如果世界上只能存在一个艺术家
If only one artist could exist in the world
电脑程序
computer program
2024
想象有一台投票机器，它记录着全世界所有已知的在世艺术家。机器有上下2个显示器，上方显示着现在正在接受审判的艺术家。观众可以按下墙壁上有两个按钮，绿色按钮：赦免艺术家，或红色按钮：杀死艺术家。下方的显示器则显示上一个被观众投票杀死艺术家的名字。 在游戏的第一轮，所有艺术家依次被观众审判，被绿色按钮“赦免的艺术家” 将会进入下一轮被继续审判，被红色按钮“杀死”的艺术家将遭到永久的删除。在经过数轮的投票后，最终全世界只剩下一个艺术家，那个人会是谁呢？
Imagine there is a voting machine that keeps track of all known living artists in the world. The machine has 2 screen, top and bottom, the top shows the artist who is currently on trial and the viewer can press two buttons on the wall. The green button: to pardon the artist, or the red button: to kill the artist. The lower monitor shows the name of the last artist who was voted to be killed by the audience. In the first round of the game, all artists are judged by the audience in turn, those who are ‘pardoned’ by the green button will go on to the next round and those who are ‘killed’ by the red button will be permanently deleted. After several rounds of voting, there is finally only one artist left in the world, who will be the one？
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#installation #nintendo #artist
Artí Flakes 艺术脆片
2024
实时模拟程序 Live Simulation
摇晃玉米片盒子，一颗颗著名的中国当代艺术家们的头颅伴随着草莓与玉米片落入碗中，一个旋转勺子将它们搅拌在一起，一道风靡世界的早餐🥣就此完成。
玉米作为一种北美规模化种植的墨西哥土著农作物带有天然的殖民记忆，在1896年玉米脆片被发明于十九世纪末 “镀金时期”的美国，它被进一步工业化与商品化。并随着20世纪美国急剧上升国际影响力和品牌的营销策略在百年之间在各个地区传播，最终融入当地的早餐方式。
在我看来某种程度上世界各地的当代艺术叙事逻辑和与玉米脆片传播的方式几乎一致。它作为一种文化方式被植入于各个文明与金融系统之中，如今这被统称为全球语境。从埃及到中国，从非洲到南亚，下一个“外人”将会是谁？
Shaking the box of cornflakes, the head of famous contemporary Chinese artists fall into the bowl along with the strawberries and cornflakes, a rotating spoon stirs them together, and a world famous breakfast 🥣 is complete.
Maize as an indigenous Mexican crop grown on a large scale in North America carries with it a natural colonial memory. In 1896 cornflakes were invented in the late 19th century in the United States during the ‘Gilded Age’, where they were further industrialised and commercialised. And as the United States surged in international influence in the 20th century and the brand‘s marketing strategy spread across regions between centuries, it eventually became or was integrated into local breakfast ways.
It seems to me that to some extent the narrative logic of contemporary art around the world is almost identical to the way in which cornflakes are disseminated. It is embedded in civilisations and financial systems as a cultural approach, which is now collectively known as globalisation. From Egypt to China, from Africa to South Asia, who will be the next ‘Foreigners’?
#contemporaryartist #flakes #game #venicebiennale
ArtíMon Kart
2023 - 2024
Live Simulation
BingBing-Pig ( Played by Xu Bing ) leapt a barrier but seemed to land in a hurry, he didn’t keep his balance and fell to the ground to be overtaken by ChiChi-Horse ( Played by Zeng Fanzhi ) behind him, and then by WeiWei-Can ( Played by Ai Weiwei ) and Shocking-Snake ( Played by Xu Zhen ). After BingBing-Pig fall, he seemed to have a bit of trouble finding his way and got stuck between the ball and the sand shovel. With less than 10 meters away from Guggenheim the BingBing-Pig instantly lost all of its earlier advantages.
At this moment, 12 renowned Chinese contemporary artists take on the role of Pokémon and become ArtíMon ( Artist Monster ) in a never-ending Kart Racing. The race venue is a very stereotypical vacation scene, with a beach, sand, umbrellas and beach chairs, all of which surround a miniature toy car track for vacationers to play on. Paper cut-outs of some of the West’s most prestigious contemporary art galleries were interspersed throughout the course. On this art road, the artist babies need to find ways to write their names into history and land in the halls. Balls, sand shovels, shells and rocks are the stumbling blocks in the ArtiMon race, making them turn the wheel and miss out on opportunities.
In this simulation competition, each artist is stating his or her own art dreams, from childhood memories to student days, from fledgling to becoming an iconic artist in China. There is no doubt that the creations of this generation of artists are inseparable from several key points in their works, such as the Cultural Revolution, the 85 New Wave, the student movement, and other major historical events in China’s recent history that have influenced their works. In the short history of Chinese Contemporary art, it only took 20 years from fetishism to full marketization, and when it was still in its infancy, the market had already created several auction miracles.
So have these ArtíMon‘s dreams come true? And now that the wave has receded, what kind of artistic environment have our predecessor left us?
#fineart #contemporaryart #famous #kart
