China’s Brightest Artists: The Creator’s Project 2011

Spanning three days and bringing together some of China’s brightest creative minds, alongside innovative artists and musicians from overseas, The Creator’s Project is back in Beijing from September 15-18 in the world famous 798 Art District partnering with UCCA gallery.

For 3 days straight, you can have your fill of music, film and art.

MUSIC: They will be hosting performances by Mount Kimbie, Supermarket, PK14, Glasser, Optimo and Zhang Shouwang of the famed Chinese indie rock band Carsick Cars.

FILM: They will also be premiering a selection of shorts by Ray Lei, a new film by Peng Lei, Runscape by Map Office, Spike Jonze and Arcade Fire’s Scenes from the Suburbs, and Logorama by H5.

ART:  All weekend, we’ll have a wide variety of interactive installations on display including new work from Aaajiao, Francis Lam (aka DbDbking) and Joao Vasco Paiva, Feng Mengbo’s brand new Bruce Lee VJ Project, Life on Mars Revisitedby David Bowie, Mick Rock and Barney Clay and Room With A View by UVA.

Click here for full rundown of performances, installations, film screenings and workshops and panels.

To RSVP for The Creator’s Project, please click here and sign  yourself up!

Here’s what went down at The Creator’s Project 2010.

The Creator’s Project Event Details:

• Date: September 15-18, 2011
• Time: Throughout each day
• Addresses:
  • For musical performances:
    • 798 Space: 4 Jiuxianqiao Road Chaoyang District, Beijing China
  • For exhibitions, panels and films:
    • UCCA: 798 Art District, No. 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District Beijing, China 100015
• Website: http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/events/the-creators-project-beijing-2011

UCCA’s Hungry Eyes: Satisfy Your Art & Culture Cravings

This week is Member’s Week, hence the fact that UCCA has got a ton of well-thought-out activities and programs from special tours of art areas to this Wednesday’s “Hungry Eyes” Event. This one just happened to catch my eye as a meaningful and worthwhile art event…and the event includes a complete means to satisfy  your cravings for art, culture AND tummy.

Head out to 798 Art District for both a floor talk and tour of targeted exhibitions led by the members of UCCA’s curatorial department and also, an intimate lunch at SWITCH!

Click here for a list of the exhibitions that will be featuring in their tour.

“Gain a fuller understanding of our currently exhibiting artists and their work with this special behind the scenes opportunity.”

Event Details:

• Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2011
• Time: 12:00-13:30
• Fee:  UCCA Members RMB 60, RMB 100 for non-members
• Location: SWITCH!
• Address: 酒仙桥路4号798 艺术区北京8503
• RSVP Required: members@ucca.org.cn
• Event Website: Click here.

UCCA: Rong Rong Gives You the Real Caochangdi

“The genius of Caochangdi is that it has the sort of DNA for a ‘vibrant city. It should be looked at and seen as a laboratory for the future. Caochangdi has the ability and energy to keep transforming itself and to keep evolving and accomplish what the city is really after.”

- Robert Mangurian, professor at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and established B.A.S.E. Studios in Caochangdi in 2006

Dubbed by The New York Times as “the frontier for Chinese art”, Caochangdi is really just  a small urban village outside the Fifth Ring Road occupying less than a square kilometer, but it’s on the Beijing map as its foremost art zone destination (surpassing 798 Art District even).

This Sunday, August 14, UCCA has organized an insiders’ walking tour of Beijing’s  Caochangdi art district for all interested in getting a more personable tour of Caochangdi’s community of artists, designers, curators and gallerists.  Led by celebrated artist Rong Rong, he will lead a tour of this unique art zone stopping at key galleries and finishing with afternoon tea and a private introduction of his own venue, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre.

Designed by renowned artist and architect Ai Weiwei, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre is a non-profit art centre in Beijing established in 2007 by photographers RongRong and Inri.

Event Details:

• Date: Sunday, August 14, 2011
• Time: 15:00-17:00
• Fee:  Members Fee is free, but RMB 100 for non-members
• Location: Three Shadows Photography and Arts Centre
• Address: 三影堂摄影艺术中心, 北京市朝阳区草场地155号, 邮编 100015
• Tel: + 86 10 6432 2663
• RSVP Required: members@ucca.org.cn
• Website: http://www.threeshadows.cn/
• Event Website: Click here.

About Rong Rong:

Rong Rong lives and works in Beijing. One of China’s most renowned photographers, he was heavily involved with China’s early contemporary art scene in Beijing’s East Village in the 1990s. He rose to prominence through an early series of hauntingly poetic and socially conscious works., many of which were documenting this period. His marriage to wife Inri in 2000 marked the start of an important artistic partnership that continues to present day. He founded the Three Shadows Center for Photography in 2007, establishing an important platform for young and emerging photographers throughout China.

A Preview: UCCA’s Newest Exhibitions

A sneak peak of UCCA‘s newest exhibitions for Yu Hong, Erwin Wurm and Zhang Huan on Saturday July 17 from 3-6pm at UCCA.

UCCA: From Beijing to New York

“Navigate the space between these two cities in the halls of UCCA.  The Artists here invent a new kind of gathering, one that transcends borders, countries and cities.  In this Roundtrip we see the exquisite craft of artists, using an ardent curiosity to reach beyond the formal bounds of defined media.  They explore the creativity at the ends of imagination in a survey of youth culture, young art and international climate.” – UCCA

This Sunday, May 30th, UCCA will be hosting an exhibition of 9 artists (5 from Beijing and 4 from New York) and don’t miss a live performance by Cai Fei from 4-5PM and New York artist, Terence Koh from 5-6PM.

The 9 participating artists are: Terence Koh, Matthew Day Jackson, Ryan McGinley, Barnaby Furnas, Li Songsong, Liu Wei, Li Hui, Yang Fudong and CaoFei.