PANDAMONIUM links up with “8 Of Paths” as Partner Exhibitions!
PANDAMONIUM: MEDIA ART FROM SHANGHAI
A Collaboration Between CHRONUS ART CENTER Shanghai and MOMENTUM Berlin
Is Proud To Announce Our Partner Exhibition
The 8 Of Paths: Art In Beijing
Organized by Yu Zhang, Curated by Thomas Eller, Guo Xiaoyan, and Andreas Schmid
29 April – 13 July 2014
Exhibition in the Uferhallen, Uferstraße 8, 13357 Berlin, Germany
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““The 8 of Paths”” presents 23 positions by young artists living in Beijing, giving a vibrant profile to a previously unknown China. Focusing on a generation of artists born from the mid-1970s on, “”The 8 of Paths”” showcases a generation who have gained new possibilities and new freedoms. “”The 8 of Paths” is co-curated by Andreas Schmid, one of the curators of China Avant-Garde, the iconic 1993 exhibition at Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt which, being the very first exhibition of contemporary Chinese art outside China itself, jump started an interest in Chinese contemporary art in the West. Thomas Eller, also co-curator of “”The 8 of Paths””, is one of the artists participating in PANDAMONIUM, and is on the Board of MOMENTUM. “This exhibition is part of the celebrations to mark Berlin and Beijing’’s 20th anniversary as partner cities. ”The 8 of Paths” takes place concurrently with PANDAMONIUM, so stay tuned for updates and invitations to both exhibitions. More news on the PANDAMONIUM Facebbok Event: Click Here.
ABOUT CAC | CHRONUS ART CENTER SHANGHAI: www.chronusartcenter.org
Founded in 2013, CAC | Chronus Art Center is the first major non-profit art organization in China focusing on the experiment, production, research, exhibition and education in new media art. CAC was founded by the renowned curator Li Zhenhua, artist Hu Jieming, and technology expert Dillion Zhang, Wti Group, China’s premiere company for projectors. Having traveled MOMENTUM’s exhibition The Best of Times, The Worst of Times Revisited to CAC Shanghai in the first months of 2014, this collaboration is continued in Berlin with a 4-month program of Chinese media art presented by CAC and MOMENTUM.
ABOUT MOMENTUM: www.momentumworldwide.org
MOMENTUM is a non-profit global platform for time-based art, with headquarters in Berlin. Through our program of Exhibitions, Kunst Salons, Public Video Art Initiatives, Residencies, and Collection, we are dedicated to providing a platform for exceptional artists working with time-based practices. The term ‘time-based’ art means very different things today than when it was first coined over 40 years ago. MOMENTUM’s mission is to continuously reassess the growing diversity and relevance of time-based practices, always seeking innovative answers to the question, ‘What is time-based art?’. MOMENTUM serves as a bridge joining professional art communities, irrespective of institutional and national borders. The key ideas driving MOMENTUM are: Collaboration, Exchange, Education, Exploration, and Inspiration.
* Special thanks for support from CAC | Chronus Art Center, WTI and CP
