Ecological Integration
Beijing Media Art Biennale (BMAB) at CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, ChinaCurator: JIN Jun
Artists: Jonathan Monaghan, Ben Cullen Williams, Marc Lee, Ryoichi Kurokawa, Felicity Hammond, June Balthazard & Pierre Pauze, ULF Langheinrich, Liu Shiyuan, Shen Chaofang, Zhang Wenchao, Xu Yibo, Min Jiajian & Yu Borou, Qiu Yu, Zhang Yuyang, Liu Jiayu, Xie Yufan, NetDragon Websoft Inc.
CAFA Art Museum, Beijing
Ecological Integration
Media art is constantly evolving across the fields of science, art and humanities. Media forms are continually derived, the boundaries of display are expanding, and continue to promote human sensory experiences, which are bringing more integrations and developments to aesthetic experiences.
The theme of this exhibition is "Ecological Integration", which is a further extension after the previous two editions of "Ethics of Technology " and "Post·Life". From anthropocentrism to non-anthropocentrism, and then to the harmony between man and nature, we discuss the theme in a "media" way of practice.
Through multi-form digital media art works, we depict the artists' concerns about the relationships between "Virtual and Reality", "Technology and Nature" and "Appearance and Essence". We want to show the possibilities of the complex relationships between nature, environment and human, also to analyze and think about the internal ecological logic of harmonious coexistence of natural life. We would like to share with the audience the proximity of digital, space, time and environmental ecology interwoven media art experiences, which could connect you with a magical future.
Jin Jun/CURATOR
Exhibited Artwork
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CAFA Art Museum, Beijing