The 2nd QIANQI Performance Art Festival

Organizer：WangJun
Academic Support： Yuan Tingxuan
Invited guests：Ai Weiwei  He Yunchang  Wang Qingsong  Yu Xinqiao
Artist : Kim（Australia）  Gao Ya+Gao Na(Beijing + France)  Gua Zi(Qinghai)  Huang Kuan(Qinghai)  Huang Wenya(Hunan)   Jia Qianlan(Chongqing)  Li Yao (Beijing)  Li Yan (Beijing)  Li He (Beijing)  Lao Dao(Henan)  Mai Zi(Beijing)  Ma Zhiming(Hebei)  Ni Ba(Beijing)  Feng Lipeng(Beijing)  Miao Shiming(Hebei)   Emi Shimizu (Japan)  Qi Ying(Beijing)  Dong Zhiyong(Hebei)  Wan Qiao(Sichuan)  Wang Jun(Beijing)   Wen Zhu(Hebei)   Xiao Naihua(Shanghai)   Xiao Ri(Beijing)   Xu Dian(Beijing)   The nerve center of the band (Beijing)

Opening: At 2:00. p.m -7 p.m  May 1, 2009
Workshop: at 7:00 p.m. -9 p.m  May 1, 2009
Venue : Bei Jing Cao Chang Di CCD300 Art Area
Contact : t 13810846594
e: okwangjun666@163.com
Sponsor :  CCD300 Business Club、The Eighth day Yunnan Restaurant

 
The 2nd QIANQI Performance Art Festival  Preface

The birth of 1st QIANQI performance art festival was occasioned. In the past, it was only an art event ,an index of an exhibition，then some avant-garde artists’ spontaneous organization and planning, moreover, dozens of artists’ works created on the scene were exhibited successfully , following it received far-ranging attentions and discussions from the art circle.

The 2nd QIANQI performance art festival is the extension of the 1st one. After a year’s far-reaching-thinking，now, it exactly the time for us to join hands, have a upbeat party. We live like playing games, create works like devil, think together with wise men, occupy the land and stretch across the sky like the spread of the plants. Such indescribable power makes this absurd world clear instantaneously but shatter rapidly.

The clock points to the year of 2009. The impact of financial storm has spread next engulfed the whole world, in this storm, China’s economy looks vague and ambiguous. Owing to its stability and rapid development, someone believes that China will be the savior of the whole world. At the same time, someone affirms that China’s economy will suffer the same or even more serious setback in future as its backwardness. However, the effect of this uncertain future which is especially noticeable in the realm of China’s contemporary art: Galleries have been removed; institutions are hiding; artists can do nothing with a whole studio’s works.

The performance art itself has the characteristic can it be immune to subvert of its thoroughness and selfhood, as a hard stein kern not being eroded by the commercial process, walks soberly and openly on its own way at the age of material (namely miracle). Like a wild blade going beyond the control of the art system which has became the stodgy iconograph and came down to the factory of art market, it’s reasonable for us to have the unscrupulous laughter even more.

We talk about the abnormal life, which is the origin of art; crossing the hot brazier with memories of yesterday enter the Matrix of tomorrow; play the international XBS BASS with a tweeter and we get used to the reality that politics has become the imposed makeup to infiltrate the bone marrow. We open the bottle, tear the plastic bag and press the PLAY key. One of us open the Window of the world with hands, one take the moon in arms with feet. We read the interpretation of act from all walks of lives and all races. Then we turn-back abandoning the text, while our works still goes on secretly at the scene, and we still believe in Heaven with you all, it will be shining all the way up.

For artistic community ，this is a revolution ,a struggle. Whereas it looks somewhat like a game, use the most simple, direct but also the unique and original material ,everyone can control freely ---- body, used to convey the art concept ,fight against the traditional custom , challenge the“say” authority. It doesn’t represent anyone and can not represent anyone, what is important is that we are expressing and we will continue to do like this. This festival is generated in such background. As a “festival” for performance art, it has no limitation on region, dated experience and worm-eaten secret background. Itself does not emphasize on the academic value, nor involves in any commercial purpose. The festival itself is pure and sincere, which is looked upon as a gift for the world of contemporary art.

  The 2nd QIANQI performance art festival will be held at CCD 300 art zone of CaoChang Region Beijing on May 1st, 2009. It is planned by Wang Jun and sponsored by CCD300 flexible package commercial chamber and The Eighth Day Yunnan Restaurant. Based on the experience and consideration of planning team and organizer, together with the help and concern of the artists and art lovers, the QIANQI performance art festival has grown up sturdily. In such complex society, this party will spurt the most passionate power. What we are looking forward to is our definition and feedback toward the environment in an all-directional, multi-angle and multilevel way. With great hope, let’s see what a brand-new and unique stage the 2nd QIANQI performance art festival will bring to the world of contemporary art.
 

【编辑：邹斌】

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