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Fwd: 大家庭：是兄弟，不是同志-- 林一林艺术方案 Big Family: Brothers, Not Comrades-- A project by Lin Yilin

2009-06-10T23:21:00.001-07:00

hello friends!we are having a small gathering at the arrow factory this sunday (2009.06.14) from 4-6pm as part of a new project by Lin Yilin. If you are in the area, please stop by and visit us. it would be great to see you. best-rania---------- Forwarded message ----------From: arrow factory Date: Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:00 PMSubject: 大家庭：是兄弟，不是同志-- 林一林艺术方案 Big Family:

jumping the wall

2009-05-08T18:25:00.000-07:00

now that kan xuan's work is up, i had a free moment to tweak the kupa studios website. okok, actually what happened was that our original domain name got blocked in china. so given flickr's spotty accessibility (also firewall related), we decided to acquire a new name and a new server (inside china this time - yeah, try to block me now suckas!), and *hot damn* we found some leftover

light

2009-04-23T13:15:00.000-07:00

now playing at the arrow factory:Kan Xuan – Light April 15 – May 7, 2009 Beginning April 15, Arrow Factory will present a series of temporary projects by Beijing-based artist Kan Xuan. Gathered under the collective title “Light”, Kan Xuan will use the space of Arrow Factory as a testing ground for a variety of ideas and concepts, showing only semi-finished work or works-in-process that

document

2009-04-05T03:38:00.000-07:00

getting settled back into beijing time/space/mindset. things that felt huge upon re-entry 5 days ago are starting to feel normal again. the sun is out, the sky is relatively clear and actually kind of blue (!). food is getting less salty (although there will always be too much salt), and the dust less noticeable. all the STUFF that we have to deal with here in beijing is slowly encroaching over

live photos and maybe some blogging

2009-03-28T22:43:00.001-07:00

ok sports fans, here are some pics from yesterday's Open Apartment event in Yokohama. we had about 20 visitors come through and the last one left at 11pm. thanks to Natsuko Kido for amazing takoyaki using a family heirloom cast iron plate that her parents had custom made in osaka. thanks to Hitome Hasegawa for delicious hainan chicken rice and nikujaga which we devoured.more today. already

live

2009-03-28T19:27:00.000-07:00

live blogging, kind of, of our open apartment event. and flickr photos to be uploaded soon. another installment of LIVE OPEN APARTMENT starts today at 14:00 Japan Standard Time.see you then.

open apartment

2009-03-24T05:51:00.000-07:00

here's our little flyer for the event:hope to see you at our place.

open open open!

2009-03-23T05:41:00.000-07:00

sweets on the streets of koganechowe're winding up our residency in yokohama with an OPEN APARTMENT event on March 28 & 29. If you are in the area between 2-7pm on either day come on by! wangwei and i will be doing a "musical performance" with Zulu and Kuri of Art Lab Ova at 6.30pm on Sunday March 29th. Not to be missed. we are musically transcendent.also not to be missed: live publishing with

festa

2009-03-05T07:35:00.000-08:00

so wang wei and i have some work up at ZAIM in yokohama for the ZAIM FESTA.[so... is that a word in any language, 'festa'? infesta?]and it is after the fact, but we did a talk on feb 28th. we talked about our work, Pauline flew over from beijing to talk about arrow factory. a small but lively group showed up and we had a lively but small conversation. it seems a good time was had by all.i can't

produce obsession

2009-02-08T03:42:00.000-08:00

we will be at the one week mark in yokohama as of tomorrow evening. a lovely place, and our sponsor Takahiro Kaneshima is taking very good care of us. yokohama is mellower than tokyo but with all the japan wackiness. i don't know what i mean by that except that these perfectly shaped radishes pictured above all neatly tied and meticulously plastic wrapped are in EVERY grocery store at the moment.

2009-02-03T06:43:00.000-08:00

in the last 48 hours we have lovingly consumed the following in excellent company:pork ramentempura oysterstempura shrimptempura eggplanttempura green pepperstempura yamsoba noodles (noisy!)breaded fried mackerelgrilled chicken with lemon saucemushroom salad in orange saucepotato croquettegrilled shitake mushroomdaikon radish with beefgarlic scallopsgrilled sardinessashimi...

new NIU year

2009-01-30T09:14:00.000-08:00

happy new year, happy NIU year. fireworks are still exploding overhead in beijing. one tradition says that today, the 5th day of the lunar new year, lighting firecrackers drives out the demons. obviously nobody is taking any chances this year, because it's currently a COMPLETE war zone outside my window. this morning half-asleep, i mistook the sound of firecrackers for a heavy rainstorm. no

neighborly

2009-01-28T00:23:00.000-08:00

Latest News from the Arrow Factory: our most recent offering features new work by esteemed video installation artist, Wang Gongxin. here's the press release... It’s Not About the Neighbors by Wang Gongxin Beijing based artist Wang Gongxin and Arrow Factory are pleased to present It’s Not About the Neighbors, a video installation that engages with the immediate visual

new, and old, and new

2008-11-29T01:13:00.001-08:00

AT LAST i've updated my website! www.dancingtoasters.com didn't exactly get a full makeover, but it's better, new and improved! (trust me.) the front page will look mostly familiar to regular visitors, but i've consolidated, moved some things around, got rid of some old junky things. kind of a spring cleaning, except it's almost december.In other news, my in-laws are going to be moving from

couture

2008-11-15T19:21:00.000-08:00

just opened at the Arrow Factory!维瓦拉迪法兰西－倪海峰在箭厂空间 Vive la Différence: Ni Haifeng @ Arrow Factory 2008.11.07 - 2009.01.07《维瓦拉蒂法兰西》（差异万岁Vive la Difference）是艺术家倪海峰创作的一件装置作品，在箭厂空间橱窗式设计的背景之下呈现了制造、消费以及商品化的问题。利用商业化的生产中废弃的工业垃圾（织物碎片），艺术家同两个截然不同的劳动者通力合作，制作出两件独特的“高端”时装外套，将以高级橱窗展示的形式在箭厂空间展示。两件外套都有着同样的出发点——一件由法国高档品牌“爱马仕”（Hermès）设计的服装——和同样的材质（一箱碎布），但是社会背景和制作过程却迥然有别。

access

2008-10-28T19:05:00.000-07:00

for those lovely people living inside the china firewall, a gift! today you too can view the wonderfully informative website of the arrow factory in your very own homes. in addition to www.arrowfactory.org and jianchang.org, now www.arrowfactory.org.cn will also link to our site. Even better news is that www.arrowfactory.org.cn is NOT BLOCKED INSIDE CHINA. yay!also, this is the LAST 3 DAYS to see

911

2008-09-12T00:55:00.000-07:00

it's from the NYtimes, but this is an amazing panorama.just looking at it makes me questions ideas of display, artifact, history, politics, patriotism, propaganda, object, scale, perspective... laden thick with meaning and yet, a complete abstraction.still trying to process.

touch would

2008-07-31T02:58:00.000-07:00

Patty Chang, Touch Would29 July – 29 September 2008 The Arrow Factory is pleased to present Touch Would, a new work by New York based artist Patty Chang. Touch Would is a multilayered video project that centers on the concept of translation—mistranslation, cultural translation, interpretation and performance. It takes as its departure point two concrete events, the first being a text

the fever

2008-07-23T18:29:00.000-07:00

olympics antics have descended upon the capital. in addition to all the bizarreness reported in the media, here is a brief listing of the idiocy that i have experienced first hand:taking photos of foliage around town prompts neighborhood watchmen to inquire about what you're doingevery single available advertising space is taken by either government propaganda declaring 'Beijing 2008' with the

casting off tvs and dvd players?

2008-07-02T13:03:00.001-07:00

Beijing denizens, if you are leaving town or upgrading your hometheater system please note: we at the arrow factory are looking fordonations of tvs, dvd players and sound equipment for our upcomingexhibition. Instead of giving it to your ayi, or throwing it on thestreet, give it to us! art is a good cultural cause, recycling isenvironmentally friendly, and we'd be forever grateful. We'll evenlist

Patty Chang at UCCA

2008-06-10T11:56:00.000-07:00

ok sports fans. if you are in beijing and you have some free time around 5pm, then you MUST MUST MUST come to hear Patty Chang speak at the UCCA:A Chinoiserie out of the Old West:An Artist Talk by Patty Chang Thursday, June 12Time 5:00pmUCCA auditoriumOrganized in collaboration with UCCA and the Arrow Factory, Beijing New York artist Patty Chang comes to Ullens Center to talk about her artistic

alxa

2008-06-02T18:09:00.000-07:00

i'd never heard of the Alxa League prefecture of Inner Mongolia until I got there.After driving due west for two straight days from beijing we arrived at a bizarre vegas-like architectural structure that marked the edge of the inner mongolian badajilin desert. Our friend, Wu Er Shan, was scouting locations for a film and going to visit his cousins who are herdsmen in badanjilin. wangwei and i

slice

2008-05-01T08:57:00.000-07:00

侧侧切 SLICE新作品New Works by Wei Weng 翁维Rania Ho 何颖宜 2008年4月30日－6月3日April 30-June 3, 2008presented by the Arrow Factory, a new storefront space for art in in Beijing.I've just set up a ping-pong table made of cardboard that levitates ping-pong balls! Wei has created a stunning mural on the back wall. Wah! If you happen to be anywhere near the Confucius Temple in Beijing, come on

calling all capitalists

2008-04-03T20:41:00.000-07:00

超级城: 一期The Contractors Super Complex-City Phase I:Hands-Free Strategy for Creative Business Practicingat the Long March Space2008 年 4月5日下午15:00-18:00地点：长征空间北京市朝阳区酒仙桥路4号院5 April 200815:00-18:00Long March Space4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing联系电话 CONTACT: 1352 284 2430 或 or 1381 169 6303 或 or info@thecontractors.cnOn April 5 2008, The Contractors will open a platform for trade,

minutiae

2008-03-30T08:43:00.000-07:00

finally updated my website with some (relatively) new work. finishing up a kupa design project. rented a storefront with some friends to turn into a small exhibition space. getting ready for the contractors extravaganza at the long march space on april 5. see post below.too much information in too few lines. i know, and not even a photo to go with it. more later.