[NetBehaviour] Future under Construction ‒ Social Media and Media Art in China

[netbehaviour]

Future under Construction ‒ Social Media and Media Art in China

June 19th 2013, 7 pm

Panel discussion with

Zhang Peili, artist, Hangzhou
Hito Steyerl, artist, Berlin
Isaac Mao, blogger, Shanghai
Moderation: Li Zhenhua, curator, Zürich/Beijing

Is there “contemporary art in China” or “contemporary Chinese art”? This 
question has been the subject of major controversy in artistic circles 
in China. Is new media art shaped mainly by stylistic or formal 
conventions? Why was media art the first kind of experimental art in 
China to receive state funding? From the beginning of video art in the 
nineties to the social networks of our own age, the discussion will 
explore the question of what kind of new images of the future are 
generated by the new media, and to what extent they change our awareness 
of time and history.

at:
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
Berlin

http://www.udk-berlin.de/sites/kunst_in_china/content/index_eng.html