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EXHIBITION Prompts & Triggers  BLUEPRINTS Qiu Zhijie 28 June - 19 August 2012 Opening: Thursday 28 June 2012, from 5 to 8 pm. Artist Talk with select 9th Shanghai Biennale city pavillion curators: Thursday 28 June 2012, at 6 pm. View the artist at work: 26 – 28 June 2012, from 12 to 6 pm. On Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 June we invite you to join a guided tour at 3 pm.
Qiu Zhijie (b. 1969, Fujian Province, China) one of China's most versatile artists, draws from major political and historical narratives to produce large-scale ink-based maps and diagrams. From Confucianism to Enlightenment, Qiu Zhijie charts new paths, centers, nodes and relationships, scrutinizing the mutable boundaries that outline histories of world thought. Qiu Zhijie developed these series of mappings of the contemporary world based on several concepts that are summarized in the following maps: Map of 21st century; Map of Utopia; Map of Total Art; Map of Chinese History; Map of Nanjing Yangzi River and Map of Spirit Renew. Thursday 28 June 2012, 6 pm. Following an introduction by Qiu Zhijie, visual artist and also the Artistic Director of the 9thShanghai Biennale, this event brings together Shanghai Biennale city pavilion curators to discuss and make transparent their thoughts behind the framework of the Biennale. Participants include Laura Barreca (Researcher at the University of Studies of Palermo and independent curator), Davide Quadrio (Director, Arthub Asia), Henk Slager (Head of the Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design), Chris Fitzpatrick (Director Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp) with Charles Esche (Director, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven) as a respondent. With an introduction by Defne Ayas (Director, Witte de With). About Prompts & Triggers 26 April 2012 – 6 January 2013 Prompt & Triggers is a series of propositions by visual artists from across the globe that activates reflections on the notion of civilization and enables possibilities for comparative readings. Presented in the form of installations, library projects and a discursive program, this multitude of propositions work with urgent topics that pertain to the current European context, such as religion or the emergence of China in the global economy. Prompts & Triggers invites visitors to join in a new shared cultural ritual in which dialogue is pivotal. Prompts & Triggers began on 26 April 2012 with Meriç Algün Ringborg’s work Line No. 2 (Holy Bible) (2012) and is now followed by Qiu Zhijie’s Blueprints(2012). Prompts & Triggers takes place on Witte de With’s 3rd floor and also makes use of the schooling environment space on the 2nd floor designed by Studio Miessen.
Prompts & Triggers TALK   God Never Left The City Talk by Siebe Thissen   Saturday 16 June, 4pm Historian and philosopher Siebe Thissen traces religious narratives within the history of the city of Rotterdam. Rotterdam’s rapid population growth since the 1880’s and its transformation from a provincial town of artisans into a working class industrial city fueled new religious battlefields. costs: €3,-/€1,50 concessions Read more
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