Jan, 2019
RAM Talk: The Responsibility of Civilization and the Choice of Culture: A Case Study of Aoluguya Ewenki's Ecological Migration
2019.01.25 19:00 - 20:30 | Talks
The artist Francis Alÿs, together with Yuko Hasegawa, curator of the exhibition “Francis Alÿs: La dépense”, went on a field trip in Inner Mongolia in 2017, and paid a visit to the Aoluguya Ewenki tribe in Genhe of Hulunbuir. Ewenki hunters, having lived for generations in the mysterious Aoluguya forest, dropped off their shotguns and walked out of the forest in 2003, launching a massive migration and relocation. A series of dramatic incidents that happened thereafter have drawn extensive attenti
Exhibition Plus: Tours by RAM Team
2019.01.19 14:30 - 15:30 | Guided Tours
Exhibition Plus: Tours by RAM Team
2019.01.12 14:30 - 15:30 | Guided Tours
Exhibition Plus: Tours by RAM Team
2019.01.05 14:30 - 15:30 | Guided Tours
RAM Talk: Dépense, Luxe and Existence Itself
2019.01.04 19:00 - 20:30 | Talks
Maximum effort, minimum result. ---Francis Alÿs’ motto for When Faith Moves Mountains, 2002 Under the social context nowadays where we are pursuing rationality, high-efficiency, abundance and prosperity, the concept of “dépense” proposed by Georges Bataille seems quite unique. Then what does it mean? What does this notion imply? How it is constructed within Bataille’s system? And will this “non-productive consumption” make our livelihood unsustainable?