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FIELD OF VISION : BEIJING
September 9 – 28 2006
Opening: September 16 at 15:00
Symposium: September 15 from 15:00 – 18:00
Beijing
New Art Projects
798 Art District, 4 Jiuxianqiao Road
Chaoyang District, Beijing
100015 China
CURATORS:
Gao Brothers (China), Marcel Hager (Germany), Stephan Hausmeister
(UK)
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Cang Xin (China), Paul Dacey (USA), Alison Dalwood (UK), Liu Fei
(China), Lu Feifei (China), Helen Marshall (UK), Miao Xiaochun
(China), Huang Rui (China), Ji Sheng Li (China), Sam Jury (UK),
Jenny Kao Yuan (Taiwan - USA), Kazuaki Tanahashi (Japan), Michael
Wright (UK), QingQing (China), Yefu (China), Zheng Lianjie (China)
Beijing New Art Projects, situated in the fashionable ‘Factory
798’ Art District of Beijing, was the venue for the first
Asian staging in the ‘Field-of-Vision’ global art
project. 'Field of Vision : Beijing' presented a freeze-frame
slice through the multiple perspectives of the many real and imagined
contemporary Chinas. This immense wall-based installation was
constructed from a skillfully edited assemblage of uncensored
‘visual blogs’ collected worldwide over the Internet
following a highly successful call for submissions.
'Field of Vision : Beijing' was the result of a year long collaboration
between Chinese photography and performance artists the Gao Brothers
and Stephan Hausmeister. The Beijing field reflects a unique local
situation at a fixed point in time, including its relationships
to global issues and perceptions, both positive and dissonant.
SYMPOSIUM
The symposium held on Friday 15 September included video interviews
with Chinese artists, artist’s talks, and an open discussion.
These presentations are the result of an ongoing critical investigation
into the current boom in Chinese artistic production and the position
of Beijing specifically, including the rapid emergence of the
‘Factory 798’ Art District into the international
limelight. Through a diversity of content and views the symposium
raised and challenged a number of critical perspectives on China
and the West today, highlighting the need for further critical
debate.
PROJECT DIRECTOR:
Stephan Hausmeister / UK
DEVELOPMENT & FUNDING:
Alison Dalwood / UK
THEORY & CONTEXT:
Malcolm Ferris / UK
SUPPORTED BY:
Goethe-Institute Beijing (China)
Greenwood Global Media, New York (USA)
INM-Institute for New Media, Frankfurt a.M. (Germany)
University of Hertfordshire (UK)
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