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دونا اونج
Донна Онг

The Garden of Waiting Virgins

source: art-itasia

ドナ オン Donna Ong シンガポール　1978年生
シンガポール在住。ロンドンのゴールドスミス カレッジで学ぶ。シンガポールビエンナーレ(2006)、モスクワビエンナーレ(2007)などに出品。神話や宗教・美術史にモチーフを見出し、インスタレーションや映像作品を制作する。東京滞在中(2008)、オンは、ドールハウス用の小さな食器や家具を集め、それらを黒やグレー、銀色に着色して組み合わせた人形の家のようなインスタレーション「秘めたる、静かなる場所で」を制作した。新作は、同じく滞在中に興味を引かれた日本とアメリカの友好のシンボルであった「フレンドシップ・ドール」(1927年に日米間で贈答された)をモチーフに、西洋と日本の人形が２体登場する映像作品「出会い」を展示予定。静粛な映像のなかの人形は、おもちゃとしての無邪気さも残しつつも、過去が宿るものとしての不気味さを醸し出す。
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source: culture360org

In 1974, in the mid of the squatting movement in former West Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, the Central Deaconess Institute and Hospital Bethanien was scheduled for demolition. In this environment, a group of artists proposed a space for arts and gave the building a new meaning. Several institutions, including the art centre Künstlerhaus Bethanien, were hosted in the former hospital.

In 2010, the building was renamed as Kunstquartier Bethanien, and Künstlerhaus Bethanien moved to a new location in a former light factory, a few blocks from the initial settlement. Until today, Künstlerhaus Bethanien is one of the reference institutions for international artist in residence programmes. Renowned artists such as Singaporean Ming Wong, who did the programme in 2007, have passed through this place gaining international recognition, as it is a reference venue for a number of curators and art practitioners worldwide.

Donna Ong did her college studies in UK. After this, she studied architecture at Bartlett Centre University College and later visual arts at Goldsmiths College. Song-Ming Ang studied English Literature at NUS (National University of Singapore) and further did a MA in Aural & Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths College. Their experiences travelling back and forth from Europe to Asia, and the international artistic career are part of this interview, but also their experience as resident artists at the prestigious art centre Künstlerhaus Bethanien. In this interview, Song-Ming Ang and Donna Ong share their experiences in Germany’s capital city and how they involve their practice within the context they have been living in.
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source: herworldplus

Make your way down the narrow walkway of Donna Ong’s Cocoon (The Garden of Waiting Virgins) (2012): discover vintage objects, portraitures of the Virgin Mary and other knick-knacks that you might find at a grandmother’s cosy abode. Set in a small and narrow space, this installation recalls a child’s desire for familial comforts, no matter her age. On Cocoon, Ong says that she “promised myself as a child, never to forget what it felt like to be a child … My work is about trying to keep that promise.”