Introduction
For his talk Dan S. Wang will present a picture and theory of America’s Middle West, a region in which the politics of globalization are being played out in socially and environmentally brutal contests. Excellent examples of artists who create situations to remarkable political effect are to be found in this cauldron of reterritorialization. Taking the audience from Detroit to Chicago to Madison, Wisconsin, the socially engaged artist Wang speaks to the American democracy in crisis, and what artists might do to revitalize the common political imagination.
About the Speaker
Dan S. Wang (王念华, b. 1968) is a writer, organizer, blogger, and printmedia artist living in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Dan’s texts have been published internationally in journals, exhibition catalogues, and book collections, including a featured essay in the book 3 Years: Arrow Factory, the recent volume produced out of Beijing’s celebrated non-commercial space, Arrow Factory. He has lectured in many places, including at the Kansas City Art Institute, Salzburger Kunstverein (Salzburg, Austria), Depot for Art and Discourse (Vienna, Austria), Art Institute of Chicago, Documenta 12 (Kassel, Germany), Wuhan University, at the third Creative Time Summit (New York), and the National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC). His art projects have been featured in three solo exhibitions and more than thirty group shows, and circulate constantly in functional activist settings and through artist-run networks.
Along with seven others he co-founded Mess Hall, the renowned experimental cultural space in Chicago that operated from 2003-2013, and regularly works with the art/research groups Compass and Red76. For the year 2013 Dan was named a Fellow in Arts and Culture Leadership from the Rockwood Leadership Institute of Oakland, California.
介绍
今天如果对美国中西部地区作一个考察，我们能清晰看到全球化政治所带来的在社会和环境方面的惨烈冲突。而在此地域被重新构造的纷繁现场中艺术家做出了许多精彩的案例，这些案例都有可能带来重要的政治效应。王念华先生的讲座将以此为框架来呈现一个美国中西部的概貌及相关的理论，特别介绍从底特律到芝加哥，从麦迪森到威斯康辛的丰富多彩的社会介入式的艺术实践。王先生的讲座还将由此延伸到美国民主的危机，并和大家一起探讨为了重新找到一个共有的政治想象，艺术家将有何作为？
关于讲者
王念华 (Dan S. Wang, 生于1968年)是一位来自于美国威斯康辛州的麦迪森的写作者、组织者、博客主， 同时也是一位基于印刷媒材的艺术家。
王念华先生的作品出现在世界各地的杂志、展览图录和文集中；其中也包括了《箭厂空间：三年书》，该书最近刚刚由北京著名的非商业性机构——箭厂空间出版。他同时许多地方授课或讲座，其中包括Kansas City Art Institute, Salzburger Kunstverein (萨尔斯堡，奥地利), Depot for Art and Discourse (维也纳，奥地利), Art Institute of Chicago, Documenta 12 (卡塞尔, 德国), 武汉大学, The third Creative Time Summit (纽约), 以及The National Gallery of Art (华盛顿特区).他至今已举办了三次个展，并参与了30多次群展；他的项目也持续出现在一些行动主义艺术活动的场合，以及一些艺术家自主运作的团体和交流中。
从2003-2013年王念华先生和另外7位合作伙伴共同创立并运作着芝加哥著名的实验文化空间 Mess Hall；他们的工作也经常和Compass，Red76等艺术和研究团体协作展开。2013年王念华被加州奥克兰的Rockwood Leadership Institute授予了艺术和文化领袖奖。
自1992年第一次访问中国之后，王念华便开始其阶段性的中国旅行。