25000 TAGS
The Second Annual 25000 Best Exhibition of the Year Award
Location: Hi Shehui, Shanghai
Time: 2008
The second instalment of the 25000 Best Exhibition of the Year Award is underway.
The award is organized by the Long March Space in Beijing and co-organized by Biz Art, Asia Art Archive, and "Hi Shehui" - an online contemporary art forum. Created in 2006 to establish an interactive platform for exchange and debate between artists and curators, the 25000 Award is a process that allows artists and art lovers to participate in the summarization and evaluation of the art exhibitions to take place in Mainland China the previous annum.
The selection process of the "25000 Award" strives to be a transparent, democratic and open process. It will examine different angles of an exhibition, including curating, quality of works, institution and organizers, thematic concerns, commercial and academic possibilities, encouraging the dialogue between different ideas and perspectives in an open and lively platform. Upon the completion of the selection process, all materials and archives collected are contributed to the Asia Art Archive, forming a comprehensive file of the exhibitions in Mainland China for 2007.
The 25000 Award committee has already collected materials and list of over 1000 exhibitions that occurred in Mainland China in 2007 and selected from them a preliminary list which will be provided to artists and posted online at Hi Shehui online art forum (www.hishehui.com). Artists and friends are invited to take part in this selection process. A final selection of "artist selections" and "public opinion polls" will be announced at the end of February.
1.The Awards
"Artist Picks"
A.Best Exhibition of 2007 (one award)
B.Best Exhibition of 2007 - Honorable mention (nine awards)
"Public Opinion"
A.Best Exhibition of 2007 (one award)
B.Best Exhibition of 2007 - Honorable mention (nine awards)
2. Selection Process
Please see attached
3. Contact
25000 Award Office Biz Art
Moganshan Rd No. 50 Building 7, Floor 4
Shanghai, China 200060
Tel: +86 21 6277 5358
Fax: +86 21 6277 5358-444
Email: hi.xuehui@gmail.com www.hishehui.com
4. 25000 Award Coordinators
Xiao Xiong, Li Xuehui, Vanessa Jiang
Hi Shehui: www.hishehui.com
Long March Space: www.longmarchspace.com
Biz Art: www.biz-art.com
Asia Art Archive: www.aaa.org.hk
Vote Now: www.hishehui.com
* Hi Shehui and the organizers reserve all rights for final explanation and clarification .
The second instalment of the 25000 Best Exhibition of the Year Award is underway.
The award is organized by the Long March Space in Beijing and co-organized by Biz Art, Asia Art Archive, and "Hi Shehui" - an online contemporary art forum. Created in 2006 to establish an interactive platform for exchange and debate between artists and curators, the 25000 Award is a process that allows artists and art lovers to participate in the summarization and evaluation of the art exhibitions to take place in Mainland China the previous annum.
The selection process of the "25000 Award" strives to be a transparent, democratic and open process. It will examine different angles of an exhibition, including curating, quality of works, institution and organizers, thematic concerns, commercial and academic possibilities, encouraging the dialogue between different ideas and perspectives in an open and lively platform. Upon the completion of the selection process, all materials and archives collected are contributed to the Asia Art Archive, forming a comprehensive file of the exhibitions in Mainland China for 2007.
The 25000 Award committee has already collected materials and list of over 1000 exhibitions that occurred in Mainland China in 2007 and selected from them a preliminary list which will be provided to artists and posted online at Hi Shehui online art forum (www.hishehui.com). Artists and friends are invited to take part in this selection process. A final selection of "artist selections" and "public opinion polls" will be announced at the end of February.
1.The Awards
"Artist Picks"
A.Best Exhibition of 2007 (one award)
B.Best Exhibition of 2007 - Honorable mention (nine awards)
"Public Opinion"
A.Best Exhibition of 2007 (one award)
B.Best Exhibition of 2007 - Honorable mention (nine awards)
2. Selection Process
Please see attached
3. Contact
25000 Award Office Biz Art
Moganshan Rd No. 50 Building 7, Floor 4
Shanghai, China 200060
Tel: +86 21 6277 5358
Fax: +86 21 6277 5358-444
Email: hi.xuehui@gmail.com www.hishehui.com
4. 25000 Award Coordinators
Xiao Xiong, Li Xuehui, Vanessa Jiang
Hi Shehui: www.hishehui.com
Long March Space: www.longmarchspace.com
Biz Art: www.biz-art.com
Asia Art Archive: www.aaa.org.hk
Vote Now: www.hishehui.com
* Hi Shehui and the organizers reserve all rights for final explanation and clarification .