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Beijing, China. Curators, Michelle Proksell and Solveig Suess, in collaboration with Dashilar Project and Concrete Flux, are pleased to present BYOB Beijing, a one- night collaborative happening of moving light, sound, installation and performance. This exhibition will include twenty-nine Chinese and International artists.
BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer) is a series of international exhibitions where artists explore the medium of projection. BYOB originated in Berlin, Germany in 2010 by artists Rafaël Rozendaal and Anne de Vries and has grown to become a worldwide DIY experience, spanning to cities across the globe.
On Saturday, June 28th, 2014, BYOB Beijing will project onto the walls, ceilings, windows, doors and other surfaces of traditional Beijing hutongs in the heart of Dashilar. Hutongs, or small alleyways, represent an important cultural element in Beijing, and with the fast paced social and economic trajectory of China in recent years, it has become evident on a local scale that these traditional alleys have dramatically decreased.
In light of these changes, BYOB Beijing artists will explore the theme of “Rendering” or “使成” (shǐ chéng), as they transform a few spaces within a Dashilar hutong into a one-night DIY installation. To “render” means to interpret, reproduce, echo, translate, restore, reflect, or quite literally “to make something become”. To “project” means to extend outward beyond something else, imagining (a space, oneself, a situation, etc.) as having moved to a different place or time — conveying the present, while echoing the past.
This years BYOB Beijing artists exploring the theme of transformation are not limited to the flat surfaces within these hutong-specific spaces, but will engage with traditional buildings in new ways, interpreting sound, performance, and installation through various means of projection, including using slide projectors, video projectors, homemade projectors, shadow play, animation, light projection and live VJ-ing.
For further documentation of previous BYOB events around the world, please visit:
www.byobworldwide.com
Date and Time of Exhibition:Saturday, June 28th,2014. 7:30pm to 11:30pm
Locations of Exhibition: #26,#31and #53 spaces at Yangmeizhu Xie Jie,Dashilar, Beijing,China 北京市大栅栏杨梅竹斜街26、31和53号