Long March Project — Yang Shaobin Coal Mining Project
“Long March Project — Yang Shaobin Coal Mining Projects” was carried out from 2004 to 2008, consisting of two stages: “800 Meters Under” and “X–Blind Spot”.
The first stage of this project is titled 800 Meters Under and focused on the Kailuan and Tangshan coalmining districts. The second stage, X – Blind Spot continued Yang Shaobin’s visual exploration of the coalmining industry, covering a larger proportion of China’s coalmining world by visiting mines in Hebei Province, Shanxi Province and Inner Mongolia.
The project delves into the collective memory that sprung across the industrialisation and social growth in China. As part of the Long March Project, the research contemplates the nodes that connect contemporary Chinese culture, social development and the sense of history.
Related Discourse:
Curatorial Notes – China, Yang Shaobin, Our Generation, and Other Issues
Field Research | Coal Mining Project
Yang Shaobin: Coal Mining Project
Time: 2004 – 2008
Artists: Yang Shaobin, Long March Project
Location：Hebei Province (Tangshan,Qinhuangdao), Shanxi Province (Changzhi,Shuozhou,Datong), Inner Mongolia (Baotou,Dongsheng)
Phase I | Yang Shaobin: 800 Meters Under
Yang Shaobin: Coal Mining Project
Time: Sep. 2 – Oct. 15, 2006
Location: Long March Space (formerly known as 25000 Cultural Transmission Center)
第二阶段｜杨少斌：后视盲区
杨少斌：煤矿计划
时间：2008年9月4日至10月18日
地点：北京长征空间（前称二万五千里文化传播中心）
Observation | Excerpts from Yang Shaobin’s Notebook: A Textual Interpretation of “X-Blind Spot” by the Long March Writing Group
Yang Shaobin: Coal Mining Project
Time: 2009
Author: Long March Writing Group