrashing around....

  
  

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• YOU SHOULD GO TO THIS ON SATURDAY, GODDAMMIT

  Tuesday, Jan 8, 2008 10:00PM / Standard Entry

  www.clockenflap.com
  first, the name is deliriously absurd.
  next, the artists from st/art will be painting the "flap", so to speak.
  plus, there are some cool bands playing there all day. from 2 pm to 2 am! namely, the Young Knives.
  cyberport.
  if you need convincing, go to www.start.hk, then you will understand the vibe, the purpose, THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING WHAT LITTLE GRASSROOTS ARTISTIC COMMUNITY there is in hk.
  for once, i myself am going to get off my a-- and drag as many people there as possible.
  GO!!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• hk kids are so fucked up

  Saturday, Dec 29, 2007 12:58PM / Standard Entry

  cousin, i'm sorry to use an expletive in my blog entry. don't be mad.
  it was the only expression i could use to describe what i'm seeing this morning at my flat.
  my son's eight-year old friend is over here and he is completely flummoxed when his head is not immersed in some kind of metal box, namely, a computer, nintendo, wii, or television set. he tried to throw a ball with my son a few minutes ago and he couldn't even muster that. i mean, he could throw the ball, but without any hope of it landing anywhere near my son, even at the distance of 10 feet! the idea of running around or playing tag or kicking a ball completely eludes him. the idea of a board game is equally alien.
  he has no mastery over the physical world because of a complete failure to pursue any sporting or athletic activity. he is shockingly uncoordinated and inept when it comes to anything requiring muscle coordination, aim, endurance.
  being what i'm like, i.e., vocal, judgmental, harsh, terrifying, i actually told the little boy i felt sorry for him because he is unable to enjoy life without having his brain sucked into an electric, metal box. he responded, "i don't want to come over to your house to play again". in my heart, i thought, "i hope he tells his mother what i've said, because she's a lame excuse for a parent"
  his parents should be crucified for completely ignoring his physical, intellectual and spiritual formation.
  i feel sorry for this kid. but his semi-lobotomized plight is typical of hong kong. and all the chinese kids growing up here, whose parents are just as flabby in  mind, body and spirit. no wonder!
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• yet another catch up!

  Wednesday, Dec 19, 2007 7:24AM / Standard Entry

  this is another crazy catch up session, just so y'all know i haven't died yet.
  since the last time i blogged, i went trick or treating (with sam, my son), caught the linkin park concert (with sam), then flew to beijing, then new york, miami, london and, then, again, new york and miami. i just got back friday and woke up at 4 am this morning, giving me a small window of blogging time.
  miami was incredible. a real social circus. i stayed with the owner and host of design miami basel, the companion show to art basel miami. the first night, we had dinner with russell simmons, then the next night, there was a massive party, where i met pharrell williams, terry richardson, and loads of other superstars in different industries.
  the next night was no less intense. i was the guest of prosper and martine assouline at their dinner to launch "The value of art". (assouline is a famous lifestyle book publisher based in ny and paris.) jeffrey deitch, glenn o'brien and simon de prury were all there and i was lucky enough to sit right next to martine and prosper, who were relieved that i spoke french and didn't want to talk about the weather. i ducked out to party hard with my college friend from ny at midnight. the artforum party was down-at-heel in a cool, artistic, "i don't give a fuck about hedge fund guys" way and the music was all 80s and really loud, giving me a breather from the nonstop networking.
  i almost died of combined jetlag and pneumonia on this trip which was a non-stop party-networking trip for business reasons i don't need to explain here, but, GAWD, i'm still reeling from it. you can literally smell the money burning in the air during that week in miami.
  NOW, i understand what the big fuss is about!
  on the plus side: attending the shows (there are about 10-20 important ones including satellite exhibitions) gave me major insight into the direction of contemporary art and lots of food for thought and new creative ideas.
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  now i'm home for xmas, trying to buy xmas presents and the tree before friday, because i have run up to beijing on the weekend!
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  very happy to see my really close friend dan pak settled back into hk. we have jointly decided that our email threads are actually much more entertaining and vitriolic than the shite we write on our blogs. in the case, you might see us posting our dialogue online HERE next! ha! for some reason, i hold back when i'm writing to absolutely no one, whereas with dan, i let it rip without any apologies for my hideous misanthropic insights into man and civilization.
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  we have a new designer at shanghai tang and that's really exciting. his name is joseph li and he's a genius. he will give birth to his first collection this fall and i'm seeing the first pieces come out now, which is really exciting, because it's a really fresh and sophisticated direction we're moving in. i won't disclose more except to say that i'm proud that i could engineer this shift during my time at the brand.
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  i'm opening an art gallery next year, and have begun to take concrete measures to sign up artists and lay the groundwork. although i planned to do it in beijing, i have now concluded that,  since i live here (hk), it doesn't make sense to do it elsewhere. one of the main focuses of the gallery will be photography....
  the main reason i've decided to go into this industry is because i love talking to and spending time with artists (fine art artists), who, in my experience, are among the only people i've ever met who even know what i'm saying. (maybe that's simply because i live in hk? generally, no one knows what the f--- i'm saying except for my son, my ex-husband and dan pak. no kidding) plus, i think that virtually all the galleries in hk are total crap and do a disservice to the art scene with the exception of han art and 10 chancery lane. hk people treat art galleries like department stores and hk galleries feed back to the hk public what they think they want to see, which creates a vicious, negatively reinforcing cycle.
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  enough for today. i'm still mentally bleary from waking up too early...
  
  
  
  
  
  

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