连接艺术
12月1日是世界艾滋病日，由ChART Contemporary、国际世青学校和我公司共同参与的“一天无艺术”的活动在798艺术区拉开帷幕。有许多著名的画廊停止营业，并将海报贴在门口。80多名学生，身穿黑色衣服，身上贴着特别设计的不干胶，别着红丝带在寒冷的街道上向过往的路人发放宣传品。
“一天无艺术”活动在纽约连续举办了20 年，旨在告诫人们关注艾滋病，关注健康。
以下是一些媒体的报道
环球时报
Art community closes its doors for World AIDS Day
· Source: Global Times
· [03:42 December 02 2009]
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t precisely 4:30 pm Tuesday, several galleries in the 798 Art District closed their doors, and the colorful sculptures outside were draped in black cloth. A group of teenagers in black distributed the international symbol of AIDS awareness, a red ribbon and sticker, in an attempt to raise people's awareness of World AIDS Day.
ChART Contemporary, a Beijing-based curatorial lab, and the Beijing World Youth Academy organized the educational program to celebrate A Day Without Art, an initiative that originated in New York 20 years ago to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS. They appealed to 12 art galleries at 798 to close their doors from 4:30 pm to 6 pm.
Some of the well-known galleries including the Beijing Tokyo Art Project, Tang Contemporary Art, Galleria Continua and Iberia Art Center, joined in the program.
"We have to go slowly. We can't expect to change the world in one day," said Megan Connolly, one of the organizers. "But the important thing is that we are building it up."
A Day Without Art in Beijing
By David Spalding
Published: December 1, 2009
BEIJING—Visitors heading out to Beijing’s 798 Art District today may not be aware that December 1 is World AIDS Day, or that it’s the 20th Day Without Art, a nationally observed day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis — including the temporary closure of many galleries and museum — inaugurated in New York City in 1989.
But thanks to ChART Contemporary — a provocative, nonprofit platform for curatorial projects and educational programs — they soon will. ChART and their youth brigade, the Young Guerrilla Informers, have partnered with the Beijing World Youth Academy to organize an afternoon of events in 798 that includes educational programs, temporary gallery closures, and the distribution of red AIDS ribbons and stickers — all designed to promote awareness of HIV/AIDS.
The event has brought together many of 798’s most prominent venues, including: Beijing Commune, Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Faurschou Gallery, Galleria Continua, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Tang Contemporary Art, Xindong Cheng Gallery, Yuanfen New Media Art Center, and Timzone 8 Bookstore and Café, all of which are participating.
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ChART’s latest project could not be more apropos: According to China Daily, the number of new HIV/AIDS cases in Beijing reported during the first five months of 2009 saw a nearly 22 percent increase over last year’s figures. “We can’t change the world overnight,” say ChART Contemporary’s founders, sisters Megan and KC Vienna Connolly, “but we keep trying.”
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