"EVERYTHING MUST GO" Session I: Independent Forms

"清仓"（系列论坛之一）：独立形式

What is the conceptual space being created by self-organized art projects?
什么是自主组织的艺术项目所创建的概念空间？
How can we talk about an alternative value system for art in China?
我们如何去谈论中国艺术的替代价值体系？
If collaboration is the answer, what is the question?
如果答案是合作，问题又是什么？

参与者: 倪海峰 Ni Haifeng
陈劭雄 Chen Shaoxiong
皮力 Pi Li
Waling Boers

主持人: 姚嘉善 Pauline Yao

Introduction:
论坛简介：

Is there an alternative value system for art in China?
中国艺术是否存在替代价值体系？
EVERYTHING MUST GO is an evolving series of conversations and workshops designed to confront key issues in contemporary art production and reception. Situated inside the exhibition “Glass Factory” at Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, EVERYTHING MUST GO attempts to bring together artists, curators, critics and writers in an informal platform that addresses the current commercially-saturated status of contemporary art and possible strategies for art production in the new financial era. Borrowing a familiar sales slogan from the marketplace, the title EVERYTHING MUST GO points to the energetic and frenzied spirit of consumerism while also hinting at darker connotations of urgency and finality. It is representative of a moment in capitalism in which stock is cleared in order to make room for something new.
“清仓”是专门针对当代艺术生产和接受中的关键问题而设计的递进式的谈话和工作坊系列项目。“清仓”是一个置入伊比利亚当代艺术中心“玻璃工厂”展览现场的开放论坛，尝试将艺术家、策展人、批评家、艺术写作者邀入一个非正式的对话平台，共同讨论今天已被商业精神全面渗透的当代艺术的现状，并寻求新金融时代艺术生产策略新的可能。借用一条熟悉的市场推销广告语，标题“清仓”将矛头指向消费主义狂热躁动的本质，同时也提示出这种迫切与终局背后的黑暗寓义，它代表着资本主义流通过程中的某个时刻——旧的商品被清空，新的商品即将到来。
EVERYTHING MUST GO is organized by Pauline J. Yao
“清仓”项目组织者是独立策展人姚嘉善。


注：
展览“玻璃工厂——新金融时代的中国艺术”关注艺术生产和艺术流通中的各个环节以及衍生形式；独立策展人姚嘉善曾出版与该领域相关的专著：《生产模式：透视中国当代艺术》。