project outline / theme / activities and process
Phase I: Meeting in Luxembourg (5-19 July
2009).
9 Asian and 9 European artists were selected through an open call by
an international jury comprising a panel of workshop leaders and organisers.
All selected participants met in Luxembourg during a 2-week in residency
programme. The residency programme focused on workshops, lectures, discussions
as well as the production of works individually. At the end of the 2
weeks, artists presented their work-in-progress in an exhibition at Casino
Luxembourg. After the residency programme in Luxembourg, only 10 artists
have been selected to continue in Shanghai, based on their submission
of a developed artistic concept to the jury.
Phases II: Online Communication (between the
Luxembourg and the Shanghai meetings).
Participants are to continue their work in their respective country and
have the possibility to be monitored by the facilitators. The 10 selected
artists are encouraged to work on their project, exchange ideas and update
their progress effectively.
Phase III: Meeting in Shanghai (26 August–9
September 2010).
The Shanghai residency will start with a one-day-colloquium on Friday
27 August at Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai: the 10 selected artists and
the facilitators will meet for public lectures, presentations and discussions
that will be organised by Shanghai based curatorial coordinator Biljana
Ciric. After intense theoretical/philosophical input and exchange, the
participants will continue working and preparing for the exhibition of
their final work in DDM warehouse. This work, in progress since the beginning
of the 7th Asia-Europe Art Camp – Art Workshop for Visual Arts
2009/2010, will be finished and shown here, as well as presented at the
Luxembourg Pavilion at the World Expo 2010. A publication and/or a DVD
documenting the entire programme with the lecturers will be produced
in Shanghai.