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Prompts & Triggers
dal 27/6/2012 al 18/8/2012

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Jessie Hocks


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Qiu Zhijie



 
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27/6/2012

Prompts & Triggers

Witte de With, Rotterdam

Blueprints (2012). For the second edition of Prompts & Triggers, Qiu Zhijie draws from major political and historical narratives to produce large-scale, ink-based maps and diagrams.


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Artist Qiu Zhijie (b. 1969, Fujian Province, China) 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.

Shanghai Biennale Curatorial Presentation: Thursday 28 June 2012, at 6 pm.
Following an introduction by Qiu Zhijie, artist and the Artistic Director of the 9th Shanghai Biennale, this event brings together select curators of participating City Pavilions to discuss and make transparent their thoughts on the framework of the 9th Shanghai Biennale. Participants include Defne Ayas (Director, Witte de With), Laura Barreca (Researcher at the University of Studies of Palermo and independent curator), Chris Fitzpatrick (Director, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerpen), Henk Slager (Head of the Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design), Davide Quadrio (Director, Arthub Asia), with Charles Esche (Director, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven) as a respondent.

About Prompts & Triggers:
26 April 2012 - 6 January 2013
A series of propositions and a discursive program.

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 makes use of the schooling environment space on the 2nd floor designed by Studio Miessen.

View the artist at work: 26 - 28 June 2012, from 12 to 6 pm.
Free guided tours Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 June, at 3 pm by the Curator of Education Programs

Press contact:
Jessie Hocks or Angélique Kool T: +31 (0)10 4110144 F: +31 (0)10 4117924 press@wdw.nl

Opening: Thursday 28 June 2012, from 5 to 8 pm.

Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art (3rd Floor)
Witte de Withstraat 50 - 3012 BR Rotterdam
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Closed on Mondays and during installation periods.
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