The Kind Stranger

Premiere exhibition of the new UNArt Center, Shanghai, China
Curator: Art Yan, Iris Long, Bai Zhifei, Zheng Yunhan, Liu Jing
Artists: aaajiao, Bi Rongrong, Cédric Van Parys, Chen Zhou, Ding Li, Feng Bingyi, Fu Fengyuan & Lin Qin, Fito Segrera, Geng Jianyi, Guo Cheng, Flower, Hefin Jones, Hu Jieming, Ji Wenyu & Zhu Weibing, Jin Shan, Li Shan, Lin Ke, Liu Ren, Liu Yi, Louisa Galiardi, Marc Lee, Maya Kramer, Nick Ervinck, onformative, Pixy Liao, Rena Giesecke, RMBit, Shi Yong, Shi Zhiying, Su Chang, Vivian XU, Wu Yiming, Xiao Jiang, Yin Yi, Xu Zhe, Yutaka Makino, Zhang Ding, Zhang Haimeng & Karis Chang & Henry Yin & Feng Kai & Lu Yunbo, Zhang Liaoyuan
24.08.2019 - 20.10.2019
http://www.unart.org.cn

Exhibited Artwork


Non-Places

16-Channel Video Installation, 16 x HD 1080p 4'30'' Stereo

Non-Places deals with urbanization and globalization in the digital age. In the synchronized videos, the user moves through visual worlds posted publicly by others on social networks such as Flickr, Freesound, Twitter and YouTube. The viewer participates in the social movements of our time and makes a virtual journey in which one experiences local, cultural and linguistic differences and similarities. more …

Non-Places, Galerie b, Stuttgart
Galerie b, Stuttgart
Non-Places, Galerie b, Stuttgart
Galerie b, Stuttgart
Non-Places, Galerie für Gegenwartskunst E-Werk, Freiburg
E-Werk, Freiburg

Me, Myself & I

Mobile App as Interface for Interactive Installations

Me, Myself & I questions egocentrism and narcissism as widespread contemporary phenomena and their most popular, in-famous declination: the selfie culture. The digital era emphasizes the individual, who are seen more and more at the center of society, rather than being part of it. Selfishness and narcissism are widespread, as selfie culture shows: we send mini-me’s into the increasingly important more …

Me Myself & I
Synthesis Gallery, Berlin
Me, Myself & I
FILE, São Paulo
Me Myself & I
Synthesis Gallery, Berlin

Publication

The Kind Stranger Exhibition

Approaching Nonplace from Marc Lee, UNArt Center First Exhibition

Pro Helvetia
Website
2019
Chinese, English
Edited and Published by Pro Helvetia - Swiss Cultural Foundation
mp.weixin.qq.com, PDF CN, EN

Swiss artist Marc Lee will present the new work "Non-Places" at the opening exhibition of "The Kind Stranger" at the UNArt Center. Marc Lee himself will also perform at the UNArt Art Center. This new facility is located in the former site of Dongchang Cinema, the first home theater in Pudong New Area, Shanghai.
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