Traces: Liu Xiaodong
3:00pm—5:00pm, September 19, 2009
CROSSTALK Beijing # 6 echoes the exhibition “Traces: Liu Xiaodong”. Liu Xiaodong, curator Wu Hung and Ou Ning discussed the individual creation history of Liu Xiaodong and why we need to collect and display art archives.
Public Space as Side Effect: The End of Neo-Liberalism
3:00pm—5:00pm, August 30, 2009
The CROSSTALK Beijing # 5 echos the retrospective of Ying Liang. Film critics Chiao Hsiung Ping， Shu Kei, Cui Weiping and Du Qingchun joined the discussion with Ying Liang on art value of these film and how film directors with extremely low budget can survive today.
Public Space as Side Effect: The End of Neo-Liberalism
— a talk by Scott Lash
3:00pm—5:00pm, May 21, 2009
CROSSTALK Beijing #4 features Professor Scott Lash from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Taking issue with Ma Qingyun’s statement that there’s no public space in China, Lash examines the possibility of different kind of public space in China in the context of the financial crisis since late 2008, and the implications such a space will have on urbanism, arts and new media.
Social Space and The Post-’80s Generation
3:00pm—6:00pm, Mar 27, 2009
Moderated by renowned writer Leung Man Tao, CROSSTALK Beijing #3 brings out an under-presented facet of balinghou—the urban Chinese born after 1980, who engage themselves socially via writing and activism.
Reflection of Times:
From Industrialisation to Urbanisation
4:00pm—6:00pm, Feb 28, 2009
Film director Jia Zhangke, poet / screenwriter Zhai Yongming and film critics participate in a discussion about Jia’s feature 24 City.
