BEIJING 1966 PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

　　Memo Wall Gallery
　　April 29th- May 21st

　　BEIJING 1966 – PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION (CHINA-FRANCE)

　　Forty years have passed since the very beginning of the Cultural Revolution. What memories of Beijing remain rarely documented from this time? Two photographers, one Chinese and one Foreigner, display two visions of common life in the capital over this period of great change. Solange Brand, who was working at the French Embassy in 1966, was an active amateur photographer. In the sixties, she took many colour photos, which provide a real insight into Beijing, its architecture and its inhabitants in those times. These images retain all their freshness after four decades.

　　Curated by CROISEMENT Festival & Kate Fletcher, Memo Wall Gallery, April 29-May 21

　　Solange BRAND spent three years as a secretary in the French embassy of Beijing between 1965 & 1968. After returning to France she became a journalist for the famous daily French newspaper, Le Monde. She was also the artistic director of Le Monde Diplomatique and gave a strong visual identity to this newspaper in the 80’s. She now lives between Paris and Stockholm.

　　CHINA- CHAINA MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXHIBITION

　　May 13 to May 28
　　706 Space

　　CHINA CHAI-NA – MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXHIBITION
　　(PART OF THE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMME)

　　As the compact, close-knit city centre is surrounded by the steady expansion of suburban districts it is gradually eroded by their continual encroachment. The physical gaps that the destruction and construction opens tears gaps in historical time and cultural space. In this emptiness, artists are stunned, worried, and hesitant. Chai-na, [“Demolish here”] is the stamp that signifies impending destruction, and which frames the exhibition of artistic works, China/Chai-na. Paintings, sculpture, photography & performance pieces portray their determination to remain in the city’s symbolic space amidst a contradictory landscape.

　　Curated by Huang Yan, 706 Factory Space, Dashanzi , May 13 – 28.

　　Participating artists:
　　Weng Fen, Song Dong, Rongrong, Ying Xiuzhen, Huang Rui, Zhang Dali, Liao Xiaochun, Xu Zhongmin, Cang Xin, Big Tail Elephants, Dai Guangyu, Zhan Wang, Shen Shaomin, Zhan Wang, Ye Dongshen, Lui Jianhua, The Gao Brothers, Ye Dongshen, Zhao Liang, Wang Jinsong, Zhang Nian, Chen Jiagang, Liu Ren, Wu Xiaojun, Zhang Hui, Chen Nong, Bai Shangren, Shen Shaomin & He Yunchang.

　　Huang Yan is an avant-garde artist whose work has been exhibited widely around the world, in both solo and joint exhibitions. A graduate from Chanchun Normal Academy, he explores the link between tradition and contemporary society in his work. His work remains in collections in Shanghai Art Gallery, Beijing, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, the USA, Germany, and Belize.

　　METROPOLIS RISE INSTALLATION

　　706 Space
　　April 29th-May 10th

　　METROPOLIS RISE – INSTALLATION (UNITED KINGDOM)

　　An arrangement of a diverse array of art works from the London art scene will be presented for your inspection. The selection from over 50 artists from independent galleries, project spaces, collectives, art groups, studio organisations and nomadic projects across London examines not only the diversity of contemporary art making but also how it is produced and circulated. Together the works and documentation become a mapping of metropolis infrastructure.

　　Curated by Anthony Gross & Jen Wu, April 29 – May 10, 706 Space

　　Artists Anthony Gross (UK) and Jen Wu (USA) met in London in 2001 and since then set up 'temporarycontemporary', a nomadic project space and curatorial experiment. They have presented over 22 exhibitions in London over the last two years including 'Biennale! Artist Film & Video' which then toured Berlin, Shanghai, DIAF2005 and Chongqing. Gross has had solo and group shows in Paris, London and the UAE. Wu has exhibited in various group shows and has recently been awarded a curatorial fellowship at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London.

　　INTIMATE BEIJING PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

　　706 Space
　　April 29th – May 21st

　　INTIMATE BEIJING – PHOTOGRAPHY (THE NETHERLANDS- CHINA- JAPAN)
The intimate Beijing opposes, in this project, two different visions of public space and private space. The public space offers the scene for the relationship between a woman and a man, Rongrong and Inri, the world famous photographer couple whose works have been shown in the most famous galleries and museums around the world. This Sino-Japanese duo will record intimate and personal situations in the public sphere.

　　In contrast, the festival will invite the photographer from Netherlands Marrigje de Maar, who will investigate very special intimate spaces of Beijing, spaces like bedrooms and living rooms, all devoid of people but alive with the presence of these absent Beijingers.

　　A beautiful dialogue between those two visions.

　　April 29-May 21
　　706 Space

　　In a very short time, Maarigje de Maar, who used to teach social and political sciences, has succeeded to capture the intimacy of the hutong and countryside home in and around Beijing. She challenged herself at the age of 56 by attending art school. Winner of many prestigious awards, she will now offer to the Beijing audience a beautiful aspect of what China means to her. She chose living spaces as her subject as she considers them to be similar to portraits.

　　Rong Rong belonged to the East Village group, an artist community based in Beijing in the 90’s. He recorded a lot of memories of the lives of the artists through his famous pictures of performances. After meeting the Japanese artist INRI, they started to work together and to share their intimate feelings in grandiose landscapes. For this exhibition they will show their very original works and how they investigate the city of Beijing in sites that are in the process of demolition.

　　VIDEO PRODUCTION: A NEW GENERATION OF VIDEO MAKER

　　Video Exhibition

　　11 art Space
　　April 29th- May 7th
　
　　VIDEO PRODUCTION: A NEW GENERATION OF VIDEO MAKER (CHINA-FRANCE)

　　This video program represents the talents of a new generation of video makers and is selected from the Fresnoy National Studio of Contemporary Arts (France) and from some fine art academies in China. About 20 videos will be shown on screens and monitors in the room. Le Fresnoy is a new and flourishing studio, already one of the most prestigious French schools specialising in film and video works. It has a very high qualitative standard of its artist-residents.

　　Curated by CROISEMENT Festival-AFAA, 11-Art Space, April 29–May 7

　　Alain Fleischer is a movie director, a writer, a photographer as well as a visual artist. He explores a lot of art field and every kind of creation.
　　
　　Alain Fleischer realised more than 100 movies, experimental movies, documentaries or fiction. He also wrote more than 15 books, novels, short stories… and made a lot of series about photography or art installation. This artist is full of energy and explores all the different language of the creation. He offers an iconoclast and provocative art and examines the question of identity and the artistic production.

　　A post-graduate art school and audio-visual research and production centre, Le Fresnoy takes advanced students for a two-year course run by guest artist-professors who themselves produce new work.??In a widely acclaimed building designed by Bernard Tschumi, ?Le Fresnoy offers the public a programme of art films, contemporary art, concerts and other artistic events. The works produced by the visiting artist-professors and the young artists are also shown in various events in France and abroad.

　　BRUSH HOURS II PAINTING EXHIBITION

　　IEUM SPACE
　　April 29th- May 7th

　　BRUSH HOURS II – PAINTING (CHINA-KOREA)

　　The exhibition underlines the energy of Seoul and Beijing, two centers of modern art production in Asia. It intends to show how, over the last few years, artists, including Kang Yujin, Kim Myoungsook, Lee Woolim, Chun Sungmyoung have returned to painting as a means of expression. Together they share a language: 2-dimensional work. Their tools are their brushes.

　　Curated by Kim Yun Kyong, Ieum Space, April 29-May 7

　　ENDLESS CLONE MULTIMEDIA EXHIBITION

　　IEUM SPACE

　　ENDLESS CLONE – MULTIMEDIA EXHIBITION (CHINA-KOREA)
　　Has the scientific practice of cloning had ramifications for the world of art? Rapid advancements in science and technology have had dramatic impacts on originality and reproduction of images and art. This exhibition of three Korean artists - Kim Chang-Kyum, Kim Jun and Ham Jin - and two Chinese artists – Liu Wei, Fu Lei and Shen Shaomin - explores the practice of duplication methods and exposes patterns of science reflected in the arts. Through video and installation works, Endless Clone offers the opportunity to predict the utopian future of modern art.

　　Curated by Kim Yun Kyong, Ieum Space,

　　The Space Ieum would take charge of cultural exchanges. It means the space for connecting whole world’s culture and Korean culture. The Space ‘ieum’ would be expected to have all kinds of art activities such as exhibitions but not only art exhibitions also to show images and to do performances. Also it would be interchangeable cultural open space with current trend ‘Han Liu’ so to speak which are Korean popular cultures.

　　UNDER THE SKIN MULTIMEDIA EXHIBITION

　　April 15 – May 25
　　UNIVERSAL STUDIO

　　UNDER THE SKIN

　　Participating artists: JIANG Zhi (Beijing-Shenzhen), Aernout MIK (Netherlands), ZHOU Zixi (Shanghai)
　　April 15 – May 25 2006 , Hours: Tuesday – Sunday 12 am – 6 pm, Opening: 15th April 5:00-7:00 pm

　　The opening exhibition of UniversalStudios-Beijing brings together three artists from China and Europe. The photo and video works of JIANG Zhi, the video installation of Aernout MIK, and the paintings of ZHOU Zixi all show the interest of contemporary artists in experiences which go beyond the make-up of a superficial political or ideological reception of reality. Starting as good observers of our everyday life, these artists reveal a more meaningful ‘world’ by analyzing what they see around them in all different aspects of our changing society. By putting fragments of their research results together, they show us their vision of a new imaginative reality. In doing this, they combine all aspects of our modern, turbulent society: from the estrangement of individual existence to the hectic pace of social life; from low-tech painting and sculpture to high-tech digital image production.

　　●The projects-Acto AT-X9350 of this exhibition are sponsored by ShenZhen ACTO Data&Video technical Co. Ltd.(abbre. ACTO Tech).
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　　MAY 13, 7pm
　　Multidisplinary Art Event

　　Together is a multi-art form performed by different artists from home and abroad. It reveals the colourful artistic backgrounds of our daily life.

　　Theme: Together

　　Time: 7pm May 13, 2006

　　Venue: Yan Club Arts Center

　　Once this edition of the Dashanzi International Art Festival begins, Yan Club Arts Centre will host this multimedia art event, “Together”, which will harmoniously merge many different kinds of art into one venue for one night.

　　In the industrial surroundings of the Yan Club Arts Center , barriers between different artistic mediums will be brought down as several performance groups, video artists and various styles of contemporary musicians, will fashion a composition that looks forward to presenting art in a very new way. Visual artworks will be projected onto the stage area, organically integrating the vibrations of music with the glow of paintings. This multi-arts event will finish with the injection of passion and energy by DJs and dancing.

　　“Together” has a very unique approach to presenting a platform of creation of multiple mediums, offering an entirely distinctive mode of appreciating and enjoying art.

　　Producer: Yan Club Arts Center

　　Organizer: Yan Club Arts Center

　　Sponsor: Yan Young Artists Foundation

　　Free Admission

　　Contents: Music, Video, Performance, Painting and Dancing

　　Video Art by Sterling Sheely ( U.S.A )

　　Video Art: Cui Xiuwen\ Falk Kagelmacher

　　AV: Chen Xiongwei\Liu Xiaobo\Yun Lei

　　Participating Artists: Yin Kun, Yin Jun, Li Jisen, Liu Baomin, Zhang Donghong, Ma Yue, Yu Xiaodong, Cui Xiuwen, Ma Yuan and so on.

　　Performance: Xue Liming

　　Performance: K C. Vienna (U.S.A)

　　DJ: Zhang Yu
　　Band: ZIYO
　　Leading Singer: Helen
　　Guitar Cui Shiming , Wang Hui
　　Bass : Zhang Jie
　　Drum: Mao Mao

　　Leading Singer: Qin Yong
　　Band: Qin Yong Group
　　Drum: Funky
　　Guitar: Qin Qi, Mu Di
　　DJ:Da Fei

　　Band: Gemini
　　Leading Singer: Su Na
　　Guitar: Xiao Wen

　　PHOTOBLOG INTERNET ART

　　Dimensions Art Center
　　April 29th- May 22nd

　　PHOTOBLOG (CHINA)

　　Photoblog is using digital camera to take photos, then distributed in Internet. Artist Wen Ling, from Beijing, China, takes this style to create artworks. He uses a common camera-SONY-P30 to record events of his everyday life, then distribute them on the Internet. In this exhibition, Wen Ling is uses the Internet and a projecting apparatus to demonstrate his photoblog works. After the opening, the work of new photobloggers will be encouraged to participate, and their works will be telecasted in the exhibition hall. This exhibition will give photobloggers an opportunity and platform to exchange the artist status.

　　Curated by Feng Boyi, Dimensions Art Center, April 29-May 22

　　Wen Ling graduated from the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts and was originally a photographer. He has been doing photo blogs for two years, recording his own life and events that actually happen, using the internet to distribute this artwork. Wen Ling simply takes photos of what interests him, spurred by his instinct and the photos are without any kind of artistic embellishment. To him, the photo blogs are a way of directly absorbing reality.

　　Feng Boyi is one of the most active independent curators in China. Next to various exhibitions focusing on new talent, he curated the first Triennale of Guangzhou, the Off exhibition of the second Biennale of Shanghai and the Left Hand Right Hand exhibition in Dashanzi.

　　ARTERIAL Performance Video Installation

　　798 Red T Space
　　May 3 – May 10
　　
　　ARTERIAL: Installation (Australia)

　　Arterial is a mourning piece with universal relevance. Using the primal medium of blood, the performance also confronts fear, infection, disease and death.

　　Peformance by: senVoodoo who are: A?A Wojak & Fiona McGregor

　　May 3rd – 10th
　　Venue: 798 Red T Space

　　BEIJING PROGRESS MOUND

　　Wall Opposite Timezone 8
　　29th of April – 21st of May 2006

　　BEIJING PROGRESS MOUND

　　Participating Artist: Aaron Noble
　　Curated by: Britta Erikson
　　Venue: on the wall opposite Timezone 8, Dashanzi Arts District

　　INTRODUCTION
　　Inspired by superhero comics, the 1980’s San Francisco punk scene, graffiti, pop art and fine art, muralist Aaron Noble has become well known in San Francisco for his outdoor murals depicting the city's labor history. His paintings blend superheroes and cartoon characters from contemporary street culture in Western and Asian society. Miles ahead of the curve, Noble's artwork is cultural surgery on comic figures with beautiful and profound aesthetic results.

　　Timezone 8 has invited Aaron to Beijing to realize a mural in 798 Dashanzi arts district for the DIAF festival. The public can observe his artistic processes and his artwork will be publicly enjoyed for years to come, bridging cultural gaps and beautifying the area.

　　Born in 1961 in Portland, Oregon, Noble studied in San Francisco before becoming a muralist and performance artist in the early 1980s. Since the 1990s, he has done numerous public collaborative and solo murals in the United States, Europe (England, Czechoslovakia) and Asia (Indonesia).

　　In 2002, Noble had his first museum exhibition at the UCLA Hammer Museum (Los Angeles) and was recently shown at White Columns (New York) and at PeerUK (London). Last fall he worked with artist Andrea Zittel on the Frieze Art Fair in London and will show a sculpture in Zittel's upcoming 2006 exhibit at the Altria Whitney.

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　　Lauren Gollasch
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