Writeup from WSJ on the Para/Site show!
This is not your usual art exhibition. Let's call it an art "happening." What makes it worth mentioning are the artists involved: Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei, of Beijing's Olympic "Bird's Nest" stadium fame, and Vito Acconci, an American architect and installation artist who pioneered performance and video art in the 1970s.
Separate from Art HK, the Sheung Wan District gallery Para/Site Art Space has been hosting a "conversation" between Mr. Ai, 52 (with the beard), and Mr. Acconci, 70, since April. On three mornings during art week, the public will get a chance to eavesdrop and even participate. The talks will continue through July 4. Those three exchanges between the artists—about how they work, about Hong Kong, about cities—will begin at 9 a.m. on May 26, 27 and 28, with Mr. Ai talking via Skype from Beijing with Mr. Acconci at his Acconci Studio in Brooklyn. They will be aired live in the Sheung Wan gallery, which also will display 128 photos that document the time the pair spent together in Hong Kong in mid-April. Full article http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703691804575255541850674232.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
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