展览日期：2018,01,06–2018,02,11
开幕酒会：2018,01,06 15:00-18:00（星期六）
出品：千高原艺术空间 1000+
艺术家：aaajiao(徐文恺）
作品媒介：装置
展览地点：四川省成都市高新区盛邦街，铁像寺水街南广场，千高原艺术空间
电话：+ 86 - (0) 28 8512 6358
邮箱：info@1000plateaus.org
2018年1月6日，千高原艺术空间的1000+实验项目空间将启动新年的第一个计划，带来艺术家aaajiao的个人项目“暴食／Gluttony”。千高原的实验项目空间以新锐艺术家的实验性创作为主，不追求作品与主题的成熟度或完整性，而是以更加开放的姿态，探索创作与展示的可能性，并努力带来特殊的观展体验。
aaajiao，是年轻艺术家徐文恺的化名，也是他虚构的网络分身。他于1984年出生于中国最古老城市之一的西安，现生活和工作在上海与柏林两地。aaajiao的创作结合了浓重的反乌托邦意识，以及对文人精神的反思。他的很多作品都致力于探索新的科技和媒体影响之下的文化与社会现象。作品涵盖了社交媒体写作，数据处理，以及网络和移动媒介下的新美学景观，将今天中国特殊的社交媒体文化和科技带入了国际艺术的讨论当中。
aaajiao的创作跨越不同的媒介，且数量和形态都非常丰富。在2017年，他的作品主要有影像作品“档案糖纸”，“进度条”，“柱”，“糖纸”，“乱数假文”；装置作品“404”，“水侧.石油”，“膜化”；声音装置“集群行为”；Gif动画作品“头像”等十余件，都围绕着以网络及其视觉和文化现象为基础的，对社会学话题，或者视觉与图像形态的探索。而在2018年的伊始，“Gluttony / 暴食”作为新的1000+ 实验项目将在千高原艺术空间继续这一线索，探究“作为自我的观察者将如何与吞噬痛苦的暴食自我相处？”，此项目从属于“Membranization / 膜化系列”——从使用机器，到与机器共谋，甚至被机器所挟持，人类的情绪在面对机器时发生着微妙的变化，记录这些变化已经无法使用那些腐烂发酵的社交媒体，一些材料的组合却能够清晰刻画些许情绪的轮廓，材料本身的轻质属性同样暗示着情绪的隐蔽性。
aaajiao的创作作品频繁展出于全球的美术馆和艺术机构，例如：《1989年到今天：网络时代的艺术》，美国波士顿当代艺术中心ICA Boston，2018；《非真实》，瑞士巴塞尔电子艺术之家（HeK），2017；《身体·媒体II》，上海当代艺术博物馆，2017；《上海种子》，2017；《带我走（我是你的）》（由Hans Ulrich Obrist与Jens Hoffmann策展），美国纽约犹太人美术馆，2016；《时间转向：当代亚洲的艺术与思辨》，美国堪萨斯斯班塞美术馆，2016；《波普之上》，上海余德耀美术馆，2016；《黑客空间》（由Hans Ulrich Obrist与Amira Gad策展），香港K11艺术基金会临时空间及上海chi K11美术馆，2016；《全方位：全控制和言论控制》，德国ZKM卡尔斯鲁厄艺术与媒体中心，2015；《齐物等观——2014国际新媒体艺术三年展》，北京中国国家美术馆，2014，等。
Gluttony - Aaajiao Solo Project
Duration: 06.01.2018 – 02.11.2018
Opening: 06.01.2018,15:00-18:00, Saturday
Organizer: A Thousand Plateaus Art Space 1000+
Artists: aaajiao (Xu Wenkai)
Media: Installation
Venue: A Thousand Plateaus Art Space, SouthSquare, Tiexiang Temple Riverfront, Shengbang Street,
High-tech Development Zone, Chengdu, China
Tel: + 86 - (0) 28 8512 6358
E-mail: info@1000plateaus.org
On 06.01.2018, the 1000+ Experimental Project Space ofA Thousand Plateaus Art Space will launch the first new-year plan with a soloproject - “Gluttony” from the artist Aaajiao. Instead of pursuing the maturityand integrity, this Experimental Project Space focuses on the experimentalcomposition of emerging artists with a more open attitude to explore thepossibility of the creation and presentation and to strive for a uniqueexhibition experience.
Aaajiao, is the pseudonym of the young artist Xu Wenkai and the avatarof his virtual network. He was born in 1984 in one of China’s oldest cities,Xi’an, but now lives and works in Shanghai and Berlin. The composition ofAajiao contains a strong dystopian awareness and a profound reflection onliterati spirits and sophistications. Many of his works are devoted to theexploration of cultural and social phenomena around the influence of newtechnology and media. These works, ranging from the social media writing andthe data processing to the new aesthetic landscape through the Internet andmobile media, bring the special Chinese social media culture and technology theinternational art discussions.
The composition of Aaajiao also crosses different medias with itsabundant number and forms. In 2017, he composed the video work of"archives, Candy Wrappers", “Progress Bar”, "Column","Candy Wrappers", and "Lorem Ipsum"; the installation of"404 Installation", " Water Measure - Petroleum", and"Membranization"; the sound installation of "CollectiveBehavior"; as well as the Gif animation work of "Avatar” and more.Based on the online network and its visual and cultural phenomenon, these worksare all attempt to explore the sociology and the visual and image morphology.
In the beginning of 2018, "Gluttony " as a new 1000+ experimentalproject will continue this clue in thousand plateau art space, and explore “howself as an observer gets along with the self devouring the pain through thegluttony?”. This new solo project, belongs to the "Membranization” series-- from the use of machines, to the collusion of machines, and even to be held hostageby the machines, there are subtle changes of human emotions in terms of facingthe machines. It is unable to use these rotten fermentations of social media torecord those changes, however, the combination of some materials clearly depictsthe emotional contours, and the light properties of the material itself alsoimplies the disguised emotions.
Aaajiao’s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions around theworld, upcoming and recent shows include “Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989to Today”, The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston (2018); “unREAL”,Haus der elektronischen Künste, Basel (2017); “Shanghai Project Part II”,Shanghai (2017); “Temporal Turn: Art and Speculation in Contemporary Asia”,Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas (2016); “Take Me (I’m Yours)” (curated by HansUlrich Obrist, Jens Hoffmann and Kelly Taxter), Jewish Museum, New York (2016);“Overpop”, Yuz Museum, Shanghai (2016); “Hack Space” (curated by Hans UlrichObrist and Amira Gad), K11 Art Foundation Pop-up Space, Hong Kong and chi K11art museum, Shanghai (2016); “Globale: Global Control and Censorship”, ZKM |Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe (2015); “Thingworld International Triennialof New Media Art”, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing (2014); andTransmediale, Berlin (2010). His solo exhibition includes: “Remnants of anElectronic Past”, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester (2016); OCATContemporary Art Terminal Xi’an, Xi’an (2016), among others.
