A visitor looking at art works of Chinese artist Wang Yue during art exhibition 'Get It Louder' in Beijing. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG.
BEIJING.- Launched in 2005, Get It Louder
is China's most influential and closely-watched exhibition of emerging,
young talent across creative disciplines. Following the 2005 and 2007
editions, this year's multi-venue event will bring together more than
100 of the most promising Chinese and international participants from
fields spanning art and design to music, film and, for the first time,
literature. 2010 Get It Louder opens in Beijing on September 19 (through
October 10), before traveling to Shanghai (October 22-November 7).
Under the direction of event founder Ou Ning, chief curator of last
year's Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism /
Architecture, 2010 Get It Louder will explore the theme of SHARISM. In
the context of the Web 2.0 and social media, cloud intelligence, Twitter
and other phenomena, SHARISM examines the increasingly convoluted
relationship between public and private realms. More broadly, it touches
upon issues of collaboration, individual agency and collective action,
while serving as a site for negotiating communal space, both virtual and
real.
2010 Get It Louder will feature participants from China (including
Hong Kong and Taiwan), Europe and the United States, alongside an array
of special projects. A highlight is the Get It Louder pavilion, a
freestanding structure designed by the New York firm SO-IL, that will
host events including artist talks, workshops, film screenings and
performances. Other featured projects include a Black Box space for
creating "on-the-spot literature;" a performance of the International
Necronautical Society Declaration on Inauthenticity by Simon Critchley
and renowned novelist Tom McCarthy; an exhibition of
specially-commissioned collaborations between leading, young Chinese
fashion designers and photographers, organized by the indie magazine
Too; an art-fashion crossover installation by celebrated British graphic
designer Neville Brody and Chinese fashion designer Masha Ma; a
three-day literary conference, called Exposure Anxiety, in Beijing; and a
one-day Sharism Forum, in Shanghai, with panel discussions and lectures
exploring the exhibition's main theme.
Led by Ou, this year's Get It Louder is curated by a six-member
team: Fu Xiaodong (art; Beijing); Aric Chen (design; New York/Beijing);
Jiancui (music; Beijing); Ying Liang (film; Shanghai/Zigong); Eric
Abrahamsen (literature; Seattle/Beijing); and Xu Yazhu (Taiwan section;
Taipei/Beijing). The exhibition designers are Xu Yijing and Neill Gaddes
of SANS (Auckland, New Zealand), while the visual identity is by
Imagine Wong (Shenzhen).
