Henry Virgin's first novel 'Exit Rostov' set in 1990s post-Soviet, south of Russia embeds us in the northern Caucasus, amongst the Khrushchyovki of Rostov-on-Don's micro-raions, and the fervent mind of Frederick, seeking his lost friend Cazimir, and meaning, in an existential rite of passage.
His poetry books 'Hot Pink Peach', 'Anthelion 1996', 'The Glass Aubergine' and 'The Phantisaese', investigate the machinations of the human psyche in lyrical feats of poetic abstraction and beauty.
His south China travel journal, 'Teaching in Tangxia' records in diary format, an evocative portrait of a small English language school in a booming Guangdong factory town at the turn of the century, when China became a member of the WTO.
'Hot Pink Peach', an archival work, has just been published in June 2020.
His video projections have been shown at the Hermitage in St Petersburg, The Serpentine Gallery in London, At the 2014 and 2016 Venice Biennales, with the ICA, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Dongdaemun Plaza in Seoul Korea, Tel Aviv Israel, Dubai UAE, Miami USA, NY USA, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, DAC Copenhagen, Mexico, Sharjah, and many, many more.
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