My winter break in Mongolia was fast-paced, thrilling, eye-opening and humbling at times. You might wonder why did I go to Mongolia during winter. Obviously, I could have easily stayed in Leeds and waited for a spring to come. No, I needed to feel the freezing temperature of the Mongolian winter yet again, after a … Continue reading
I am happy to announce the publication of ‘Bare House: Pori – Rotterdam – Ulaanbaatar’ (2011) which I translated from English to Mongolian. ‘Bare House: Pori – Rotterdam – Ulaanbaatar’ [1] was a large scale and multi-layered international art project consisted of numerous exhibitions, residencies spanned over two years, showcased works of artists, curators and … Continue reading
In less than two weeks time, I will be in Mongolia. I waited over three years to say this sentence. It is just unbelievable how fast the time passes by you. Mongolia is calling for me! For many people – Mongolia is a country of grasslands, galloping horses and free-moving nomads. However, there are many … Continue reading
Last Thursday, I visited the Manchester Museum again to look at the Living Cultures and the Archery Collections in details. Stephen T. Welsh, The Curator of the Living Cultures kindly showed me the Museum stores. If I was interested in the term ‘living cultures’ in a context of a museum settings in the beginning (See … Continue reading
Islington Mill Studios, Oct 2011. Photograph by T. Tsegmid First I heard about Islington Mill from Paulette Brien and Laurence Lane, Curators and Directors of The International 3 Gallery. According to them, Islington Mill is this amazing creative space for artists, curators and musicians. They were right. As part of the Asia Triennial II, a … Continue reading
Last week, I visited Manchester Museum’s Archery collection along with Enkhbold Togmidshiirev (Artist), Paulette Brien (Curator and Director of International3 Gallery) guided by Stephen Terence Welsh, Curator of Living Cultures and Anna Bunney, Curator of Public Programmes. Wendy Hodkinson, Honorary Curator of Archery kindly agreed to welcome us and show the selection of bows and … Continue reading
I’ve been ‘in hiding’ ‘for the last year in order to concentrate on my PhD completion. Now I am back! I will be more visible from now on. Many more exciting projects are on the way and I will post more information about them shortly. By the way, I will be attending Asia Triennial: Manchester … Continue reading
Pray for Japan! by Munkh-Erdene Lkhagva (‘Graphyme’ Graphic Design Studio, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) It has been a long time since I posted on my blog…been too busy. I came across this poster on Facebook . The poster is an excellent work by a talented Mongolian graphic designer Munkh-Erdene Lkhagva. When a disaster of this scale happens … Continue reading
The Border Guard in Scarborough, a site-specific installation and video piece, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, Sept 2010 Watch the video piece by clicking here. Last Sunday afternoon, I’ve left him in Scarborough. He didn’t say anything. I think he knew what was going on. But I am not hundred percent sure. I’ve felt this incredible sadness … Continue reading
The Postage Box I have many boxes: small, medium and big sizes of varying colours. Out of all those boxes I keep, this is the one I treasure. An ordinary but tired looking postage box. Decorated by ‘fine” stickers of shipping companies of both Mongolia and the UK. Initially, I used this postage box to … Continue reading
