© 2008 - 2009 Shao Foundation
CROSSTALK Beijing is a new kind of conversation programme conceived and presented by Shao Foundation. We invite artists, scientists, thinkers, architects, designers, historians, sociologists, anthropologists, futurists and software developers to a lecture or conference setting, confronting them with the live feedback from the audience—local and remote—through the use of new web technology known as 'Micro-blogging'. The event is free.
[CROSSTALK Beijing #6]
Traces: Liu Xiaodong
3:00pm—5:00pm, September 19, 2009
CROSSTALK Beijing # 6 echoes the exhibition "Traces: Liu Xiaodong". Liu Xiaodong, curator Wu Hung and Ou Ning discussed the individual creation history of Liu Xiaodong and why we need to collect and display art archives.
[CROSSTALK Beijing #5]
Public Space as Side Effect: The End of Neo-Liberalism
3:00pm—5:00pm, August 30, 2009
The CROSSTALK Beijing # 5 echos the retrospective of Ying Liang. Film critics Chiao Hsiung Ping， Shu Kei, Cui Weiping and Du Qingchun joined the discussion with Ying Liang on art value of these film and how film directors with extremely low budget can survive today.
[CROSSTALK Beijing #4]
Public Space as Side Effect: The End of Neo-Liberalism
— a talk by Scott Lash
3:00pm—5:00pm, May 21, 2009
CROSSTALK Beijing #4 features Professor Scott Lash from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Taking issue with Ma Qingyun's statement that there's no public space in China, Lash examines the possibility of different kind of public space in China in the context of the financial crisis since late 2008, and the implications such a space will have on urbanism, arts and new media.
[CROSSTALK Beijing #3]
Social Space and The Post-'80s Generation
3:00pm—6:00pm, Mar 27, 2009
Moderated by renowned writer Leung Man Tao, CROSSTALK Beijing #3 brings out an under-presented facet of balinghou—the urban Chinese born after 1980, who engage themselves socially via writing and activism.
[CROSSTALK Beijing #2]
Reflection of Times:
From Industrialisation to Urbanisation
4:00pm—6:00pm, Feb 28, 2009
Film director Jia Zhangke, poet / screenwriter Zhai Yongming and film critics participate in a discussion about Jia's feature 24 City.
[CROSSTALK Beijing #1]
Lijiang Studio:
Experiments in the New Countryside Lab
Jay Brown, director of Lijiang Studio, talks about the artistic and agricultural experiments they carry out at the Lashihai area of Lijiang, Yunnan province, China.
- Shao Foundation is soon to hold the Liu Xiaodong Documenta. All preparations are going on schedule. 2:00 PM Sep 10th
- Sichuan Chronicles + CROSSTALK Beijing #5 will be held at 5 pm, Aug 30th, 2009. Beijing Angel Modern Art, 4/F, Tower 1, Zhongguo Hongjie, Jia 2 Gongti Dong Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing. 1:47 PM Aug 30th
- Sichuan Chronicles: a Ying Liang retrospective will start in August, 2009. We welcome you to attend. 1:50 AM Aug 15th
- Jul 18, the '09 SZHK Biennale curatorial teams from SZ & HK met in HK and discussed how to cooperate better and do a real Bi-city Biennale. 1:47 AM Jul 19th
- The 3rd Academic Committee meeting of '09 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture was successfully held yesterday. 1:46 AM Jul 19th