BLAST! VISIONS AND SOUNDS 2016
Event Date：09/10/2016 Event Venue：No.888 Hanshan Rd , Changning District , Shanghai
BLAST! VISIONS AND SOUNDS 2016
After the success of its first edition in 2015 and international presentations in Paris at Asia Now and at Caffe Internazionale in Palermo, BLAST! is again on show for Art In The City Festival from September 9th to October 9th at K11, as well as five additional venues across Shanghai, CREATER SPACE, MIX PLACE, MoCA Pavilion,HU BAR & LOUNGE and CITIC PLAZA.
BLAST! is an open call addressed to anyone over the age of 18, disseminated through a variety of platforms and social media. The project provides a stage for artists, creatives and free thinkers to promote their new media works. It is a space for all to discover the emerging creativity of Asia.
BLAST! Visions is dedicated to moving image, animation, cartoons, computer-generated videos, interactivity, and beyond. BLAST! Sounds – launched this year – seeks new music, including acoustic, electronic, experimental, noise, pop, rock, found or environmental… anything goes. The project hopes to increase international awareness about the multiplicity of sound and image production.
WINNING ARTISTS
▲ Wang Huagang (China), A Normative Noctivagation
The winners of the 2016 edition of BLAST! Visions are:
1. Lin Wanshan (China), Yi
2. Wang Huagang (China), A Normative Noctivagation
3. Chen Xi (China), Deep Space Artist
4. Andrew Stooke (Great Britain), Touch
5. Lu Su (China), 197.97.26.59
6. Wei Qi and Wang Shiying (China), Lang
7. Weng Xuyan (China), Xing Zou
8. Tiger Chengliang Cai (China), Tower of Sand
The winners of the 2016 edition of BLAST! Sounds are:
1. Ma Shengzhe (China), Indigo No.6
2. Andrew Stooke (Great Britain), Suitcase
3. Li Huihui (China), Diabolica
4. Huang Cheng (China), 19 Yuan
5. Zhao Shinuan (China), Deep Freeze
6. Riar Rizaldi (Indonesia), SIGNAL (For Video Feedback Performance)
7. Johanes M.H. Handjono (Indonesia), Piece for Bass & Metal Sheets
8. Xinniang (China), Wedding March
BLAST! is organized by Arthub in collaboration with Art In The City and Flatmind.
Arthub and Art In The City will present a series of talks in conjunction with BLAST! and TAKE ME OUT at various locations across Shanghai throughout the month of September.
Location: B3, chi K11 art museum
The Art of Noise
Date: Saturday, September 10th, 2016 from 17:30 – 19:00 PM
Speakers:
Xu Cheng, sound artist
Andrew Stooke, artist, writer, educater, BLAST! finalist
Li Huihui, BLAST! finalist
Moderator: Massimo Torrigiani, Creative director and curator of Art in the City.
Language: English-Chinese Intertranslation
The talk brings together interdisciplinary practioners from the field of sound art to discuss the physicality and transportive nature of sound. Since the incorporation of digital technology into sound art the discipline has undergone a radical transformation. Panelists will explore the impact of actively listening to the natural soundscapes around us.
Between Disciplines: Crafting New Cartographies of Perception
Date: Sunday, September 11th, 2016 from 17:30 – 19:00 PM
Speakers:
Fritz Huang, General Manager Assistant at K11 Art Foundation
Magda Danysz, gallerist, writer, researcher
Zhang Yuan, theater curator, producer, performer
Moderator: Chao Jiaxing, curator
Language: Chinese
The talk aims to assess how the works on display meld art, design and technology in an effort to construct a new map of visual perception. The objects in TAKE ME OUT challenge our comprehension of the spaces within which we view art. Circularly, we continue to re-purpose and re-imagine objects and artwork in accordance with our evolving societal needs.
Location: CREATER SPACE, 888 Huashan Road, near Wukang Road
Moving Image: A Model for the Contemporary
Date: Sunday, September 11th, 2016 from 14:30 – 16:00 PM
Speakers:
Miltos Manetas, new media artist
Ying Shao, NOWNESS China manager
Andrew Stooke, artist, writer, educater, BLAST! finalist
Moderator: Davide Quadrio, Founder and director of Arthub, curator of Art In The City
Language: English-Chinese Intertranslation
The panel will address how the advancement of digital media and technology has not only impacted artistic creation, but also the methods in which consumers are engaging with their surroundings. The way we travel, shop, date, learn, play and work continue to evolve as our devices becoming increasingly interactive—thus creating the perfect user experience. The panelists will explore the link between commercial standards for marketing and communication, and how these developments have impacted the world of contemporary art.
The talk will be followed by a special presentation by Miltos Manetas and his new media work related to Pokémon, an ongoing series the artist started in 2000. The work will also present on Arthub’s Screening Program at the end of September, with an interview and text by Videotage’s Ellen Pau and Phoebe Wong.
Find out more about the jury of professionals from the fields of digital and contemporary art that selected this year’s BLAST! finalists.
BLAST! VISIONS
Davide Quadrio (chair of the jury) is curator and Artistic Director of Art In The City, Founder and Director of Arthub.
aaajiao is the online handle of Xu Wenkai, a Shanghai-based new media artist, avid blogger and free thinker. The perfect alignment between the vivid SciTech-driven imagination and the sometimes-poetic sophistication is frequently seen as the main theme of aaajiao’s work.
Lisa Garrison is Director of the Lumen Prize Exhibition, an international touring exhibition for emerging digital artists, responsible for worldwide partnerships and serving on the International Selection Committee. With a strong focus on contemporary photography, she is a member of the Tate Photography Committee, on the Advisory Board of Photo London and affiliated with The Photographers’ Gallery, London.
Roberto Gianstefani is the founder and director of FLATMIND Video Productions. Roberto has 13 years of experience in filmmaking and multimedia contents, having curated a huge variety of corporate and creative projects for different companies and institutions.
Miltos Manetas is a multimedia artist currently living a nomadic life. Manetas has created internet art, as well as paintings of contemporary artifacts like cables, computers, videogames and Internet websites.
Shaway Yeh is Group Style Editorial Director of publishing company Modern Media Group and Editorial Director of Modern Weekly, China’s most influential lifestyle publication. She launched iFASHION, the first video-based fashion mobile app in China. Listed as Business of Fashion’s 500, she is recognized as a key person shaping the global fashion industry.
Ying Shao is the China Manager of NOWNESS, the global video channel screening the best in culture. She leads the NOWNESS China team in content curation and collaborations.
BLAST! SOUNDS
Massimo Torrigiani (chair of the jury) is creative director and curator of Art In The City.
Ho Tzu Nyen makes films, videos and theatrical performances that re-construct and re-imagine philosophical and historical texts and artifacts. He has presented his artworks and performances internationally in many important museums, including Guggenheim Bilbao, Mori Art Museum, Moscow Biennale, Shanghai Biennale, Kunsten Festivaldes Arts, Cannes Film Festival, and Venice Film Festival.
Wok The Rock is an artist and cultural activist, working across the fields of contemporary art, design and music.
Samson Young is a sound artist and composer. He trained in music, philosophy and gender studies at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Zhou Zihan is a performance and audiovisual artist. He started his creative career as a photographer and later engaged in comprehensive visual art projects, live music performances, and theatrical works.