Design. Culture. Curated for the Curious.
explore the past, shape the future, curate the present.
explore the past, shape the future, curate the present.
MAGAZINE
XU BING
“The intersection of art and space technology opens up a new domain for us. I once said that what science cannot address art can, and vice versa.”
TEO YANG
“I want to inspire people to take an interest in tradition and pass it on to future generations. I don’t want to create an institution because I believe passion for tradition should come naturally. Only those with real passion can create meaningful change.”
HANS ULRICH OBRIST
“I’m very interested in the future of education—how we can create new interdisciplinary schools like Black Mountain College. It’s a topic I’d love to explore in a future Marathon or conference.”
CURRENT EVENT
CURRENT EVENT
GAI QIZHENG: DRIFT ALONG
GAI QIZHENG: DRIFT ALONG
MAR 18 - APR 18
Aura Space, Braga, PT
In the exhibition Drift Along, artist Gai Qizheng invites us on a journey that intertwines personal history, local knowledge, and the universal symbolism of rafts as vehicles of migration, survival, and cultural memory.
Through his multidisciplinary practice, Gai explores how rafts, as both functional objects and cultural artefacts, carry systems of knowledge and reveal personal, familial, and communal histories.
In our initial conversation with the artist, he credited the work, Current of Contemporary Art, by the art group The Play—with its focus on aimless adventure—as the starting point for his inquiry into floating devices. His research into rafts ultimately spans and ties the three areas and different projects—through his work we are immersed into the knowledge systems of Chao Bai River, Zuo Tan, and Qingdao.
Curated by Johannes Kreutzer and Lucija Šutej