After the spread of the new coronavirus around the world, multinational art venues and activities have been suspended. On February 27, the press conference of the 17th Venice International Architecture Biennale in 2020 was moved to the Internet, and the information was released in the cloud.
Chinese architect Sun Dayong has designed an anti-virus "shield" that he hopes will become a mobile space for people in the future; the Chengdu Landing Art Museum is concerned about the epidemic and is preparing a special exhibition for Hubei artists. Iranian artist Siri Nashat uses black-and-white portraits and videos to document "The Land of Dreams."
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Venice, Italy | Venice Biennale President Paul Barata and Curator Hashem Sakis
Live stream the press conference of the 17th Venice International Architecture Biennale online
Paul Balata (right) and Hashem Sakis
As the novel coronavirus has invaded northern Italy, the Italian government is responding forcefully to contain the largest outbreak of COVID-19 outside the Asian region. Venice's Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Museo Correr, the Palazzo Ducale and other art institutions have been closed; the Pinacoteca di Brea in Milan, la Scala and the two venues of the Prada Foundation, as well as several cultural institutions in Turin, will remain closed for the next 7 days.
Under the influence of the epidemic, at 11:30 local time on February 27, the press conference of the 17th Venice International Architecture Biennale was moved to the official website, Facebook and Twitter, and changed to online live broadcast and cloud release. The live speakers were Paolo Baratta, president of the Biennale, and Hashim Sarkis, curator of the Venice Architecture Biennale.
Venice Biennale official website, online launch on 27 February 2020.
The press conference of the 17th Venice International Architecture Biennale is live on Facebook, with the biennale president Paulo Barata speaking.
According to the launch, 114 exhibitors (units) from 46 countries will participate in this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which is located between the Giardini Central Gallery, Arsenale and Forte Marghera. In addition to the exhibitors, researchers from universities around the world attended the conference. The exhibition is divided into five sections, as well as large spatial installations located outside Arsenale and Giardini.
For the fifth consecutive year, the Venice Biennale and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London will showcase the Great Britain Mosque in London, a self-built, undocumented mosque.
The theme of this year's Biennale is "How Will We Live Together?" ", from May 23 to November 29, with an opening ceremony scheduled for May 21-22.
Paul Barata, President of the Biennale, said: "Over the years, there has been an unchanging theme of the catalytic role of architecture on society. As we often say, architecture makes us more aware of the sociality of people, architecture makes us feel the rights of citizens, not just consumers, it inspires the indirect impact of action, helps us to understand the importance of public and freedom more fully, helps us build a more comprehensive vision of society. ...... Finally, architecture can help us conserve resources and bring joy to ourselves. (Text/Lu Sijia)
London, United Kingdom | Iranian artist Sili Nashat
Black-and-white portraits and films document "The Land of Dreams" and refract the "Deteriorated American Dream"
Siri Nashat
Recently, Shirin Neshat, an Iranian-American artist based in New York, recently held her first Solo Exhibition in London, "Land of Dreams", at London's Goodman Gallery, showing two films and a series of portrait photographs, marking a shift in her artistic focus. In the past, her work always focused on her native Iran, but now she is focusing on her second home, the United States.
"Land of Dreams" exhibition site
Nashat has won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice 2009 Film Festival and the Gish Award, an important American art award. In an interview, she said the shift had a "radical" connotation: "In the United States, white supremacy and fanaticism are real, and I think we should take risks for major changes to happen." ”
In Nashat's black-and-white film, she follows Simin, a young art student from Iran, who travels across the United States to shoot portraits and ask the photographer what his dreams are. During her travels, Westminster had eaten behind closed doors, but she had also been welcomed, which reminded Nashat of her experiences in the United States. "Most of the time in the U.S., people treat me well," she says, "but I also feel racism, which is one of the reasons I made this film." ”
There are also more than 60 portraits in the exhibition, and Nashat travels to New Mexico to make requests for photography from house to house and give each photographer $20. New Mexico was chosen because it focused not only on white Americans, but also on large numbers of Hispanic immigrants, African-American communities, and Native Americans. It is also one of the poorest states in the United States. "It's kind of like an American portrait, a group portrait of immigrants," Nashat said. "There is now an idea of 'purifying' whites and building barriers, and this phenomenon is inherently anti-American." (Text/Qian Xue'er)
beijing, China | Architect Sun Dayong
Build a "shield" antivirus, hoping to become a moving space for people in the future
Sun Dayong
Recently, according to the dezeen website, Chinese architect Sun Dayong completed a conceptual design: a protective shield that can protect users from the new coronavirus, using ultraviolet light to achieve its self-disinfection. At the same time, the device adopts a foldable structure, which can be automatically opened when we need to come into contact with the outside world.
A protective shield that protects users from the novel coronavirus (renderings)
Sun Dayong is the founding partner and lead architect of Beijing Panda Architects, advocating the concept of ecological green design, and his representative work Hongkun Art Museum was named one of the top ten art museums in Beijing by Time out magazine, and was named "New Architectural Firm of the Year" by Architizer A+ Awards in 2016.
According to Sun Dayong's design concept, the protective shield will be made of a carbon fiber bracket that can be worn on the body like a backpack. The PVC film stretches between these supports, and the wires implanted in the plastic heat up enough to kill any pathogens, creating a sterile interior environment for the wearer. "PVC film is like our car windshield — there's also a heating wire between the windshields that can withstand the winter cold," he said in an interview with dezeen, "but the design obviously requires a lot of work with engineers to actually go into production." ”
According to Sun Dayong's vision, when the epidemic is over, this protective shield can be upgraded in combination with Google Glass technology, and can even be used for "unique private mobile space". (Text/Qian Xue'er)
Chengdu, China | Curator Lan Qingwei
Free of charge specially curated for Hubei artists, empathy
Lan Qingwei Image source network
Since February 27, a "Decision of The Blue Top Art Museum on Organizing Exhibitions for Hubei Artists at the End of 2020" has been forwarded by Hubei artists.
The decision said: "Since the beginning of 2020, art colleagues in Hubei have generally faced unimaginable real encounters and inner experiences, similar sufferings and sufferings we have also experienced, and have also received external support and assistance. In order to express goodwill and help each other, The Landing Art Museum and independent curator Lan Qingwei jointly launched the resource support for Hubei artists, and will hold a group exhibition of Hubei artists at the Landing Art Museum in Chengdu at the end of 2020, hoping to use this modest effort to communicate with each other and forge ahead. For art, for others, for a common future, we are acting. The exhibition will be hosted by the Blue Top Art Museum, with Lan Qingwei as the curator, and the funds involved in the exhibition will be raised by the Blue Top Art Museum, and Lan Qingwei will curate the exhibition free of charge. ”
On March 1, curator Lan Qingwei, in a telephone interview with The Paper Art Review, said that although the decision was brief, it expressed "affirmative and unchangeable sincerity." ”
Lan Qingwei said: "Since the epidemic, donations, donations, and charity auctions, everyone's ability to act, are all comfort to their hearts. I have experienced two Earthquakes in Sichuan and have been to the disaster areas, and I am most afraid of forgetting. Those physical, environmental damage may be repaired quickly, but inner trauma can lead to long-term mental illness. This decision, which is a promise, may bring some relief, a little hope to peers. ”
Lan Qingwei told the surging news that since the decision was released, more than 10 people, including the most important artists in Hubei, have reached a preliminary intention with the Landing Art Museum, but at present, it does not involve discussions at the level of works and operations, and the date of the exhibition will also be subordinated to the overall situation. Lan Qingwei told reporters that the art museum will bear the necessary funds for the exhibition.
It is also understood that the exhibition "Truth and Ideals: Artists' 2020" has begun to be collected on February 28, mainly for artists in Sichuan, and will be divided into online VR display and venue display according to the conditions, so as to reflect the work results of Sichuan artists who are also restricted by activities and creation conditions during the epidemic. (Text/Lu Sijia)