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Subject: Double Infinity Symposium- THIS weekend in Shanghai
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*Today, tomorrow, but not too far” *



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Double Infinity: “The Last Two Decades Revisited”
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SATURDAY, May 15, 2010

11:00 – 12:30 PM

Panel Discussion: Cracking Open Once Again: The Timeline of Chinese Art
History. Part 1 1979-1995 (approx) with participants: Song Haidong (artist),
Chen Tong (artist/publisher), Dr. Paul Gladston (art historian), moderated
by Carol Lu.

Is there ever an agreed history? What are the possible narratives for
Chinese contemporary art history? What kind of timelines could be drawn
throughout Chinese art history? Does this way of thinking about cultural
developments in China make sense, or does it borrow too much from western
art historical models? The soft Chinese art history takes its twists and
turns, both from 1979 and 1989 onwards. What happened between these points
and since then? What were the consequences of the diaspora after 1989? Is an
autonomous art practice a possibility at all? Must contemporary practices be
isolated, out of public view? What is the meaning of avant-garde? What could
be meant by the continuation of points of encounters from 1920s onwards?

12:30 – 13:15 PM

A screening of Asia Art Archive documentary- "From Jean-Paul Sartre to
Teresa Teng: Contemporary Cantonese Art in the 1980s"

Based on primary research, rare film footage and personal interviews with
key artists, AAA’s documentary bears witness not only to the “reading fever”
that gripped the Chinese art world in the 1980s. It also highlights the
experimentalism and verve of artists and critics in South China whose
contributions to the development of contemporary art have been deep and long
lasting.

14:30-16:00 PM

Panel Discussion: Points of Encounter: the reception of Chinese art as
shaped abroad - perceptions and exoticism. Part II: 1995-2010.
Participants: Li Zhenhua, Qiu Zhijie, Hu Jieming, moderated by Davide
Quadrio. Respondent: Zhang Peili

Why is China adopting western models and structures? Has Chinese
contemporary art been instrumentalised by the international art system, and
does this continue to occur? Did Chinese artists play the game, not
realising the long-term effects of this process on the artistic environment
in China? Where does the “mainstream” start,that artists are so concerned
about? Isn’t art more about the media and impact these days? How much of an
outsider can one be? How can contemporary art deal with itself when fenced
within creative industries? Why does everybody seem so fed up with talking
about China in relation to the West? Is there a possible way of approaching
this exhausted theme, making it new and relevant? What are the problems of
translating artistic practices? Is there any hope for cultural exchange?

16:00 PM-17:00  PM

Rites of Passage by Julika Rudelius. Originally conceived as a film,
Rudelius organises a live work around the notion of translation. Her piece
will be simultaneously translated, creating a continuous shifting of meaning
in the work.

SUNDAY, May 16, 2010

11:00-12:15 PM

A keynote lecture on Globalism/Internationalism/Localism by Pieter van
Wesemael puts the Shanghai World Exhibition into its historical context and
looks at how World Expos have reflected international and globalist politics
since their inception.

12:15-13:45 PM

Panel discussion: Global Claims, Local Effects
Participants: Defne Ayas, Charles Esche, Kim Hyun Jin, and Georg
Schöllhammer

Panelists look at inter-European cultural conditions, particularly since
1989, and introduce specific cases from elsewhere in the non-western world,
including the post-Soviet Caucasus and Republic of Korea. What might it mean
to connect Chinese and other non-western situations in cultural production
and presentation? Is a new kind of non-aligned cultural movement useful or
possible? How are artistic histories in these regions recorded and written
and how might the received narratives be questioned? What is the influence
of European modernism on the extra-European world given that it was exported
as a universalist form alongside colonialism and socialism in former Third
World countries? To what extent do developments in countries such as former
Eastern Europe or Turkey mirror the post-1989 experience in China? How do
they differ?

14.30-16:00 PM

Panel Discussion: Localism and Social Engagement in the City with
participants: Tsuyoshi Ozawa (Xijing Men), Jin Shan (Shu Fu Collective),
Alexander Brandt, Beatrice Leanza, moderated by Defne Ayas. Respondent: Gao
Shiming

Panelists will address socially engaged forms of artistic production in
urban context, highlighting collective/collaborative efforts, multiplicity,
and open-ended experimentation, both historically and currently, in China
and across Asia.

16:00-17:00 PM

Golden Ghost (Double happiness comes to the door) by Surasi Kusolwong. Thai
artist, Surasi Kusolwong has installed a whole room full of waste thread
material in which a golden necklace is hidden every week and can be found by
lucky visitors. The finder is able to keep the necklace, making the “game” a
potentially profitable experience, while also playing with the extremes of
value within society.

The symposium is organised by Arthub (Defne Ayas, Davide Quadrio) and the Van
Abbemuseum (Charles Esche).

Venue: Dutch Cultural Centre at 800 Chang De Lu at Changping Lu Shanghai

Translation will be provided. For more information, please visit
here<http://www.arthubasia.org>
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About Double Infinity

Double Infinity is a collaborative encounter between the Van Abbemuseum and
Arthub Asia, situated in and around the Dutch Culture Centre in Shanghai,
parallel to the World Expo 2010. The Double Infinity project loops through
and crosses over itself time and again. It is at one and the same moment an
exhibition, a performance series, a lecture programme, a publication, a
promotional tool, a celebration, a collaboration and a playful look at
international relations. It marks the first time that a European museum
opens itself and its collection to the responses of artists living and
working in China – responses that form a host of enriching, humorous and
critical insights.



Participating artists

Lara Almacergui, Johanna Billing, Stanley Brouwn, Comfortable Collective
(Jin Shan, Gao Mingyan, Li Mu, Maya Kramer), Cao Fei, Alicia Framis, Liu
Gang, HHD_FUN (Wang Zhenfei & Wang Luming), Job Koelewijn, John Körmeling,
Surasi Kusolwong, El Lissitzky, David Maljkovic, Julika Rudelius, Speedism,
Xu Tan, Zhou Xiaohu, Xijing Men (Chen Shaoxiong, Gimhongsok, Tsuyoshi
Ozawa).

Curators

Charles Esche, Defne Ayas, Davide Quadrio, Remco de Blaaij

Location

Dutch Culture Centre

800 Show, 800 Changde Road 200040 Shanghai, China



Opening hours: Tuesday – Sunday: 11 am – 7 pm

More information on www.arthubasia.org



Partners

Netherlands China Arts Foundation, Gemeente Eindhoven, Dutch Culture Centre,
Mondriaan Foundation, DutchDFA (Dutch Design Fashion and Architecture),
Shama Xujiahui



Arthub Asia is a multi-disciplinary organization devoted to contemporary art
creation in China and rest of Asia, founded in 2007. In collaboration with
museums and other public / private spaces and institutions, it initiates and
delivers ambitious art projects through a sustained dialogue with visual,
performance, and new media artists. Arthub Asia is committed to furthering
experimentation, knowledge-production and diversity among dedicated artists,
art professionals, scholars, and arts organizations in the region.



Arthub Asia is a Network Partner of Prince Claus Fund 2008-2010.
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