arthub | Education

China and India in Context and Comparison 7/16/09 - 7/16/09 Panel Discussion: China and India in Context and Comparison
as part of Xianzai India exhibition
Thursday, July 16, 3.30 pm
at Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
with panelists:
Jitish Kallat (Visual artist, India), Alexander Keefe (Curator, India), Tsong-zung Chang (Curator and Gallery Owner, Hong Kong), Diana Freundl (India Xianzai curator, Shanghai) Moderated by Defne Ayas ( Director of Arthub Asia, [...]

From the Steppes - (Almaty, Bishek) by Hakan Topal (xurban.net) Notes from the Steppes is a documentary study based on Hakan Topal’s personal observations made during Public Art Symposium, 2008 organized by B’sek Art Center in Bishkek, in collaboration with Arthub. Series of fragmented scenes will give a partial account of changing cities, Bishkek and Almaty, while featuring interviews with artists such as Lado [...]

Baghdad-Out! The Cultural Agenda of Baghdad Onno Dirker’s report/artistic project after this experience is a limited edition book. To view it please download pdf here.
After two editions of Cultural Agenda in 2003 and 2004, the goal in 2009 is to create the third Cultural Agenda, the ‘Baghdad-out’.
As almost all the cultural elite of Baghdad have now left the city, the’agenda’ would [...]

Aaajiao, B6 and Alizia Borsari - residents at Ars Numerica. 6/8/09 - 7/9/09 Arthub and Ars Numerica are co-operating for the first time making possible to Aaajiao, B6 and Alizia Borsari to make a research/field-work on new media art in France. The program for the visit will be presented shortly. The residency will be from 8 June 2009 to 9 July 2009. Supported by [ars]numerica – European Center for digital arts [...]

Frontiers of Reality, Network Partners Meeting with PCF, Lebanon and Syria 5/31/09 - 6/6/09 “We need security so the frontiers of our reality are monitored and protected, but we also constantly seek greater knowledge that challenges and restructures them. The frontiers of reality are spaces of ferment and tension.”

Workshop Private and Corporate Funding
How do we tackle private and corporate fundraising in this post-crisis era? Do you organise fundraising events? [...]

WHERE ART HAPPENS: a series of public talks, Kuala Lumpur 6/13/09 - 6/27/09 RogueArt, an independent art consultancy based in Kuala Lumpur, presents a series of public talks on “Where Art Happens”, made possible with the kind support of Sime Darby Foundation.
Malaysia’s art scene has evolved significantly over the past ten years, with an active collectors’ market and growing numbers of emerging artists and art graduates joining the [...]

Shanghai Futurism III: Futurist Visions in Architecture for Shanghai 5/23/09 - 5/23/09 Featuring Shanghai Expo2010 Dutch Pavilion designer and artist John Körmeling; visual artist Alicia Framis; artist-architect collective Speedism; and architect Koon Wee.
A session on architecture, speed, motion, and urgency. We will get together to discuss dynamic ideas for a new kind of an architecture for the city of Shanghai. Playful, provocative, lively. Please join us!
Saturday, May [...]

Yang Fudong Filmed Interview Featured in His Shanghai Solo Exhibition 5/24/09 Arthub is happy to present an exclusive interview to Yang Fudong as part of his solo exhibition in Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art in Shanghai. The filmed interview is part of 40+4, Art is not enough! Not Enough! or the Making of the Arts in Shanghai ‘80’s-2008, artists interviews by Lothar Spree, Zhu Xiaowen and Davide Quadrio. Dawn Mist, [...]

Arthub’s Defne Ayas on Art and Design at Asia Art Archive, for ART HK 09 5/16/09 - 5/16/09 AAA presents a series of programmes with some of the leading experts and practitioners in the field. Backroom Conversations includes panel discussions and screenings that touch on a number of prevalent issues and offer a first-hand look into the contemporary art world today.
When: 14th - 17th May 2009
Where: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition [...]

Architectural collective Speedism vs Shexpo2010 Partner Crystal, DOOM vs DREAM 12/4/08 - 12/8/08 Arthub is proud to host of Speedism collective in Shanghai again, in collaboration with TIM (Theatre in Motion).
Speedism is the duo Julian Friedauer and Pieterjan Ginckels. They work in the field of architecture, architectural theory, visual arts, visual theory, urban tactics, imagineering, visual arts and scriptwriting. As visual artists and architects, and starting from these [...]

Writers Residency in the heart of Shanghai Arthub is making a living studio space available in the heart of Shanghai both for its local and international guests, including China and Asia-wide writers, poets, scholars, and art critics. In this way, the writer in residence will find accommodation in Shanghai, but also in proximity to academic centers, such as the Shanghai Library. The [...]

A BENGALI DIARY Arriving to Bangladesh
*Note: the numbers in the text refer to a picture. Pls. see pictures’ section at the bottom of this page.
This is my first time in Bangladesh. I came for the Chobi Mela International Photo festival, and also because I wanted to have an idea of what was going on here in the contemporary visual [...]

Danba, Contemporary Art and Cultural Heritage Preservation Danzeng (Tenzin) Jinba and Qiu Zhijie will co-operate to assess the situation of one of the most misterious architecture in the world: the Tibetan Stone Towers in Danba. Qiu Zhijie has been interested in TIbetan culture, history and arts for more than a decade now and he has been involved extensively with Tibet (please check this [...]

Open Academy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 2008-2009 4/1/09 - 5/30/09 Report from Ellen Pearlman Background
Through an invitation to research on the conditions in UB extended by Arts Council Mongolia (private org. originally initiated through SOROS fund) in 2005, a research and presentations trip was arranged in 2006, October with Davide Quadrio, Chu Yuan and Jay Koh as part of Compass project. Here they met organisations such [...]

“What Keeps Mankind Alive?” 3/18/09 - 3/18/09 “What Keeps Mankind Alive?” 11th International Istanbul Biennale Curators in Beijing DATE
March 18, 2009 17:00 - 19:00
VENUE
UCCA Auditorium
Guest Speakers: Ana Devic, Ivet Curlin
The 11th International Istanbul Biennial will take place between 12 September - 8 November 2009 and takes its title, “What Keeps Mankind Alive?” from the closing song of the [...]

Laboratory Art Beijing, a cooperation Arthub announces its co-operation with BeiLab, Beijing and Li Zhenhua. The creative Lab in Beijing will act as a platform for dissemination of projects and information of Arthub’s network. To have access to BeiLab please click here.

Shanghai Futurism I: Graphic Design and Typography in China - Then and Now 3/22/09 - 3/22/09 March 22, 3 pm, as part of Shanghai International Literary Festival 2009
What is the current state of graphic design and typographic experimentation in China? What is the extent of its influence on visual arts, and media, from books to (maga)zines, or album covers to movie credits to advertisements? How is it used in underground scenes [...]

Enlightenment projects: contemporary Chinese Art-Making and Buddhism Thursday 12 March 2009, 4 p.m.
Samuel Alexander Building: S. 1. 5 (The Poetry Centre), Manchester Introduction
Museums throughout the world are replete with Buddhist images in stone, metal, wood, clay, laquer, and on paper, cloth and plaster. Buddhist images are common in film, advertising, and in the World Wide Web. In East Asia, especially in Korea, Japan [...]

11. Istanbul Biennial curators (WHW) in China 3/16/09 - 3/25/09 Arthub is organizing / sponsoring the research trip of 11. Istanbul Biennial curators (Croatian collective WHW) from March 16th until 25th, 2009 in China to identify shared research topics and relevant artist projects.
The 11th International Istanbul Biennial will take place between 12 September-8 November 2009 and takes its title, “What Keeps Mankind Alive?” from the [...]

An interview with Qiu Zhijie by Li Zhenhua and commented by Davide Quadrio Li = Li Zhenhua Qiu = Qiu Zhijie
D = Davide Quadrio
Translated into English by Ouyang Yu
Edited by Davide Quadrio
Proof read by Edward Sanderson To access to the publication on line of “Post Sense and Sensibility”, 1999 please click here Post sense and sensibilities and Conceptual art at the end of the 90s in China Qiu: When we talk about [...]