Scenario by Jun Yang

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"A weekend gathering" is the first scenario curated by Jun Yang within the framework of the Scenarios about Europe project.

一个周末聚会 / 一個週末聚會 / Yīgè Zhōumò Jùhuì / Eine Zusammenkunft am Wochenende / A weekend gathering In the summer of 2012, a group of Chinese, Taiwanese and European curators, gallery owners and the directors of museums and other art institutions will meet in Macau. During the course of the gathering, activities will alternate between eating and drinking together in an informal setting and a structured conference programme, relaxed get-togethers and formalised procedures. The main focus will be on questions such as the possibilities of art and art initiatives within current political and economic contexts and old and new links between Europe and Asia, particularly against the background of current global developments. All of the discussions will be recorded and will form the basis of a special “Europe” issue of Art World Shanghai, to be published in February 2013. Macau (Àomén), a former Portuguese colony, links Europe with China and global developments. Since 1999, Macau has been a special region of the People’s Republic of China. Somewhere between socialism and capitalism – Macau is for example the only area in China where gambling is officially allowed – the town also features a number of areas in which architecture with a European influence overlaps with Chinese or global investment architecture, the past with the present. Jun Yang’s scenario is a sketch for a future gathering. His installation is an introduction to the context of the meeting, providing information on the location and the guests. He has invited two of the participants, Hu Fang, Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou / Beijing, and Meiya Cheng, Taipei Contemporary Art Centre, Taipei, to Leipzig to deliver a lecture. Jun Yang has repeatedly turned his attention towards the visualisation of various discursive forms, such as his contribution for the Taipei Biennale in 2008 that included his project a Contemporary Art Center, Taipei (a proposal). At a later date, Jun Yang was able to found the Taipei Contemporary Art Center in reality, in collaboration with other curators and artists.

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China

Two political entities have the term „China“ in their names: The People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC), now commonly known as Taiwan.

Construction of Cultural Identity

In relation nationalism, hybridity and as a space of projection

Geopolitical Space

Geographical dislocation, local and global, regional and national, unity and difference, public space

Power and Representation

"Scenarios about Europe" demonstrates multiple positions on the current shifting conditions of European social, political, cultural and economic relations. A number of the scenarios look to critically address forms of hegemony, oppressive power relations and structures of governance that exist in current political systems and how such relations should be made visible, negotiated and altered.

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