rePOST B E I J I N G
January 8, 2012

The first time I went to Beijing (with Nike just before 2008 Olympics) I thought the city was a giant building site! Its still a little like that -dusty and still building going on everywhere - malls have appeared everywhere ! The whole city is not on a human scale - wide roads and giant heavy buildings. But its this that makes Beijing interesting and full of potential! - especially for Art - where els would you have access to these massive work and gallery spaces + rich resources + skills - a rich history of artisans.....

CAO_FEI RMC CITY
RMB City is a virtual city in the online world of Second Life, planned and developed by Beijing artist Cao Fei (SL: China Tracy). Launched in 2008, and open to the public since January 2009, RMB City is a platform for experimental creative activities, one in which Cao Fei and her collaborators use different mediums to test the boundaries between virtual and physical existence. As a laboratory for investigations in art, design, architecture, literature, cinema, politics, economy, society, and beyond, RMB City is constantly nourished by new and innovative projects, and supported by leading international art institutions and networks. As a model of avant-garde urban planning, it traverses the boundaries between past and future, real and virtual to link China and the cosmopolitan contemporary world.

YU YANG @ U.C.C.A

Japanese artist TATSUO MIYAJIMA also @ U.C.C.A

PACE gallery

T H A N K Y O U 2 Ray of FEI SPACE 4 advising me on galleries or I would still be wondering around the 798 district !

FEI Space. Tue-Sun 10.30am-5pm. B-01, Dashanzi 798 Art District, 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District (5978 9580)