前卫Performa

Long March Collective, Avant-Garde

Chiefly introducing the educational component of the Long March’s participation in the PERFORMA07, Long March Project: Avant-garde was comprised of a public workshop and performative ‘march’. The symposium/workshop was led by a panel of Long March artists and curators including Lu Jie, Qiu Zhijie, and artist Ingo Gunther, who introduced the Long March’s investigations and concerns, past projects and methodologies. Through an open discussion with the participants they engaged in a self-critical dialogue concerning the dilemmas, implications, desires, and approaches to avant-garde and performance art in an individual and public context. collaborative product of the workshop was the march itself, where participants walked single file in reverse – a backwards march – on a route determined by the participants. The decision was based on the dialogue between the panel and the public concerning the local areas and inhabitants of New York City and the socio-cultural implications of marching through these areas. Through the physical act of marching, participants will map the geography and the history and negotiations of those areas of New York City.