TrAIN Open Lecture: China. Three Degrees of Separation
Tuesday 11 March 2008, 17:00 to 18:00
Lecture Theatre, Chelsea College of Art & Design. All Welcome
The lecture will be introduced by Sonya Dyer (The Chelsea Programme) and include discussions
between the artists about their work and the special edition of Ctrl+P And Now China? For those
attending the talk, Chelsea Future Space is a short bus ride away. Directions will be given on the
night.
Publication Launch:
And Now China? A special issue of Ctrl+P Journal of Contemporary Art will
be launched at both events. The issue supported by The Chelsea Programme was edited in
anticipation of China Now, Britain’s ‘largest festival of Chinese arts’ and asks: what place is there
for critical voices within current hegemonic interests in China and contemporary Chinese Art? The
issue is co-edited by Judy Freya Sibayan and Erika Tan, and includes texts by Hans Ulrich Obrist,
Oscar Ho, Patrick D. Flores, Lee Weng Choy, Kelly Baum, Andrew Maerkle, Thomas J. Berghuis,
David Cross, Neferti X. Tadiar & Jonathan Beller, Marian Pastor Roces, Lee Wen, Ken Lum, Katy
Deepwell, Caroline Turner, Saskia Sassen, Eliza Tan, Neil Stewart and Sonya Dyer. And Now
China? will also be available during the exhibition.