Conference, Workshop
A New Geography of Art in the Making
2009-05-21 - 2009-05-22
Goethe-Institut Hongkong
14/F Hong Kong Arts Centre
2 Harbour Road, Wanchai,
Hong Kong
Tel.: ++852-28020088
Fax: ++852-28024363
kultur(at)hongkong.goethe.org
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Third GAM Platform in Hong Kong
Organized by: ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Goethe-Institut Hongkong in collaboration with Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies
Like the previous GAM Platforms that took place in São Paulo and in New Delhi, the purpose of the third platform is to discuss some of the central issues relating to the globalization of contemporary art, this time from an Asian perspective. The platform will be organized in three different sections. An introductory section will serve as a presentation of the project GAM – Global Art and the Museum and as a forum for discussing its agenda among workshop participants.
Section 1
China: Museums and Audiences of Contemporary Art
It is tempting to investigate the global success of contemporary art in China from the Hong Kong perspective. The point of departure is twofold: first, to review the different phases of contemporary art production before and after 1989, and second, to study the interior situation of contemporary art in China, which means the audiences. The museum situation deserves special attention, as art museums are still a new phenomenon in China, but also because the presence of international and contemporary Chinese art in museums is still a new project. It is the aim of this section to relate art criticism to new museum concepts that present very unusual solutions. It is important that international research understands Chinese discourse on topics often seen from the outside and therefore easily susceptible to misreading.
Section 2
South East Asia: A New Territory of Contemporary Art
The South East Asian region remains under the shadow cast by the art scenes in Japan and China. Recent developments have shown, however, that artists and art critics within this region are presently elaborating challenging new concepts, which demand greater attention. Offering sufficient space for the recently emerging regional voices is an obligation. But does this area constitute a unified whole? It would seem that a study of the situation in different countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and a comparison of the results with the present conditions in the Philippines is required. The platform offers an opportunity of bringing together those discourses which have differed from one place to another, and to initiate a dialogue with other positions. Finally, the institutionalization of the present art scene requires that it be studied with the same degree of attention as has been given to China.
Section 3
Hong Kong and Beyond: Metropolitan Art Centers in Comparison
While Hong Kong has a cultural identity of its own and has recently become the site of global art auctions, it is also one of the metropolitan centers which constitutes the hubs of global activity, and which thus invites comparative study. Global economy operates via a network of global cities where culture has also become an integral aspect of urban development. Hence, the metropolitan perspective allows for more concrete references to be made to globalization. The aim of this section is to bring several of those big, present-day centers into focus: Japan, Korea, India, the Gulf States, Australia and Lagos.
Program
May 21, 9:30am, Introductory Section
Michael Müller-Verweyen (Hong Kong): WelcomeOscar Ho (Hong Kong): Introduction
Hans Belting (Karlsruhe, Germany): Contemporary Worlds of Art. A Dragon with Many Heads
Andrea Buddensieg (Karlsruhe, Germany): The Year 1989. The Ambiguities of the Dawn of Globalization
James Elkins (Chicago, USA): Is Art History Global?
May 21, 2:00pm, Section 1
China: Museums and Audiences of Contempoary Art
Speakers:
Fei Dawei (Beijing, China)
Gao Minglu (Pittsburgh, USA)
Coffee Break
Gao Shiming (Huangzhou, China)
Huang Zhuan (Shenzhen, China): OCAT and Public Art
Lu Jie (Beijing, China): The Museum is Flat
Moderator: Jane DeBevoise (Hong Kong)
May 22, 9:30am, Section 2
South East Asia: A New Territory of Contemporary Art
Speakers:
Patrick Flores (The Philippines): Field Notes on an Art World: Interest and Impassé
Kuroda Raiji (Fukuoka, Japan): Re-Turn to Nowhere: Asian Art Exhibitions in a Local City
Dinh Q. Lê (Hanoi, Vietnam): The First Time I Committed Career Suicide
Jim Supangkat (Indonesia): Art “With an Accent”, Why Not
Moderator: Oscar Ho (Hong Kong)
May 22, 2:00pm, Section 3
Hong Kong and Beyond: Metropolitan Art Centers in Comparison
Speakers:
Johnson Chang (Hong Kong)John Clark (Sydney, Australia): Asian Bienniales as a New System of Art Exhibitions, and the Chinese Role within it
Coffee Break
Jahman Anikulapo (Lagos, Nigeria): Coming out of the Dead: Revisioning an African Museum – Example of Lagos Museum
Charles Merewether (Syndney, Australia): Imagining a Museum Culture in the 21st Century: The Case of Abu Dhabi
Nathalie Boseul Shin (Korea): The Museum Network Opens the New Season of Contemporary Art in Korea
Moderator: David Clarke (Hong Kong)
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Open Session
Moderator: Hans Belting (ZKM)
