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| CRITICAL MEMBRANE PROJECT AT THE 2016 YINCHUAN BIENNALE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 'GATE OF THE SUN: BETWEEN THE MOUNTAIN AND THE RIVER' SEPTEMBER 10 AND 11, 2016. |
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‘Gate of the Sun- Between the Mountain and the River’.The title is a reference to the seminal work of Palestinian writer Elias Khoury whose novel of the same name is without a beginning or an end. In other words, the concept suggests the end is the beginning, beginning is the end. |
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Gate of the Sun Between the Mountain and the River Day 1: 10th Sep Session 1（90mins: 10:30-12:00） Title: Now is the Only Place Where Things Can Actually Happen Santiago Zabala with Martin Woessner Session 2（60mins: 14:00-15:00） Title: Beyond the Biennale: The Shifting Peripheries of The Grand Narrative Damian Christinger, Bala Starr, Wang Chunchen and Li Zhenhua Session 3（100mins: 15:35-17:15） Staying with the Trouble: Transformative Visual Cultures, Speculative Storytelling, & Manifestos of Response-ability in the Anthropocene Heather Davis, Lissette Olivares, Craig Yee and Maya Kovskya Day 2: 11th Sep Session 4（95mins: 10:30-12:05） Title: What Will You Do With the Gift of The Rest of YourLeft Life? Boedi Wadjaja, Shuruq Harb, Mary Ellen Carroll, David Kaiza and Manoj Nair Session 5（45mins: 14:00-15:35） Pro/Found: Art as Obscure Objects Picked Up Randomly and Life as Discarding Things Precisely Andrew Miller, Tim Silver with Dave Allen Session 6 （30mins: 15:35-16:05） Title: Artifacts as Accessories/Cultural Appropriation or Accidental Racism Lisa Reihana Session 7（100mins: 16:35-18:15） Title: Nakbah to Naqash: Catatstrophe to Creation! ShaheenMerali with Tavares Stracham, Jeanno Gaussi and RiyasKomu 'Critical Membrane' project was a part of ecological cultural theorist and curator Maya Kovskaya's presentation and a panel discussion on the 'provocations of the Anthropocene' on 10th September 2016. The panel also included Heather Davis, Lissette Olivares and Craig Yee. 'Staying With The Trouble: Transformative Visual Cultures, Speculative Storytelling and Manifestos of Response-ability in the Anthropocene'. Panelists: Maya Kovskaya Heather Davis Craig Yee Lissette Olivares |
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