ArtClit: No Game No Gain @ Catch London
ArtClit. is not an excuse to meet sexy & creative people.
No Game No Gain
CATCH Bar, London (Aug 2012)
Artist:
Niz Denox
Steve Nice
Patricia Pisanelli
Lois Gabrin+ Ruby Pope
Nicolas Hausdorf
DJs: Simon Milner ( Is Tropical) Niz Denox (Flash Cocotte Paris)
Logo: Janice Chan/ Poster: Timothy J. Howard/ Curator: SiOUSiOU
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A fictional character was created by Yu’an Huang and Timothy Howard’s. Based on their experiences of the private view’s social culture in the art world in London. The character is a bisexual, an exhibition and party goer, meeting all the people that exist in reality in the scene. Written in first person prospective, the character blogs about current exhibitions in London, mixing with mostly provocative and erotic personal stories. The blog depict the life style one expect a young artist to have. Reckless, awkward, and carefree attitude with sexual relationships: the stereotypical image that society sees in the art world, is all true in London.
The blog posts leads to No Game No Gain, an exhibition followed by its after party in an east London bar. The Curator duo invited five artists to show their works based on the use of sexual attraction in their works. During the private view, artists will be hidden amongst the crowd, setting up situational games and conversational topics to interact with the guests. The artists asked rather personal questions that were given before hand by Huang. Much like a speed dating, aiming to get to know the viewer intimately and quickly,
The idea is to out weight the social interactions than the art works exhibited. Strong personal memories with the artists were made, hoping to intrigue the viewers’ active search of the exhibited art works after the exhibition.
ArtClit 不是一個藉口滿足與性感和有創意的人相遇。
一個虛構的人物由Yu’an Huang和 Timothy Howard -藉著自身在藝術圈的開幕社交文化經驗-創造成型. 場景在倫敦,角色是一個雙性戀者,專跑展覽和派對,認識所有真實存在於現實中的人. 用第一人稱書寫,這個人物上傳每個開幕的心得到公開的部落上, 並加入了私人的故事, 大多是挑釁和色情的. 部落格上營造一種寫實呈現一個年輕藝術家該有的生活方式:不顧後果,尷尬,以及性關係無憂無慮的態度. 似乎社會對藝術圈的刻板形象, 在倫敦都是真實的並且更誇張。
部落格文章最終引導讀者來參加No Game No Gain, Huang 和 Howard 實際策劃的展覽和派對, 舉辦在倫敦東部的酒吧。
受邀展出的五位藝術家, 皆有在作品用性吸引力為元素的同質性。在開幕當晚,藝術家被要求隱藏在人群之中,建立情境遊戲和對話與來賓互動。探人隱私的問題清單由策展雙人組事前交由藝術家發問. 就像聯誼交友,旨在快速的了解他們的對象(觀眾)。
這個活動希望達到開幕的社交體驗比展出作品鮮明的結果.
與藝術家製造了強烈的個人回憶,希望觸發觀者在展覽後主動搜索藝術家作品的動機.
Steve Nice, Snap Like a Diva, video projection (2012)
Niz Denox, Untitled, film photography (2010)
Patricia Pisanelli, Untitled, mix media installation (2010)
ArtClit opening night. Photo by Kyle Kao.
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