As a prologue to UCCA’s upcoming 2013 exhibition “ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice,” SEE / SAW presents many of the individual artists to be included in ON | OFF within the context of Chinese contemporary art’s most recent collaborative efforts. For this iterative project, which examines the production processes and decisions involved in creative collaborations, fourteen invited artist groups will rotate in and out of a shared space. Selectively juxtaposed, the collectives each independently conceive week-long exhibitions, many of which occur outside of their allotted space. In focusing on the concept of the “group,” SEE / SAW explores notions of co-dependence and reaction, and viewers are encouraged to observe how the exhibition’s weekly reincarnations may or may not play off one another.

Participating collectives include Double Fly Art Center, A Diaodui, Museum of the Unknown, Zuzhi, North Village Independent Workshop, Irrelevant Commission, 8mg, TOF, Art Praxis Space, LVXIAO, Nanshan Painting Group, GUEST, Hexie Baroque, and Cell Art Group.

Throughout the ON | OFF exhibition period, UCCA will hold a series of public programs in which different artists and collectives are invited to join dialogues themed around ideas of self-organization and self-expression.

On December 11th, we will invite young artists from Art Praxis Space, TOF, and Utopia Art Group to our join our dialogue, hosted by curator Paula Tsai.

Artists group introduction

Art Praxis Space

Conceived by Chen Jianjun in Chengdu in 2009, launched along with Cao Minghao, and now including Chen Zhou, Art Praxis Space presents a collection of video works, which collectively present a portrait of past and present residents of Kunshan, marking the effects of urbanization on countless members of the Yangtze River Delta’s agricultural communities.

TOF

TOF, created by Jin Feng and Ding Li in Shanghai in 2011, here explores the collaborative process by mounting a live stream of an inter-active project the collective is simultaneously holding in Shanghai, forming an exhibition that incorporates spaces and people from beyond its walls.

UTOPIA

This series is sponsored by Mercedes- smart

Cheng Jianjun (Art Praxis Space)

Jin Feng (TOF)

Ding Li (TOF)

Deng Dafei (Utopia)