Mongolian 360 National Gallery Exhibition

The trip and installations in the Gobi were followed by a 3 day symposium and exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art in UB, where we were put up in a 4 star hotel. This was an extreme contrast to the camping situation we had in the desert but many of us were happy to have warm showers, electricity and green vegetables! The exhibition functioned mostly as a review of the installations in the  Gobi and consisted mainly of photos of the work. Some of us had additional work installed in the gallery. I for one brought my felt …

Ulaanbataar

First let me say that Mongolians are beautiful, inside and out. They are generous, welcoming and readily smile and laugh. Ulaanbataar on the other hand is an ugly, grimy, crazy city. The driving is insane and congested. The craziest thing is that everyone is a taxi- it kind of like hitchhiking but you pay people to give you a ride. One just stands on the side of the street with their arm out and random people will pick you up. I never did this on my own because i don’t speak Mongolian but we did it as groups sometimes. One day …

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