Project Re-performing History attempts to re-establish a relationship between historical performance piecesand individual emerging artists based in China. It gives artists the opportunity to examine historical artpieces from a personal perspective, taking them as a point of departure for making his or her own work. Dueto lack of actual video documentation of original performance works, interpretation has come from verysimple images found in art magazines or art history books. This lack of archive material may causepossibilities for misinterpretation and requires further research on particular pieces of interest for contemporary artists who are trying to re-establish relationships with historical practices.
Initially the idea of Re-Performing History comes from recent thinking on producing an exhibition formatthat could serve as a school, space for discussion and learning process for artists. The exhibition prizes an
educational aspect that will foster artists knowledge sharing and production. The format of the exhibitionallows for discourse, practice and presentation to co-exist without necessary privilege of one or another.
Another important aspect of Re-Performing History is the artist’s relation with the public where in manycontemporary art exhibition the public is only passive viewer of artists practice. Re-Performing Historytries to find a way for more active participation, where the public is not only a simple consumer but anactive subject. At the same time this exhibition redefines an artist’s engagement with the public andquestions the role of artists in our daily lives and in the current artistic environment.
Re-performing History
Time: March 19th 2011, 19:00
Bund 18 Space third floor
Artists:
Li Mu, Tang Dixin, Wang Sishun, Gao Mingyan, Zhang Lehua,
Lu Pingyuan, Hu Yun
