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January Month in Review!

Posted on February 2, 2012 by An Xiao

Marvin helps me out at the coworking jelly run by CC:me, a freelance collective based in Atwater Village. Marvin and I participated in this year’s worldwide #jellyweek. As the year of the dragon begins, I thought it would be a good practice to write a monthly review of what I’ve been up to, the articles [...]

Talking about social media art in China

Posted on October 20, 2011 by An Xiao

Two social media-related events these past few weeks in Beijing. I’ve spoken about social media art and done social media art in a few countries now, but China always presents the most potent site for exploration. I gave a talk at the Maker’s Carnival, a festival of making in partnership with UNESCO, Qinghua University, Shanghai [...]

Harvest Celebrations and Back in Beijing

Posted on September 12, 2011 by An Xiao

Back in Beijing after nearly a month in Korea. Left Seoul just as they began celebrating Chuseok, which friends translated as “Korean Thanksgiving.” And then I arrived in Beijing for Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiu Jie: 中秋节), where we drank, sang songs and ate mooncakes. It’s interesting to think about the many harvest-themed festivals in the industrialized [...]

Greetings from Gwangju, Korea

Posted on August 19, 2011 by An Xiao

Despite being only about 1000 kilometers (~600 miles) by the way the crow flies, the journey from Beijing, China to Gwangju, Korea requires nearly a 12 hour odyssey. Early wake-up in Beijing, cab ride in the morning sun to Beijing Capital International Airport, land in Seoul Gimpo International Airport (lovely, by the way–much faster and [...]

Notes from the “Future is Co-” at Xindanwei: Coworking in China, America and the World

Posted on August 11, 2011 by An Xiao

Had a lovely discussion this weekend at Xindanwei to discuss “The Future is Co-”, a look at the future of coworking, collaboration and collective creativity. I wrote recently abotu Xindanwei’s coworking model in Hyperallergic, and in a way, the panel was a way to continue that dialogue. What added to the event was that Tony [...]

ARTnews, Creator’s Project, and Why Social Media Art is Important

Posted on June 4, 2011 by An Xiao

I’m thrilled to appear in “The Social Revolution: The Art World on Facebook“, a cover story by Barbara Pollack for the June edition of ARTnews: “Artists who have been working with the Internet and with new media since that genre began are interested in participatory systems and social networking,” says Lauren Cornell, the curator of [...]

Tumblin’ a life

Posted on June 1, 2011 by An Xiao

I’ve been Tumbling for a while now, and blogging for a while too, but I decided to really turn my Tumblr, anxiaostudio.tumblr.com into the scrapbook I claim it is. I’m now posting more pictures and notes from my travels, little design things I see, little bits of culture, in addition to the cool links I [...]

My Talk at co[LAB] Manila and Why the Philippines Rules Social Networking

Posted on May 13, 2011 by An Xiao

Great afternoon helping kick off co[LAB] Manila’s new Spark Series, a series of talks and workshops designed to inspire Manila’s creative and entrepreneurial community. A bit of a homecoming for me, as I’ve not lived in Manila since I was a wee one, and I must say it was quite lovely. The space itself is [...]

A Weekend of Social Media Art: Xindanwei and Welcome to Enter at the JUE Festival

Posted on March 30, 2011 by An Xiao

An excellent weekend in Shanghai, my first of what I’m sure will be many times in this city by the sea. I first spoke at Xindanwei (新单位), a co-working and new media space that I’ve been admiring from afar. For their Weekend of Social Media (社会性媒体周末), I introduced the audience to social media art and [...]