Lin Yilin and Cao Fei are both from Guangzhou, where Duan Jianyu studied and settled and Wong Ping and Samson Young are from Hong Kong.

A set of keywords, provided to the artists to kickstart the commissioning process, stand in for a curatorial theme: 'future, technology, system, myth, ghost, groundlessness, disaster, chaos, absurdity, uncanny, medium, togetherness, existence, humanity, and utopia.' These ideas have purchase in the region the show's artists call home: the Pearl River Delta, recently renamed to the Greater Bay Area, and the ground zero of China's export manufacturing. Drawing on a vague if widespread sentiment that China is somehow the way forward, the exhibition's catalogue is peppered with references to theoretical trends like accelerationism and futurism. This doubling of old and new, high and low, sets the tone for the exhibition's theme: uncertain futures. Its title is an allusion both to the old Japanese zen koan-'What is the sound of one hand clapping?'-and to Cantopop hero George Lam's anthemic 1996 hit about unrequited love. Guggenheim Foundation.Д«oth Weng's and Hou's curatorial approaches intertwine in this show. Guggenheim Museum, New York (4 MayвЂ“21 October 2018). Exhibition view: One Hand Clapping, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, The Robert H. Edition 1/3 with custom-modified LED panels, fibreglass and polyester resin with motor and LEDs, and plastic wind-up toys with spray paint and metal foil. Wong Ping, Dear, can I give you a hand? (2018).

Guggenheim one hand clapping