Planet Marx
Chinese Marxism’s scientific interpretation of the earth in the 1990s was a dialectical one: the development of the techno-sphere surrounding the planet and the protection of the natural resources went hand in hand. To depart from such philosophy-abetted techno-optimism, Long March Project is taking up this imagery of a “Planet Marx” to host a study program consisting of a series of reading groups and an open source reader. It aims to create a knowledge ecosystem to share resources and collaborate with other ongoing artistic research and exhibition programs, through the medium of various unresolved historic texts found in the intersection between ideology, ancestry, the environment, and technology.
PROJECT CONTENT
Welcome to Planet Marx
Planet Marx
Time: 2019
Author: Long March Project
Meeting #1: How Does Planet Earth Become a Sensor?
Planet Marx
Time: March 21, 2019
Location: Long March Space, Beijing
Guest speakers: Zhao Yao, Wang Yijia
Meeting #2: Earthen, Earthy, Earthly
Planet Marx
Time: April 21, 2019
Location: Taikang Space, Beijing
Guest speakers: Xiang Zairong, Mao Chenyu
Meeting #3: Chemical Dirt
Planet Marx
Time: May 18, 2019
Location: Center for Visual Studies of Peking University, Beijing
Guest speakers: Jo Wei, Zhangbolong Liu
Meeting #5: Broken Production Chain
Planet Marx
Time: June 22, 2019
Location: KWM Art Center, Beijing
Guest speakers: Liu Wei, Song Yi
Meeting #6: Cosmos Cooling
Planet Marx
Time: August 3, 2019
Location: 706 Youth Space, Beijing
Speaker: Jia Weng
Meeting #7: Disintermediation
Planet Marx
Time: August 24, 2019
Location: Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing
Speaker: David Xu
Meeting #8: Post-historic Magic
Planet Marx
Time: September 21, 2019
Location: Long March Space, Beijing
Speaker: Xu Ruiyu
Meeting #9: How to Surgically Exorcise with Technology?
Planet Marx
Time: November 10, 2019
Location: Ming Contemporary Art Museum (McaM), Shanghai
Guest shaman (spirit path): Lin Lichun
Guest speaker (reading path): Long Xingru
Long March Project: The Deficit Faction
Planet Marx
Time: November 2, 2019 – January 8, 2020
Location: Long March Space, Beijing
Artists: Yin-Ju Chen & Li-Chun Lin, Sheryl Cheung, Aracha Cholitgul, Fong Fo, Hotel Asia Project with Gen Sasaki & Keiichi Miyagawa, Ayoung Kim, Meiro Koizumi, Lee Kai-Chung, Yong Xiang Li, Liang Shuo, Long March Collective, Mao Chenyu, Planet Marx, Xiaoshi Qin, Alessandro Rolandi & Zhao Tianji (Social Sensibility R&D Department), Miti Ruangkritya, Tao Hui, Yi Xin Tong, Wang Tuo, Xiyadie