Long March – A Walking Visual Display
Taking its title from the Chinese Red Army’s historical Long March from 1934 to 1936, “Long March—A Walking Visual Display” set out to recreate 20 sites along the 6000-mile historical trek, eventually realizing 12 over the span of 4 months, each composed of site-specific displays and discussions. Each iteration of the project featured: commissioned works created on site by artists from China and beyond; contributions from artists they met throughout the period of preparation, working in the varied strands of contemporary art and folk art; screenings and discussions of historical texts; and seminal conferences on visual culture attended by internationally renowned curators and theorists. The project explored the efficacy of a practice founded on marching in generating ideas and conversations.
Related Exhibition:
Frontier: Re-assessment of Post-Globalisational Politics (Beijing, 2018)
Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World (New York, 2017)
Art and China’s Revolution (New York, 2008)
Shanghai Assemblage 2000-2004: Light as Fuck! (Oslo, 2004)
Le moine et le demon – an exhibition on Contemporary Chinese Art (Lyon, 2004)
Related Discourse:
On-site Criticism: Long March – A Walking Visual Display
Site 1: Ruijin, Jiangxi Province
Long March- A Walking Visual Display
Time: Jun. 28 – Jul. 7, 2002
Site 2: Jinggangshan, Jiangxi Province
Long March- A Walking Visual Display
Time: Jul. 8 – Jul. 12, 2002
Site 3: Daozhong, Guangxi Autonomous Region
Long March- A Walking Visual Display
Time: Jul. 13 – Jul. 18, 2002
Site 4: Kunming, Yunnan Province
Long March- A Walking Visual Display
Time: Jul. 21 – Jul.22, Aug. 2 – Aug.5, 2002
Site 5: Lijiang, Yunnan Province
Long March- A Walking Visual Display
Time: Jul. 23 – Jul. 27, 2002
Jul. 31 –Aug.01，2002
Site 6: Lugu Lake, Yunnan/Sichuan Provinces
Long March- A Walking Visual Display
Time: Jul. 27 – Jul. 30, 2002
Site 7: On the Train between Kunming and Zunyi
Long March- A Walking Visual Display
Time: Aug. 6, 2002
Site 8: Zunyi, Guizhou Province
Long March- A Walking Visual Display
Time: Aug. 7 – Aug. 12, 2002
Site 9: Maotai, Guizhou Province
Long March- A Walking Visual Display
Time: Aug. 13 – Aug. 15, 2002
Site 10: Xichang Long March Satelite Station, Sichuan Province
Long March- A Walking Visual Display
Time: Aug. 16 – Aug. 21
Site 11: Moxi, Sichuan Province
Long March- A Walking Visual Display
Time: Aug. 22 – Aug. 27, 2002
Site 12: From Anshunchang to Luding Bridge
Long March- A Walking Visual Display
Time: Aug. 28 – Sep. 1, 2002
Works made along the Long March
Long March- A Walking Visual Display
Time: 2002
Artists: Qu Guangci, Qiu Zhenzhong, Song Dong, Yin Xiuzhen, Wang Bo, Qin Ga, Qiu Zhijie, Ingo Günther, Jiang Jie, Wang Jingsong, Yao Ruizhong, Shao Yinong, Mu Chen, Xiao Lu, Shen Meng, Xiao Xiong, Ding Jie