ArtAsiaPacific No. 66 November/December 2009

12 Editor's Letter

19 Questionnaire: Lida Abdul 21 My Eight: Moe Satt 23 Keyword: Performance

NEWS 33 MUNICH Ai Weiwei Hospitalized by Police Brutality 34 SEOUL Emil Goh (1966–2009) 35 TEL AVIV Buky Schwartz (1932–2009) 35 SYDNEY Controversy Over Funding of New Museum 36 PARIS Behjat Sadr (1925–2009) 37 SEATTLE Museum Guard Alters Yoko Ono Installation 38 VARIOUS LOCATIONS Round Up: Small Steps and Big Bucks

41 Opinion: New Order on the Border 43 Auction Report 47 Art Fair Report

51 Whispering Gallery

ESSAYS 53 Current Affairs: An Artist's Bullish Feeling 55 Close Read: Missing in Action 56 Perspective: Beyond Gutai 101 57 Current Affairs: Operating Above the Law

PROFILES 62 Preview: "Performa 09" 64 Personal History: Roberto Chabet 66 Frontlines: "Sixth Asia-Pacific Triennial" 68 On Site: Song Dong

FEATURES 88 Zhang Huan: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants 98 Aki Sasamoto: The Sound of Sharpened Footsteps in a Dark Room 104 Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: Dialogues With Difference 110 Guy Ben-Ner: Solitary Refinement 118 Tino Sehgal: The Unbearable Lightness of Possession

REVIEWS 128 VENICE "53rd Venice Biennale" 130 WELLINGTON Billy Apple 131 SYDNEY "Nam Bang!" 132 TOKYO Ai Weiwei 133 BEIJING Gu Dexin 134 BANGKOK Taring Padi 135 KOLKATA KG Subramanyan 136 NEW YORK "Emperor's New Clothes" 137 NEW YORK "The Thousand and One Nights" 138 NEW YORK Zarina Hashmi 139 NEW YORK Yang Fudong 140 LOS ANGELES "Your Bright Future"

142 Book Review: New Titles on Performance Art

155 Where I Work: Richard Tsao 156 Young Reply: Breaking Unspoken Codes

159 The Last Word: Welcome to Gallery Land 136 Proposal X: Ei Arakawa