UCCA Beijing

Suture: a Selected Poetry Reading by Contemporary Art Practitioners

2017.7.27
15:00-17:00

Conversation
Location:  auditorium
Language:  Chinese only

UCCA invites the Jie Jue Community to jointly present “Suture: a Conversation on Poetry among Contemporary Art Practitioners,” held in conjunction with the ongoing exhibition of the same title. Art critic and independent curator Bao Dong, film director and artist Ju Anqi, artist He Chi, as well as artists Dai Chenlian and He Xun from Jie Jue Community will attend the event, where they will discuss the performativity of language in their work, as well as the obstacles and inspiration within it. Together these practitioners form a complete section of the eco-system, and within it, we all haves piritual identities hidden behind our work roles, like a note written in a bracket that provides both explanation and emphasis.

In contrast to typical social activities, pursuits in art have veered towards that which cannot be defined or criticized, masked by words like “emptiness,” “unspeakable,” “state of being,” and “inspiration.”It’s as if just trying to refer to them would endanger one’s own existence. Although those working in the art world have the same concrete responsibilities as those who do not, work for the former involves content, objects, methods, and goals that seem to belong to an imaginary game. What is work in name only thus involves nominal language, cognition, and actions. Our lives become composed of unending confusion.

Ticketing: Free

Note:

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*Please no late entry;

*Seating is limited, and tickets must be collected individually;

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For this event, UCCA members will enjoy:

• Exclusive seats reservation service

• Members-only guided tour

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Schedule

14:00-14:20 Ticket pick-up at the reception desk (for UCCA members who RSVPed)

14:20-14:50 Exclusive UCCA members-only guided tour

14:30-15:00 Ticket distribution at the reception desk (for UCCA members who didn’t RSVP and non-members)

15:00-17:00 conversation

*Please arrive promptly.

Guests

Bao Dong (Art Critic, Independent Curator)

Bao Dong is an active new generation art critic and independent curator, currently working and living in Beijing. Since 2005 when he first entered the contemporary art field, his critiques and articles have been widely published in art periodicals, critic collections, and artists’ monographs at home and abroad. He also works as a writer for and adviser to LEAP magazine, and curates exhibitions for numerous local and international art organizations and institutions, including the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), the Art Center of Chulalongkorn University, and the Time Museum in Guangdong. In 2004, he received a grant from the Asian Cultural Council, and was selected as a candidate for the Curators with Independent Vision of Independent Curators Institution. In 2014, he co-founded the Contemporary Chinese Art Studies Journal.

Ju Anqi (Film Director, Artist)

Born in Urumqi, Xinjiang, Ju Anqi graduated from the Beijing Film Academy’s Directing Department, and is currently living in Beijing. He is one of the most well-known Chinese new generation film directors and artists. His creative works include experimental videos, narrative movies, paintings, and LED light box installations, and demonstrate his unique perspective among contemporary conceptual artists in China. His pieces have been exhibited in the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and both the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

He Chi (Artist)

He Chi was born in Gansu in 1978, and graduated from the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts in 2002. He founded the Xiong Huang Community in 2007, and Nanshan Painting Group in 2011. He helped create the independent art space We Said, Let There Be Space, So There Is Space in 2012. He currently works and lives in Beijing. Exhibitions of his work include “Sparrows”(Cube Space, Beijing, 2016), “Next Door”(Arrow Factory, Beijing, 2016), “Pearls” (Tang Contemporary, Beijing, 2014), “Old Things” (Gallery Yang, Beijing, 2013), “The Raping Room”(We Said, Let There Be Space, So There Is Space, Beijing, 2012),and “I Am Sensible” (Shijiezi Gallery, Gansu, China).He has participated in the group exhibitions, “Unlived By What Is Seen” (Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2013), “Fu Diao 2”( Nanjing Academy of Art Gallery, Nanjing, China), “Reality and Doctrine” (Golden Eagle Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China, 2013), “A Nighttime Stroll at Black Bridge” (We Said, Let There Be Space, So There Is Space, Beijing), “Fuck Off 2” (Groninger Museum, Netherlands), “SEE/SAW:Nanshan Painting Group”(Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing), “Pulse Reaction” (Times Museum, Guangzhou, China)

Dai Chenlian (Artist, Jie Jue Community member)

He Xun (Artist, Jie Jue Community member)

Collaborator

Jie Jue Community

The Jie Jue Community was founded in March 2017 by artists Dai Chenlian and He Xun, with the goal of actualizing creative practices. The Jie Jue Community focuses on emergences and changes in the art world, the specific sectors in which art is created, and commentary on individual methods of working, systems of collaboration, and values. They aim to construct a more well-rounded form of observation and cooperation. The Jie Jue Community also promotes communication between different sectors, regardless of whether or not the exchange is comprehensive, effective, or successful. Current projects for the Jie Jue Community include “Suture: a Selected Poetry Reading by Contemporary Art Practitioners” (2017) in conjunction with You Yang at UCCASTORE, “Shanhe Gallery” (2017) with Sun Shixi’an, which will be held in the Zhatuhui landfill in the suburbs of Beijing, “Brackets” (Platform China, 2017), “Nalin Lake”( Black Bridge, 2016), “Draw Form Life”( Tong Gallery, 2016-2017), “Preparing for Art” (The Surprising Room, 2015), and “BBCT” (Black Bridge forest, Beijing, 2014).