Screening and panel on institutional critique by Chinese artists in London, with expert discussion and audience Q&A

Screening and panel on institutional critique by Chinese artists in London, with expert discussion and audience Q&A

This screening/panel showcases videos by the mainland China-based artists, Yique and Xu Ziyi. Both videos involve site-specific institutional critiques: in Yique's case an intervention with the graffiti zone at East London's Brick Lane (which became a focus for intense media interest and online); and in Xu's with the capital's National Gallery and a recent protest event there. The talk will be with Yique 一鹊 and Xu Ziyi 徐子奕 with Professor Paul Gladston

About the event series

This series of screenings/panel discussions accompanying the SOAS Gallery exhibition ‘In-/Visible Spectrums: Contemporary Video Art from the Sinosphere’ showcases contemporary video artworks by Sinophone artists along with in-depth discussions about their making and significance with the artists and experts in the field of Chinese contemporary art studies. The screened artworks are aesthetically and technically diverse. They also address a range of issues, including institutional critique, patriarchy, resistance to authority, queer identity, social control, climate change and well-being. Panel discussions at the screenings will be followed by extended audience Q&A.

The videos featured in this series of screenings contrast aesthetically in many cases with those included in the exhibition ‘In-/Visible Spectrums.’ While all the videos in the exhibition are lyrical, poetic and conceptually abstract most of those featured in the screenings involve more explicit narratives and/or forms of social engagement.

The exhibition and screenings/panels produced and financially supported by the University of New South Wales Judith Neilson Chair of Contemporary Art (JNCCA).

Header image: East London Core Socialist Value (2023), Single-channel video, colour, sound, 46’00’’ by Yique