Beijing

18 - 25 January 2014 / Road Trip

Saturday, 18/01/14
11:15: departure by train to Beijing
21:09: arrive in Beijing West Train Station

Sunday, 19/01/14
9:00: PanJiaYuan Antiques Market, walk with artist Sun Yuan and Ouyang Xiao
15:00: Video Bureau introduction by Fang Lu and artist talk by Li Ran in CaoChangDi
17:00: visit 798 area galleries
17:30: visit Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) exhibition Xu Zhen: A Madeln Company Production
18:00: Work without a Homeland symposium organized by Goethe Institut: screenings and live stream talks from Munich, Johannesburg and Beijing
20:00: dinner at 798 area, with Video Bureau team

Monday, 20/01/14
9:00: studio visit and conversation with Ai Weiwei
guided tour of architecture designs: Galerie Urs Meile and Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Ai Weiwei-designed red brick building complexes in the quarter of CaoChangDi in Eastern Beijing
12:30: Xinjiang lunch with Ai Weiwei & team
afternoon: free time
18:00: visit Vitamin Creative Space/The Pavilion; show and introduction by Lu Jia: Cao Fei’s ‘Haze and Fog’

Tuesday, 21/01/14
8:45: YuanMingYuan walk led by Twist Qu; start at park, tour historic sites, and drift through urban village
13:00: lunch
afternoon: hutong walk led by: Anu Leinonen, Binke Lenhardt, Markus Schneider, Wang Shuo; visits to HouHai lake, Institute for Provocation, Nanluoguxiang, New hutong typology experiment, Ju-er Hutong, Drum & Bell towers, tea break at Zajia
20:00: Yunnan dinner, Aimo Town

Wednesday 22/01/14
8:00: Jing Shan park activities with Twist Qu and Qigong Master Zhu Feng
walk through Forbidden City from Tiananmen Square
15:00: drift through Sanlitun; meeting with Zhou Yi and Chen Xinpeng from collective Ah Diao Dui at C5 Gallery: calligraphy and poetry exercise, “photo op” at German Embassy
20:00: dinner at Dali Courtyard with invited guests: Daniel A. Bell (Confucian scholar, Tsinghua University), Wang Shuo (architect, Meta-Hutongs), Max Gerthel & Chen Shuyu (Institute for Provocation), Philip Tinari (director, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art), Xu Yijing & Neill Gaddes (Sans Practice, Dashila’r urban development project), Zhang Xianmin (independent film curator, Beijing Film Academy)

Thursday, 23/01/14
free day; bus to the Great Wall (optional)
night: “Follow the black rabbit” drinks by Rune Bosse with Institut für Raumexperimente at Wujin bar

Friday, 24/01/14
free day; visit to Summer Palace (optional)
evening: MAD Architects (Ma Yansong) annual Spring Festival “Gold Party”

Saturday, 25/01/14
10:05: depart Beijing to Berlin

Excursion organised by: Christina Werner, Eric Ellingsen, Elaine W. Ho, Fotini Lazaridou-Hatzigoga

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10 - 25 January 2014 / Road Trip ⟶

Guangzhou

13 - 17 January 2014 / Road Trip ⟶

Monday, 13/01/14 9:00: departure from hotel 13:00: stop in Chang’An, Dongguan (post industrial economic zone town), meet artist Li Jinghu 14:30: visit police station residency / studio visit and artist talk with Li Jinghu, walk around old city and see new development area 19:00: arrive in Guangzhou 20:00: dinner near hotel 21:00: guided walk to Vitamin Creative Space through urban village area with Hu Fang; introduction and welcome by Hu Fang and Zhang Wei in the space, planning meeting on exhibition/actions/performances Tuesday, 14/01/14 7:30: leave hotel with bus day trip to local villages/rural area of Shaoguan with Hu Fang & team 22:30: check-in meeting with Olafur at hotel lobby Wednesday, 15/01/14 9:00-13:00: work and prepare in city and at Vitamin Creative Space for the exhibition 13:00-21.00: new site of Vitamin Creative Space: site visit and garden, talk with Olafur, Hu Fang & Zhang Wei; walk to the village, visit village house, joint dinner in the courtyard Thursday, 16/01/14 all day: work and prepare in city and Vitamin Creative Space 14:00: work crits and feedback with Olafur, Hu Fang & teams for exhibition Friday, 17/01/14 until 17:00: work and prepare for “Walk-In-Progress” (call it: exhibition/performance/talks/gatherings/get-together/cook out/etc.) 17:00: Opening: Walk-In-Progress / Silent Walk A silent walk across downtown Guangzhou, spreading between the Xingang Middle Road, Chigang Market and Vitamin Creative Space features time-based works and interventions. The walk culminates on a roof top terrace with a celebration. Followed by a gathering at Vitamin Creative Space, common dumplings cooking, drinks, actions and performances. View Walk-In-Progress exhibition website Excursion organised by: Christina Werner, Eric Ellingsen, Elaine W. Ho, Fotini Lazaridou-Hatzigoga Special thanks to: Hu Fang & Zhang Wei, Lu Jia, Yan Chuan, Heli, Yung Zoiee, Tang Shan, Shen Zudi and her family, Oorun Run, Caroline Eggel Montag, 13/01/14 09.00: Abfahrt vom Hotel 13.00 Uhr: Halt in Chang’An, Dongguan (Sonderwirtschaftszone), Treffen mit dem Künstler Li Jinghu 14.30 Uhr: Atelierbesuch in der Polizeistation und Künstlergespräch mit Li Jinghu, Besuch des alten Dorfkerns und der Neubaugebiete 19.00 Uhr: Ankunft in Guangzhou 20.00 Uhr: Abendessen in der Nähe von Hotel 21.00 Uhr: Führung durch die Altstadt mit Hu Fang zum Vitamin Creative Space; Begrüßung und Einführung durch Hu Fang und Zhang Wei, Planungstreffen zu Ausstellung, Aktionen, Veranstaltungen Dienstag, 14/01/14 07.30: Busabfahrt am Hotel  Tagesausflug zu den Dörfern in den Bergen von Shaoguan mit Hu Fang & Team 22.30 Uhr: Check-In Treffen mit Olafur in Hotellobby Mittwoch, 15/01/14 9.00 bis 13.00 Uhr: Arbeiten und Vorbereitungen für die Ausstellung in der Stadt und im Vitamin Creative Space 13:00-21.00: Besuch des Vitamin Creative Space Gartens auf dem Gartenausstellungsgelände, Gespräch mit Olafur, Hu Fang & Zhang Wei; Wanderung zum Dorf und gemeinsames Abendessen im Innenhof des Vitamin Creative Space Donnerstag, 16/01/14 ganzer Tag: Arbeit und Vorbereitung in der Stadt und im Vitamin Creative Space 14.00: Besprechung und Feedback mit Olafur, Hu Fang & Teams für die Ausstellung Freitag, 17/01/14 bis 17:00 Uhr: Arbeit und die Vorbereitungen für “Walk-In-Progress” Ausstellung 17.00 Uhr: Eröffnung : Walk-In-Progress / Silent Walk Ein stummer “Walk” durch die Altstadt Guangzhous verbindet entlang des Weges verschiedene Interventionen und performative Arbeiten. Der Spaziergang endete auf einem Hochhausdach, verwandelt sich in eine Eröffnungsfeier, die sich in den Ausstellungsräumen im Vitamin Creative Space fortsetzt mit gemeinsamem Kochen und dem Zubereiten von Dumplings, Aktionen und Performances. Webseite der Ausstellung Walk-In-Progress anzeigen Exkursion organisiert von: Christina Werner, Eric Ellingsen, Elaine W. Ho, Fotini Lazaridou-Hatzigoga Vielen Dank an: Hu Fang & Zhang Wei, Lu Jia, Yan Chuan, Heli, Yung Zoiee, Tang Shan, Shen Zudi und ihre Familie, Oorun Run, Caroline Eggel

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