In May 2009, AAA, as the official educational partner of ART HK 09, presented a series of programmes with some of the leading experts and practitioners in the field. Backroom Conversations included panel discussions and screenings that touched on a number of prevalent issues and offered a first-hand look into the contemporary art world.
Documentary Screenings
We screened three documentaries about contemporary art in China, including AAA's first in house documentary on the development of contemporary art in Southern China in the 1980s-- From Jean-Paul Sartre to Teresa Teng: Contemporary Cantonese Art in the 1980s (2009), The Rising Tide (2008), and China Power: Art Now After Mao (2008).
Panel Discussion — Reinvesting in Contemporary Chinese Art
As we witness a global recession hit, the relation of Chinese art to the global economy shifts. Meanwhile, we also see the emergence of voices who welcome this correction in the market as an opportunity for ideas, quality and content to be nurtured over prices, commodity and spectacle. We asked key individuals in the field to reflect on the past decade, discussed the future of art production and circulation in China, and talked about the projects that excite them.
Panel Discussions — Museum Focus: Art + Design | Participation, Collaboration & The Everyday
In light of major museum projects in Hong Kong and around the region, for ART HK 09, AAA continued to consider issues first raised around the museum at the 2008 conference Shifting Sites: Cultural Desire and the Museum. We examined themes on art and design, and the practice of participation, collaboration & the everyday in two panel discussions.
Transcripts are available for download:
Art + Design: English | Chinese
Participation, Collaboration & The Everyday: English | Chinese
Panel Discussion — Heritage Sites: the answer to Hong Kong’s arts needs?
The conversion of heritage sites into culture and arts venues in Hong Kong has never been more topical. While many would agree that Hong Kong lacks suitable art spaces, the debate fundamentally needs to focus on content over hardware, diversity over single formula approach. In this panel we asked participants to consider the success of existing sites, their position in shaping the arts and cultural discourse and the use of heritage sites as art venues.
DVD documentations on panel discussions are available for viewing at the Archive
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Speakers Johnson Chang and Hu Fang, and moderator Philip Tinari at 'Reinvesting in Contemporary Chinese Art' |
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(left to right) Speakers Qiu Anxiong, Uli Sigg and Pauline Yao at 'Reinvesting in Contemporary Chinese Art' |
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(left to right) Spearkers Defne Ayas, Michael Lin and Ron Arad at 'Art + Design'
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(left to right) Moderator Charles Merewether, and speakers Siu King-chung and Lim Guen-jun at 'Art + Design' |
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(left to right) Daravuth Ly, Frances Morris and Leung Mee Ping at 'Participation, Collaboration & The Everyday' |
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(left to right) Speakers Hammad Nasar, Rirkrit Tiravanija and moderator Vasif Kortun at 'Participation, Collaboration & The Everyday' |
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Moderator Phoebe Wong, and speakers John Batten and Ada Wong at 'Heritage Sites: the answer to Hong Kong’s arts needs?'
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Speakers William Wong, Kwan Sheung Chi and William Wong at 'Heritage Sites: the answer to Hong Kong’s arts needs?'
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