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Alternatives to ritual [ Texto impreso] : exhibition as a medium in China = Ausstellungen als Mittel in China / edited by Biljana Ciric.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Shanghai : Department for Culture and Education of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Shanghai ; Manchester : Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, c2013.Description: xiv, 308 p. : fotografías color ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780957633216
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Contents:
Preface / Claus Heimes, Biljana Ciric (p. v) -- Re-establishing relationsships through exhibition making / Biljana Ciric (p. 1) -- The multiplicity of solos in the framework of an exhibition / Nikita Yingqian Cai (p. 27) -- Institute of innocence and of experience / Shen Boliang (p. 45) -- What else can I do? / Xiaoyu Weng (p. 63) -- What else can I do? - Introduction / Biljana Ciric (p. 88) -- Artist self-introduction / Gao Mingyan (p. 95) -- There is no such thing as an artista / Lu Jing (p. 113) -- Our ancestors - Introduction / Biljana Ciric (p. 128) -- Artists' museum (p. 142) -- Art system: between reality and imagination / Su Wei (p. 193) -- I want to talk to you, but not all of you - Introduction / Biljana Ciric (p. 212) -- I want to talk to you, but not all of you - Dialog script / Li Ran (p. 217) -- I want to talk to you, but not all of you - Interview / Li Ran (p. 225) -- The Goethe Open Space I drew - Introduction / Biljana Ciric (p. 258) -- Production-based anxiety, or a new kind of master-slave experience? / Yang Beichen (p. 269) -- Waiting for an artist - Introduction / Biljana Ciric (p. 284) -- Biographies (p. 295) -- Alternatives to Ritual - Timeline (p. 307).
Note: "This book has been published in conjunction with exhibition Alternatives to Ritual presented by Goethe Open Space in Shanghái between September 2012 and March 2013." -- P. [309] Información biográfica o histórica: Biljana Ciric is an independent curator based in Shanghai. Her recent exhibition programes include: Institution for the Future (2011), Taking the Stage OVER (2011-12), Alternatives to Ritual (2012-13), and One Step Forward, Two Steps Back-Us and Institution, Us and Institution (2013). In 2013 Ciric initiated "From History of Exhibitions towards Future of Exhibitions Making", ongoing seminar platform that proposes to revisit importance of exhibition making, that beyond art work itself, is one of the key factors in the arts relevance to social context. Seminar platform will be looking specifically at history of exhibitions in China, South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. -- Página web del Rockbund Art Museum.Language Note: Texto paralelo en inglés y alemán.Bibliography: Incluye referencias bibliográficas.Summary: "Alternatives to Ritual, both as an exhibition and a publication, attempts to look at the crises in exhibition making and curatorial practice by proposing a reconstruction of the relationships between artists, institution and curator through exploring the exhibition format. Examining a number of artistic practices emerging in recent years that reflect on the ritual of exhibiting presented throughout this exhibition, as well as through a number of commissioned texts. This publication proposes a new understanding of what an exhibition can constitute, as well as what function curatorial practice in our current context should perform." -- Cubierta posterior.

"This book has been published in conjunction with exhibition Alternatives to Ritual presented by Goethe Open Space in Shanghái between September 2012 and March 2013." -- P. [309]

Preface / Claus Heimes, Biljana Ciric (p. v) -- Re-establishing relationsships through exhibition making / Biljana Ciric (p. 1) -- The multiplicity of solos in the framework of an exhibition / Nikita Yingqian Cai (p. 27) -- Institute of innocence and of experience / Shen Boliang (p. 45) -- What else can I do? / Xiaoyu Weng (p. 63) -- What else can I do? - Introduction / Biljana Ciric (p. 88) -- Artist self-introduction / Gao Mingyan (p. 95) -- There is no such thing as an artista / Lu Jing (p. 113) -- Our ancestors - Introduction / Biljana Ciric (p. 128) -- Artists' museum (p. 142) -- Art system: between reality and imagination / Su Wei (p. 193) -- I want to talk to you, but not all of you - Introduction / Biljana Ciric (p. 212) -- I want to talk to you, but not all of you - Dialog script / Li Ran (p. 217) -- I want to talk to you, but not all of you - Interview / Li Ran (p. 225) -- The Goethe Open Space I drew - Introduction / Biljana Ciric (p. 258) -- Production-based anxiety, or a new kind of master-slave experience? / Yang Beichen (p. 269) -- Waiting for an artist - Introduction / Biljana Ciric (p. 284) -- Biographies (p. 295) -- Alternatives to Ritual - Timeline (p. 307).

"Alternatives to Ritual, both as an exhibition and a publication, attempts to look at the crises in exhibition making and curatorial practice by proposing a reconstruction of the relationships between artists, institution and curator through exploring the exhibition format. Examining a number of artistic practices emerging in recent years that reflect on the ritual of exhibiting presented throughout this exhibition, as well as through a number of commissioned texts. This publication proposes a new understanding of what an exhibition can constitute, as well as what function curatorial practice in our current context should perform." -- Cubierta posterior.

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