When we think of “monsters”, what images come to mind? In our modern world, “monsters” could mean things that are large, noisy and part of our everyday lives: things like skyscrapers, bulldozers, airplanes, and trains. These “monsters” bring us a lot of convenience but can also be terrifying. In this program, we will invite artists and children to use rubbish and things that have been thrown away to produce the monsters of their imagination, inspired by daily life. Bring used cracker boxes, gift boxes, tea tins and other packing boxes to produce your own monsters.

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*All materials provided.

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Guest: Wang Mai (UCCA exhibiting artist)

Wang Mai was born in Yichun, Heilongjiang Province in 1972. Wang Mai is widely regarded as a pioneer, and one of the most versatile and talented artists of his generation. Since the 1990s, he has worked with multiple media, varying from painting and poetry to performance and installation, using social ideologies to reflect on global issues. Drawing on aesthetics inherited from the past to form visions of the future, his cross-media method of working has been hugely influential on subsequent generations of artists in China. Wang Mai has lead both group, multi-media performance pieces, and uses installation work to voice broader concerns, such as “Petro-Monsters”, which comments on the global energy crisis.