Independent Art Spaces
Fourth Edition
Launch of IAS Map 2019 affirms cohesion, resilience of capital’s alternative spaces
With:
Aotuspace 凹凸空间 / Arrow Factory 箭厂空间 / A2 space / Bunker 掩体空间 / Cache Space 缓存空间 / De Art Center 的|艺术中心 / DRC No.12外交公寓12号 / Institute for Provocation (IFP) 激发研究所 / I pai Hutong 一派胡同 /
I: project space / Minority Space 少数派空间 / Mutual Art Lab 投助站 / NON SPACE 无空间 / PLATE SPACE 盘子空间 / PPPP空间 / Q-space / Alchemy in Residential Area居民楼研修 / Salt Projects / Social Sensibility R&D Department / TELESCOPE望远镜艺术家工作室 / Video Bureau 录像局 / Wu Jin 五金 / zapbeijing / 706 space 706青年空间
International spaces:
Aphids (Melbourne, Australia) / EVBG (Berlin, Germany) / Hamlet (Zurich, Switzerland) / Kreuzberg Pavillon & Project Space Festival Berlin (Berlin, Germany) / Longtang (Zurich, Switzerland) / Liquid Architecture (Melbourne, Australia) / Mumei (Tokyo, Japan) / Ongoing project (Tokyo, Japan) / Paradise AIR (Tokyo, Japan)/ West Space (Melbourne, Australia)
Independent Art Spaces (IAS) is pleased to announce its fourth edition from 6 – 8 September 2019. The largest edition to date, participants include 24 domestic spaces and 10 international spaces hailing from Germany, Australia, Switzerland and Japan. This year, IAS festivities begin at Aotuspace on 6 September with the launch of the IAS MAP 2019, and continue over the weekend (7 – 8 September) with a series of professional development workshops hosted at I: project space.
Foregrounded by China’s decades-long imperative to urbanise, the topography of contemporary art remains in constant flux throughout Beijing. Offering an up-to-date snapshot of the landscape, the IAS Map 2019 is an indispensable bilingual research tool, profiling the locations and backgrounds of participating institutions. Far from claiming to the represent a “complete” picture of such a dynamic scene, the IAS Map 2019 stands as an interactive reference guide, inviting users to add spaces that are omitted, have since disappeared or in the future have the potential to be. Post-launch, the IAS Map 2019 will be available in museums as well as design and art book shops across Beijing and internationally.
Alongside the launch, a series of workshops is hosted at I: project space, focusing on the exchange of knowledge around operational strategies across geographic lines. Workshops are separated into morning and afternoon sessions from 7 – 8 September. Attendance is free, but spaces are limited. Further reservation information below.
IAS Founders Antonie Angerer & Anna-Viktoria Eschbach state, “Through the IAS Map and accompanying workshops, we hope to encourage the exchange of knowledge and strategies capable of building resilience within our regional scene. The IAS is operating on an international solidarity fund, which in turn provides sponsorship for the local Beijing scene. Through the solidarity fund, IAS strives for ‘mutual benefit’ that break down stagnant modes of cultural funding.
IAS 2019 is accomplished with funding from partners that include The Japan Foundation, Beijing; Pro Helvetia Shanghai, Swiss Arts Council 由瑞士文化基金会上海办公室支持; Australia Council for the Arts and German Embassy Beijing. LAVA Beijing provides visual design for IAS 2019. Sinclair Arts is the communication partner. Other sponsors include Greatleap Brewing (大躍啤酒), The Opposite House (北京瑜舍) and BigSmallCoffee (大小咖啡).
Fourth Edition
Launch of IAS Map 2019 affirms cohesion, resilience of capital’s alternative spaces
With:
Aotuspace 凹凸空间 / Arrow Factory 箭厂空间 / A2 space / Bunker 掩体空间 / Cache Space 缓存空间 / De Art Center 的|艺术中心 / DRC No.12外交公寓12号 / Institute for Provocation (IFP) 激发研究所 / I pai Hutong 一派胡同 /
I: project space / Minority Space 少数派空间 / Mutual Art Lab 投助站 / NON SPACE 无空间 / PLATE SPACE 盘子空间 / PPPP空间 / Q-space / Alchemy in Residential Area居民楼研修 / Salt Projects / Social Sensibility R&D Department / TELESCOPE望远镜艺术家工作室 / Video Bureau 录像局 / Wu Jin 五金 / zapbeijing / 706 space 706青年空间
International spaces:
Aphids (Melbourne, Australia) / EVBG (Berlin, Germany) / Hamlet (Zurich, Switzerland) / Kreuzberg Pavillon & Project Space Festival Berlin (Berlin, Germany) / Longtang (Zurich, Switzerland) / Liquid Architecture (Melbourne, Australia) / Mumei (Tokyo, Japan) / Ongoing project (Tokyo, Japan) / Paradise AIR (Tokyo, Japan)/ West Space (Melbourne, Australia)
Independent Art Spaces (IAS) is pleased to announce its fourth edition from 6 – 8 September 2019. The largest edition to date, participants include 24 domestic spaces and 10 international spaces hailing from Germany, Australia, Switzerland and Japan. This year, IAS festivities begin at Aotuspace on 6 September with the launch of the IAS MAP 2019, and continue over the weekend (7 – 8 September) with a series of professional development workshops hosted at I: project space.
Foregrounded by China’s decades-long imperative to urbanise, the topography of contemporary art remains in constant flux throughout Beijing. Offering an up-to-date snapshot of the landscape, the IAS Map 2019 is an indispensable bilingual research tool, profiling the locations and backgrounds of participating institutions. Far from claiming to the represent a “complete” picture of such a dynamic scene, the IAS Map 2019 stands as an interactive reference guide, inviting users to add spaces that are omitted, have since disappeared or in the future have the potential to be. Post-launch, the IAS Map 2019 will be available in museums as well as design and art book shops across Beijing and internationally.
Alongside the launch, a series of workshops is hosted at I: project space, focusing on the exchange of knowledge around operational strategies across geographic lines. Workshops are separated into morning and afternoon sessions from 7 – 8 September. Attendance is free, but spaces are limited. Further reservation information below.
IAS Founders Antonie Angerer & Anna-Viktoria Eschbach state, “Through the IAS Map and accompanying workshops, we hope to encourage the exchange of knowledge and strategies capable of building resilience within our regional scene. The IAS is operating on an international solidarity fund, which in turn provides sponsorship for the local Beijing scene. Through the solidarity fund, IAS strives for ‘mutual benefit’ that break down stagnant modes of cultural funding.
IAS 2019 is accomplished with funding from partners that include The Japan Foundation, Beijing; Pro Helvetia Shanghai, Swiss Arts Council 由瑞士文化基金会上海办公室支持; Australia Council for the Arts and German Embassy Beijing. LAVA Beijing provides visual design for IAS 2019. Sinclair Arts is the communication partner. Other sponsors include Greatleap Brewing (大躍啤酒), The Opposite House (北京瑜舍) and BigSmallCoffee (大小咖啡).