第九屆上海雙年展：重新發電 | The 9th Shanghai Biennale: Reactivation
上海當代藝術博物館
Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art
2 Oct 2012 - 31 Mar 2013
http://www.shanghaibiennale.org/
總策展人 / Chief Curator：邱志杰 Qiu Zhijie
聯合策展人 / Co-Curators：Boris Groys / Jens Hoffmann / 張頌仁 Johnson Chang
「重新發電」是本屆雙年展的主題。這個主題的形成和上海雙年展的遷址、上海當代藝術博物館的創建息息相關，它天然地對應著對原南市發電廠、世博會「城市未來館」的改造和重啓。本次主題的對應性和契合度可能是歷屆上海雙年展之最，它是一種回溯，也是一種展望，是一種隱喻，也是一種宣言。這座建築的文脈，內在地包含了繼往與開來，涅槃與再生等一係列議題，展示著能量聚散與曆史盛衰之間深刻的聯係。它曾是城市能量的發動機，是物理能量的發電，那幺今天，它要轉而成為城市思想的策源地，變成文化能量的發動機。它充分調動了城市的記憶和世博的資源，扣準了中國工業搖籃的命脈，承載了當代資源變革的使命，形象地錶達了上海雙年展和當代藝術博物館作為思想策源地、能量發動機的意義。
共生即能源，他人即礦藏。我們必須重提另一些能量來源的方式，即從共同體的關係中尋求能量。就像我們兒時寒冷的冬季，並不總是燒煤生爐子取暖，而是互相擠靠。能量不是等待被發掘的秘藏，而是來自共同體意識。他人與我們的差異，成為我們能量的源泉，因此保全他者、保衛社會，才是真正的可持續發展之計。只有與他人共生，各民族共生，文化才能有多樣性。也就是要製造一個和諧社會，製造一個生態的發展模式，製造一個全民共享的格局，它揭示了文化關懷和生命能量的核心，也強調了多種文化共生共榮的國際命題。
能量從共處的方式中孕育出來，因此我們關註那些「發電機型」的藝術家們和知識生產方式。世界各地都有這樣的一批藝術家，他們不只是用物品的生產來消耗資源，而是把他們的工作作為發電機，向他們所處的網絡輸出能量。他們建立自己的共同體，探討能量的分享、轉化和配適、共振和放大，在他們的活動中誘發出社會環境內在的活力。他們工作在田野、街頭和社區，將個人的創造性勞動編織在社會能量的重組之中，為此隨時準備突破現有的藝術概念與體製。這些具有總體藝術傾向的藝術工作，貫通了個人與群體、他者與自我、勞動與創造、日常與奇跡，這是我們關切的核心。
Energy collection in the pre-industrial period was restrained by geographical locations, climate and limited amount of certain resources. Many centuries before there was a shortage of natural resources, we see the development of an introspective way of energy discovery in the Orient. Masters in the East focused their attention on the energy hidden inside themselves and created qigong, a system of deep breathing exercises, and yoga to unleash such energy.
Energy is born out of a collective. That’s why we are interested in artists and their creative approaches who are able to “do work”. There are many such artists around the world who, instead of consuming energy by using a large number of things in their works, manage to turn their works into generators and export energy to their networks. They have built their own collectives to study the sharing, transformation, adaptation, resonance and magnifying of energy and bring out the inherent energy in any social context. They work in the fields, on the streets and in the neighborhoods, integrating their creative work in the reconstruction of social energy. They are ready to break away from existing boundaries of artistic concepts and mechanisms. Such artworks with a touch of “total art” connect individuals with the collective, others with self, labor with creation, everyday routines with miracles.
We are interested in artists that can motivate the public, revisit or rewrite history, convert and transform energy and organize dialogues and communications. They also form the four components of the themed exhibition in the 2012 Shanghai Biennale.
The idea behind “Reactivation” is not relocating a power plant to a place far away from the city, or generating power with renewable energy. Rather, it is an opportunity for us to think about how we live. When the site of the power plant becomes alive again, it doesn’t generate any power in the traditional sense. Instead, it creates spiritual pulses that would activate the inherent energy within a community.
《妄想專門店》繪畫大道中（一）|
Painting on and on (1): The Repository of Coherent Babbles
presented by Painting On and On
venue provided by SOUTHSITE
15 Sept – 13 Oct 2012
召集人 / Convenor : 石家豪 Wilson Shieh
參展藝術家 / Participating Artists：陳素珊 Sushan Chan / 何倩彤 Ho Sin Tung / 劉啓舜 Cassian Lau / 梁嘉賢 Joey Leung / 潘蔚然 Vivian Poon / 石家豪 Wilson Shieh / 謝炎安 Tse Yim On
hkpono.blogspot.hk
www.facebook.com/PaintingOnAndOn
《繪畫大道中》將舉辦展覽系列，探討五個香港當代繪畫的主題。這個計劃之首輪活動召集了三十多位創作形態各異的藝術家，當中包含七十年代的前輩畫家以至近期正在崛起的年輕畫家。藉着這群藝術家共同籌劃的主題展覽、專題講座、工作坊及出版物，為他們的合作過程、共通點和大家的相互影響作一個記錄，希望提供更多理解當代香港繪畫的切入點。
首個展覽《妄想專門店》包括陳素珊、何倩彤、劉啓舜、梁嘉賢、潘蔚然、石家豪及謝炎安的作品。以人物及敘事為主軸的繪畫，歷史悠久。香港在九十年代末開始出現一批畫家，利用日常生活點滴作題材來挑戰繪畫這個媒介中描述和表徵的局限。今次展覽的畫家把中外畫風、傳奇、童話、動漫、超現實主義，加上電影及文學等原材，揉合成現今生活的視覺敘事。
《繪畫大道中》計劃由一群香港畫家於2011年春天發起，以藝術家主導為推行此計劃之原則。今次展覽系列由安全口畫廊＠SOUTHSITE協辦。
Painting On and On presents a series of exhibitions proposing various discourses on painting in Hong Kong today. The first instalment of this project will feature works by more than thirty local painters, ranging from early practitioners of the 1970s to a selection of emerging artists. Born out of a desire to stimulate interest, the thematic exhibitions, seminars, workshops and a publication are documentations of the artists’ collaboration, commonalities and mutual influences.
The first exhibition in the programme, “The Repository of Coherent Babbles” includes works by Sushan CHAN, HO Sin Tung, Cassian LAU, Joey LEUNG, Vivian POON, Wilson SHIEH and TSE Yim On. The use of figuration and narrative has had a long tradition in painting. With the movement gaining momentum since the late 1990s in Hong Kong, artists employ the quotidian to question the descriptive and representational limitations of the medium. The painters in this exhibition combine inspirations from Chinese and Western figuration, mythology, fables, surrealism, comics, animation, film and literature into visual narrations of contemporary realities.
Painting On and On is an artist-run project initiated by a group of Hong Kong painters in the Spring of 2011. This exhibition series is supported by Gallery EXIT @SOUTHSITE.
CAFAM ‧ 未來展 | CAFAM ‧ FUTURE
首届CAFAM未来展：亚现象·中国青年艺术生态报告The First “CAFAM · Future” Exhibition
北京中央美術學院美術館
China Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing
8 Aug - 6 Sept 2012
http://www.cafamuseum.org/cn/Exhibitions/CAFAM%20Future/Text
策展委員會：
總顧問 / Academic Advisor：潘公凱 Pan Gongkai
總策劃 / Curator-in-chief：徐冰 Xu Bing / 亞歷山大．孟璐 Alexandra Munroe
策劃團隊 / Curators Team：王璜生 Wang Huangsheng / 馮博一 Feng Boyi / 王春辰 Wang Chunchen / 蔡萌 Cai Meng
由中央美術學院發起，中央美術學院美術館策劃主辦的「首屆CAFAM未來展」，即將於2012年8月8日（周三）至9月6日（周四），在中央美術學院美術館舉。這一展覽活動意在對噹今青年藝術生態做田野式考察，分析、研究噹下及下一個階段華人藝術的趨勢，鼓勵青年人的藝術語言探索與新方式的推進 。重點考察新生代藝術家在今天的全球語境、文化格挶、生產方式之下的，屬于這一代人特有的「藝術方式」。這將涉及到的問題是：他們是如何與此在的世界發生關係的，又是如何投射在他們的藝術中的。
作為一個由中國最高藝術學府打造的青年藝術項目，“CAFAM未來展”的宗旨是強調「田野性」、「文獻性」、「學理性」、「當下性」和「未來感」。其作用與功能將是「溫度計」和「催化劑」。
The “CAFAM . Future” Exhibition, initiated by the China Central Academy of Fine Arts and organized by CAFA Art Museum, was officially launched in February 2012. The Exhibition aims at encouraging young people’s exploration into artistic language and new ideas, finding and supporting talented young artists in China, establishing a database of Chinese young artists, as well as improving the social impact and awareness to contemporary art both in Chinese and international art fields, so as to create a core platform for promoting the art of Chinese young people.
As an artistic project launched by the leading art academy for young people in China, “CAFAM · Future” aims at highlighting “theoretical quality”, “contemporary context” and “the sense of future”, and playing a role as a “thermometer” and a “catalyst”.
肖 | 'Traits
牛房倉庫二樓展廳
Ox Warehouse 2nd floor showroom
9 June - 14 July 2012
http://oxwarehouse.blogspot.hk/2012/05/traits-hong-kong-young-artist-creative.html
策展人 / Curator : 約翰．百德 / John Batten
參展藝術家 / Participating artists : 何倩彤 Ho Sin Tung / 王浩然、卜以思 Adrian Wong and David Boyce / 黃進曦 Stephen Wong Chun Hei / 陳素珊 Sushan Chan / 黃頌恩 Magdalen Wong / 夾租團 Rental United
本展覽集中展示九位香港藝術家的新作。藉作品藝術家們不但表露出個人的創作動機和意念，還向觀眾透露關於自己的點滴。最近香港出現一股“藝術繁榮”的虛熱，此情此景下，藝術家做的實際工作，包括作品的意念構思及實質成型，都值得我們欣賞。透過本次名為肖'Traits的展覽，策展人約翰．百德將讓每位藝術家的作品自說自話，精准地帶出他們各自獨特的個人風格和特質。
In this exhibition, nine Hong Kong artists show recent work; and, amongst their individual intentions and messages, they reveal a little about themselves. Amidst the frenzy of Hong Kong's supposed recent "art boom", the actual work that artists undertake - the thinking, conceptualization and physical realization of a project - should also be appreciated. In 'Traits, curator John Batten will briefly tease out some personal qualities within each artists' work.
Market Force
觀塘奧沙畫廊
Osage Kwun Tong
16 May - 30 July 2012
策展人 / Curator : Jonathan Thompson
參展藝術家 / Participating artists : 又一山人 anothermountainman / 區凱琳 Au Hoi Lam / 周俊輝 Chow Chun Fai / 祈大衛 David Clarke / 何倩彤 Ho Sin Tung / 黃國才 Kacey Wong / Kentara Hiroki / 程展緯 Luke Ching / Map Office / 梁美萍 Mee Ping Leung / Poklong Anading / Tintin Wulia / 石家豪 Wilson Shieh
In this exhibition 13 artists, ten from Hong Kong and one each from Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan have been invited to develop and present projects that provoke and challenge existing theories of value in art.
The exhibition combines examinations of the social, psychological, political or historical basis of notions of value with examinations of aspects of the sociology of culture including its institutions and their typical relations and forms of organization and self organization, and ruminations on the mechanics and operation of the economic cycle of production, distribution, consumption and exchange.
吾友烏有 | Hong Kong inter-vivos Film Festival
何倩彤個展
Solo exhibition of Ho Sin Tung
漢雅軒
Hanart TZ Gallery
13 March - 10 April 2012
何倩彤個人展覽《何倩彤 : 吾友烏有》將於三月十三日在漢雅軒開幕，香港 國際電影節的一個星期前。這次展覽也是對香港國際電影節的致敬、戲謔，與借題發揮。藝術家以二十八部虛構的電影建構出一個小型的電影節，為他們畫劇照 、寫簡介、設計海報並拍攝預告片。何倩彤藉此展覽向電影大師包括胡安瑪．巴喬．烏略亞、安哲羅普洛斯、格雷安．葛林、阿比查邦．韋拉斯塔古、奇斯洛夫斯基及尚﹣盧．高達致敬。
這個由畫作、文字和錄像構成的展覽，如同真的電影節一言難盡。二十八部電影，有些企圖整理電影節的脈絡，有些向死去的創作者揮手，有些則藉簡介文字模糊權威的邊界，有些和身邊的藝術家開玩笑。有些不過是藝術家的癡心妄想，在苦無技術、資金與時間的景況下，聊勝於無，讓概念在虛構裡存活。

Inter vivos，意指生者之間。生者都在席上，而亡者在另一邊成了一台戲。事情在虛構裡成為可能，並千真萬確地發生。何倩彤作為忠實的電影節觀眾，從來不單純把互文性當作一種知性的遊戲。因為那些我們認為不存在的、遙遠的隱喻和載體，在電影院的黑暗裡，明明都是我們最親密的朋友。
“Hong Kong Inter-vivos Film Festival 2012” is an imaginary film festival created by artist Ho Sin Tung. The exhibition consists of 28 imaginary films, paintings of fake/imagined film stills, movie posters, and videos of movie-trailers filmed by the artist. With this project Ho Sin Tung pays homage to masters including Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Theodoros Angelopoulos, Graham Greene, Apichatpong Weerasethakul , Krzysztof Kielowski and Jean Luc-Godard.
Each of the 28 films belongs to a category created by Ho. They include „Masterpiss‟, „Classic Restoriette‟, „The Advance Guard‟, „Mocumentary', “Movie I want to make if I had the budget,” etc. Within these categories, Ho mocks the authority of classics to discuss the phenomenon of HKIFF, and sate her own desire to make film.

Although the Latin term "inter vivos" can be directly translated as “between the living” – but only in fictional world are such things possible. The distant metaphors and virtual bodies on screen are the closest one gets to such dreams.
