Connective Videos: Berlin – Hongkong 6/6

The sixth edition of Connective Videos will present a selection of works by Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani (Berlin) and of Choi Sai-ho (Hong Kong).

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Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani

Nina Fischer (b. 1965 in Emden, Germany) and Maroan el Sani (b. 1966 in Duisburg, Germany) are artists who have collaborated on film and photography projects since 1993 that involve abandoned architectural projects to which they introduce actors who animate new stories for these politically fraught loci. Recent screening programs and exhibitions in which they have shown include: Forum Expanded, 63. Internationale Filmfestspiele, Berlinale, Berlin, 2013; Architektonika, Hamburger Bahnhof─Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, 2013; Quest for Vision vol.5: Spelling Dystopia, Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, 2012; and Spell On You, Mediacity Seoul Biennale, Seoul, 2012.

As a duo, they have participated in numerous exhibitions, including the Gwangju biennales in Korea in 1995 and 2002, the Berlin Biennale of 1998, the 1999 Liverpool Biennale, Manifesta IV in Frankfurt, 2002 and in the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media in Japan, 2005. ‘Palast der Republik’ was recently presented in the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin.

Choi Sai-ho

Choi Sai-ho, an electronic musician and audio-visual artist, has obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong in 2008. He was selected as the Best of Hong Kong Indie 2009 Number One by Hong Kong Time Out Magazine; the CNNGO Best Hong Kong bands in 2011. He received the Award of Young Artist (Media Arts) by "Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2012", Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 2013.

The participated audio-visual performances for music festivals, art programmes and events included Perform Media Festival 2006 (USA), The 14th IFVA Festival: Closing Gala as supporting act for D-Fuse (2009, Hong Kong Arts Centre), Experimentica 2010 (UK), T(h)ree Concert 2011 (Portugal), Clockenflap Music & Arts Festival (2011, West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade, Hong Kong), Electron Festival 2012 (Geneva, Switzerland), Worldtronics 2012 (Berlin, Germany), music performance of Chanel Party from Karl Lagerfeld's "The Little Black Jacket" photography exhibition and more.His works have been selected to Videobrasil Festival 2007 (Brazil), and more. 

Sai-ho presented his debut solo multimedia concert "Audio-visual live" in 2010. He did his second solo concert "An Audiovisual Concert: Live．Planet．Noise" presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in 2013. He has also been giving tutorials for different education projects or giving lecture / talks at various occasions.

Connective Videos
Connective Videos: Berlin – Hong Kong is a new collaborative platform between Germany and Hong Kong, curated by Olaf Stüber (Videoart at Midnight, Berlin) and Isaac Leung (Videotage, Hong Kong), presented by Goethe-Institut Hongkong. The project encompasses the video art collections of the Videoart at Midnight Edition and the Videotage Media Art Collection. In multiple screenings throughout 2018, Connective Videos aims to learn, compare, and reimagine compelling stories told by various German and Hong Kong artists. It will consider histories across various geographical spaces and offer insights into our existing knowledge of video art production and archival practices.
 
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