In collaboration with Asia Art Archive, the 3rd Guangzhou Triennial presents the web based project Pool of Possibilities: Mapping Currents of the 3rd Guangzhou Triennial.

The project Pool of Possibilities forms an on-line database with artists from across the world – who in their deeply committed and cutting-edge practice have inspired us to re-visit and re-think the post-colonial theoretical interface from which we today understand and appreciate contemporary art.

At the heart of the critical vision of the 3rd Guangzhou Triennial is the theme of ‘Farewell to Post-Colonialism’, that proposes a fresh look at contemporary artistic practice - beyond the limitations of curatorial and theoretical prescriptiveness. With this vision in mind, each artist in the Pool of Possibilities has been selected by a member of the Curatorial team.

The assemblage of artists represented forms a valuable resource for further knowledge and research on the dynamic development of contemporary art globally and brings recognition to the independent pursuit of artistic creativity. Included in the Pool of Possibilities are artists working with a variety of mediums and conceptual approaches.

Each artist is represented with a profile, including images, artist statement and biography or CV.
You are invited to search for artists by name, medium, geography and through a range of conceptual keywords that has been developed
in close collaboration with the artists. As such,
the Pool of Possibilities forms a network of entanglements based on proximities between artists practicing across the globe.

Reaching beyond institutional limitations and boundaries, the Pool of Possibilities invites for
an extended audience and stretches beyond the confines of the art institution. It is a space for exploration, experimentation and the discovery
of new and alternative imaginative worlds.