susan pui san lok < 駱 佩 珊 > susan lok pui san (aka SPSL) is an artist, writer, and Professor of Contemporary Art at University of the Arts London, where she/they are also Director of the UAL Decolonising Arts Institute. From 2021-25, they led the major UK Arts and Humanities Research Council project, Transforming Collections, and the 20/20 programme of artists’ residencies in UK public collections, supported by Arts Council England and Freelands Foundation.
Working across installation, moving image, sound and text since the 1990s, recent projects include Centenary (2022-), commissioned for Create London, and REWIND/REPLAY (2022-23), commissioned by Van Abbemuseum (NL). Solo shows include Beaconsfield (2006), CfCCA (now esea contemporary) (1996, 2006, 2016), BFI Southbank (2008), QUAD (2015), Firstsite (2019), Glasgow International (2021), all UK, and Montreal Arts Interculturels (2014). Group shows include Asia Time –1st Asia Biennial / 5th Guangzhou Triennial at Guangdong Museum of Art (2015-16); Diaspora Pavilion at the 57th Venice Bienniale (2017); Rewinding Internationalism (2022-23) at Netwerk Aalst (BE), Van Abbemuseum (NL) and Villa Arson (FR); and the Arts Council England touring exhibition, Found Cities, Lost Objects (2022-24). Publications range from artist books/multiples, guest-edited books/journal issues, to chapters in the award-winning books, Shades of Black (iniva/Duke UP, 2005) and The Place Is Here (Sternberg, 2019), and numerous essays, including in Tate Papers, Art History, Oxford Art Journal, Journal of Visual Culture, and Journal for Chinese Contemporary Art.
Current projects include an expanded version of Centenary and a film installation, Re Moves (2017-forthcoming), several publications and a small translocal network, ‘DiaL’ (diasporic loops), supported by the Robert H.N. Ho Foundation.
susan pui san lok, REWIND/REPLAY, 2022-23
multichannel installation with sound, magnetic tape, music stands, scores and occasional performance. Commissioned by Van Abbemuseum, NL. Van Abbemuseum Collection.
Global Performance + Sound Lab 