group | The 12th Shanghai Biennale: Proregress
Main Venue: 1st-3rd floors & Chimney, PSA, Venues for City Projects: The Swatch Art Peach Hotel, Tank Shanghai, Extra Time, Columbia Circle, Sinan Mansions, Biblioteca Miguel de Cervantes de Shanghái, Chief Curator: Cuauhtémoc Medina, Co-Curators: María Belén Sáez de Ibarra, Yukie Kamiya, Wang Weiwei, Exhibition Designer: Frida Escobedo, Key Visual Designer: Thonik, and Artists: Alexander Apostol, Alfredo Jaar, Alicia MihaiGazcue, Amalia Pica, Andrea Fraser, ArinRungjang, Boat Zhang, C&G (Clara Cheung & Cheng Yee-Man, Gum), CevdetErek, Chiba Masaya, Christoph Draeger and Heidrun Holzfeind, Chto Delat, Claire Fontaine, Claudia Martínez Garay, Clemencia Echeverri, Cristina Lucas, Enrique Ježik, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Forensic Architecture, Francis Alÿs, Hsu Che-Yu, Hsu Chia-Wei, Huang Jing Yuan, Ilya Noé, Jennifer Allora& Guillermo Calzadilla, Jill Magid, Jiu Society, Jota Izquierdo, JuAnqi, Kader Attia, KiriDalena, Leandro Katz, Lee Kai-Chung , Lu Yang, Macarena Ruiz-Tagle, Meiro Koizumi, Michael Rakowitz, Miguel Ángel Rojas, Nadim Abbas, Nalini Malani, Pablo Vargas Lugo, Qiu, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Reynier Leyva Novo, Ryoji Ikeda, Samson Young, Seth Price, Sheroanawë Hakihiiwë, Simon Starling, siren eun young jung, Suki Seokyeong Kang, Tomoko Yoneda, Ursula Biemann and Paulo Tavares, UuDam Tran Nguyen, Vincent Meessen, Voluspa Jarpa, Wu Chi-Yu, XuZhe, Yang Fudong, YaoJui-Chung, Yasumasa Morimura, Yi Lian, Yishai Jusidman, Yuan Yuan, Yuken Teruya, Zhang Xu Zhan, Zhu Xi2018.11.10-2019.03.10
Power Station of Art
Shanghai, China
Proregress, among the many language discoveries that emerged from E. E. Cummings’ experiment in poetry, introduced in the XIXth section of W ViVa (1931), is a word made of the condensation of progress and regress. As a word made from the combination of progress and regress, Proregress was used to teasingly criticize the Western enlightenment narratives that abide by progressivism, meanwhile suggesting the ambivalence and anxiety of the early 21st century provoked by the transformation and stagnation which firmly contradict both optimists and pessimists alike.
For the Chinese title, the curatorial team chose the concept of “禹步”(Yubu), the basic mystic dance step of Daoist ritual in ancient China. Chief Curator Medina indicates that this vigorous dance step implies values of artworks and inspirations for mankind, in an era of complexity. He noted, “This is also a way to suggest that, despite the anxieties that these artworks convey, they are all permeated by a creative coming and going of ideas, desires, and concepts. These works illustrate a commitment to transforming our sensibilities into new ways of living, mimicking the manner with which contemporary art and culture confront the complexities of our time.”
- Title: group | The 12th Shanghai Biennale: Proregress
- Creator: Main Venue: 1st-3rd floors & Chimney, PSA, Venues for City Projects: The Swatch Art Peach Hotel, Tank Shanghai, Extra Time, Columbia Circle, Sinan Mansions, Biblioteca Miguel de Cervantes de Shanghái, Chief Curator: Cuauhtémoc Medina, Co-Curators: María Belén Sáez de Ibarra, Yukie Kamiya, Wang Weiwei, Exhibition Designer: Frida Escobedo, Key Visual Designer: Thonik, Artists: Alexander Apostol, Alfredo Jaar, Alicia MihaiGazcue, Amalia Pica, Andrea Fraser, ArinRungjang, Boat Zhang, C&G (Clara Cheung & Cheng Yee-Man, Gum), CevdetErek, Chiba Masaya, Christoph Draeger and Heidrun Holzfeind, Chto Delat, Claire Fontaine, Claudia Martínez Garay, Clemencia Echeverri, Cristina Lucas, Enrique Ježik, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Forensic Architecture, Francis Alÿs, Hsu Che-Yu, Hsu Chia-Wei, Huang Jing Yuan, Ilya Noé, Jennifer Allora& Guillermo Calzadilla, Jill Magid, Jiu Society, Jota Izquierdo, JuAnqi, Kader Attia, KiriDalena, Leandro Katz, Lee Kai-Chung , Lu Yang, Macarena Ruiz-Tagle, Meiro Koizumi, Michael Rakowitz, Miguel Ángel Rojas, Nadim Abbas, Nalini Malani, Pablo Vargas Lugo, Qiu, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Reynier Leyva Novo, Ryoji Ikeda, Samson Young, Seth Price, Sheroanawë Hakihiiwë, Simon Starling, siren eun young jung, Suki Seokyeong Kang, Tomoko Yoneda, Ursula Biemann and Paulo Tavares, UuDam Tran Nguyen, Vincent Meessen, Voluspa Jarpa, Wu Chi-Yu, XuZhe, Yang Fudong, YaoJui-Chung, Yasumasa Morimura, Yi Lian, Yishai Jusidman, Yuan Yuan, Yuken Teruya, Zhang Xu Zhan, Zhu Xi
- Date Created: 2018.11.10-2019.03.10
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