KALEIDOSCOPE Asia #04 – Simon Denny Takeover

Somewhere in between a magazine issue, an artist's book and a research report, this Kaleidoscope Asia Special edition with guest-editor Simon Denny revolves around a new project by the New Zealand artist set in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.   “Technology, knowledge and a window to the external world.” This is Shenzhen, one of China's instant mega-cities. Some call it the Silicon Valley of hardware, or a maker's heaven. For New Zealand-born, Berlin-based artist Simon Denny, whose exhibition Real Mass Entrepreneurship is currently on view at OCAT Shenzhen, the city became the setting of an ambitious new body of work about the complexities of this ecosystem.With the Simon Denny Takeover, a special edition that continues the magazine's tradition of guest-edited issues (inaugurated in 2016 by Sterling Ruby), we bring you a behind-the-scenes look at the artist's creative process.  This hybrid object, somewhere in between a magazine issue, an artist book and a research report, features thr