百米犀牛——城市隐形记

Gray Rhino City - A History of Urban Invisibility

How alive is the wild growth in the current urban context of Beijing? How do individual artists respond to this with their artistic practice? And how do they connect their current work with the earlier spatial practices of their predecessors in Beijing?

On January 7 and 8, 2023, the Institute for Provocation, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Beijing, will organize a series of events on "Gray Rhino City" as part of the "Teahouse798" project, with lectures, film screenings, exhibition, interactive workshops, and a winter mapping to explore and investigate the above topics.

The event will begin on January 7 with a conversation with artist Zhao Tianji, who will talk about the four "Hysteria" projects she curated. In the lecture that follows, curator Song Yi will present his own observations and those of artist Ye Su, made this spring in Pingfang Village and Dongba Country Park, analyzing particularities of urban change in Beijing that deserve special attention. In particular, he will introduce Ye Su's latest work, the giant interactive mural "Gray Rhino City," which will be presented in the rooms of the Goethe-Institut. It was inspired by a gray rhino-like scrawl on an unnamed street in Dongba, Beijing's Chaoyang district ("gray rhino" is a metaphor for the risk of social crisis). The interactive mural will be on view at the Goethe-Institut from January 7 to February 11, 2023, and all are invited to participate in its creation.

The traces of the "gray rhinoceros" accidentally discovered by Ye Su represent the city's creativity - both artistic and not-so-artistic - and can come from artists* as well as ordinary people. The following day, January 8, Song Yi and Ye Su will take participants to Pingfang Village and Dongba Country Park for mapping, hoping to find, tell, and disseminate more stories about the "gray rhino" there.

As part of the project "Teahouse 798" -

Gray Rhino City - A History of Urban Invisibility.

Lectures, film screening, exhibition, workshop, mapping 

Organizer: Institute for Provocation, Goethe-Institut China

Lectures, film screening, workshop

Time: 07.01.2023, 14:00 - 17:00

Guests: Ye Su (artist), Zhao Tianji (artist), Song Yi (curator), Hu Wei (artist), Liu Chenrui (artist), Han Wuzhou (artist), Chen Shuyu (curator)

Language: Chinese with Chinese sign language

Venue: Goethe-Institut China (Originality Square, 798 Art District, Jiuxianqiao Road No. 2, Chaoyang District, Beijing)

Free admission. To attend, please scan the QR code below.  First come, first served. Registration start time: 12/28/2022, 10:30 p.m.

 

City Mapping

City Mapping 

Led by Song Yi and Ye Su.

Time: 08.01.2023, 13:00 - 16:00

Meeting point: Chaoxinjiayuan bus stop (West 2nd entrance of Dongba Country Park, Chaoyang District, Beijing).

 Interactive exhibition "Gray Rhino City"

Duration of the exhibition: 07.01.2023 - 11.02.2023, Tuesday - Sunday, 12:00 - 18:00

Location: Goethe-Institut China

Admission free

在当下北京的城市情境里，野蛮生长的活力是怎么样的？个体艺术家在展览中如何以创作回应？同时，又如何与此前艺术家们在北京的空间实践相衔接？2023年1月7和8日，在“798茶馆”项目框架下，激发研究所（Institute for Provocation）与北京德国文化中心·歌德学院（中国）合作，举办包括讲座、放映、展览、工作坊互动和冬季mapping在内的系列活动“百米犀牛：城市隐形记”（Gray Rhino City），旨在对上述问题进行探讨和调研。

1月7日，活动将以艺术家赵天汲对自己所策划的四期“撒癔症”（Hysteria）项目进行讲述、回顾和对话开始。在随后的讲座中，策展人宋轶介绍自己和艺术家耶苏今年春天在平房村、东坝郊野公园的观察，并对北京城市变化中当前值得注意的特点进行分析。他将特别介绍到耶苏即将在歌德学院空间展示的最新创作——互动式巨型壁画“百米犀牛”，该作品灵感源自北京朝阳区东坝某无名街道上一处酷似犀牛的灰色涂痕。这一互动式壁画于1月7日至2月11日期间在歌德学院空间展出，邀请所有感兴趣的公众参与创作。

工作坊期间，耶苏将邀请观众互动：随着留言和涂鸦逐渐增加，最终完成与艺术家的合作。

耶苏偶然间发现的痕迹“灰犀牛”，代表着这座城市里既像艺术又不像艺术的那些创造力，它们可以来自艺术家之手，也可以来自更广泛的人群。1月8日，宋轶和耶苏还将带领报名参与的志愿者，实地前往平房村和东坝郊野公园展开mapping，希望和大家一起来寻找、讲述、传播更多关于“灰犀牛”的故事。

“798茶馆”系列活动百米犀牛：城市隐形记——

讲座，放映，展览，工作坊，Mapping

主办：激发研究所，北京德国文化中心·歌德学院（中国）

活动安排讲座，放映，工作坊互动时间：2023年1月7日，14:00 – 17:00地点：北京德国文化中心·歌德学院（中国）嘉宾：耶苏（艺术家），赵天汲（艺术家），宋轶（策展人），胡伟（艺术家）、刘成瑞（艺术家）、韩五洲（艺术家），陈淑瑜（策展人）语言：中文，中文手语

冬季城市Mapping

时间：2023年1月8日，13:00 – 16:00左右策划/组织：宋轶，耶苏集合地点：“朝新嘉园“公交站（北京市朝阳区东坝郊野公园西2门）免费。

互动式壁画“百米犀牛”

展期：2023年1月7日至2月11日，周二至周日，12:00 – 18:00地点：北京德国文化中心·歌德学院（中国）地址：北京市朝阳区酒仙桥路2号798艺术区创意广场 免费参与