Art and the New Culture City: Hong Kong, China and the Global Art System

In association with the visit of artist Choi Yan-chi, this one-day symposium examines the current rise of international interest in Chinese contemporary art in relation to the politics of its contexts of production in the new art spaces and studio districts at the core of China's economic transformation.

Panel 1:
"HK 97+10': Art and the City In-Between"
Speaker: Choi Yan Chi, Artist, Co-founder, Hong Kong Baptist University, Provost's Distinguished Visitor, USC
"Beyond Beyond"
Speaker: Matthew Turner, Professor of Design, School of Creative Industries, Napier University

Panel 2:
"Rise of China as an Aesthetic Question"
Speaker: Richard Kraus, Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
"Multicentric Themes in Chinese Time-based Art"
Speaker: Meiling Cheng, Associate Professor of Critical Studies and English, USC

Panel 3:
"Visual Presentation: 'Hong Kong Art Outside the Limelight'"
Speaker: Choi Yan Chi, Artist, Co-founder

Panel 4:
"When East Really is West: A Look at Some Models of Cultural DupliCities"
Speaker: Henry Tsang, Artist; Head, Critical & Cultural Studies, Emily Carr University of Art & Design
"The Struggle to Make Space for Art in an Era of Creative Industry"
Speaker: Carolyn Cartier, Associate Professor of Geography, USC

Panel 5:
"Emergence: Contemporary Chinese Art in Beijing and LA"
Speaker: Karon Morono, Co-owner, Morono Kiang Gallery, Los Angeles
"Hybridity as Cultural Capital"
Speaker: Jenny Lin, Doctoral Student, Department of Art History, UCLA

Please rsvp to eascrsvp@usc.edu.

Sponsored by the East Asian Studies Center, Provost's Distinguished Visitor's Program, and Visual Studies

Organized by Prof. Carolyn Cartier