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Open Edit: Mobile Library Christa Seva Ashram Chunnakam, Jaffna 15 March to 15 June 2013 Mon to Sat: 10am-5pm Open Edit: Mobile Library is a travelling archive of Open Talk takes place in Colombo at the end of June contemporary art books from Asia Art Archive in and is aimed at attracting as broad an audience as Hong Kong. It brings a selection of AAA’s collection possible. Presented in partnership with Sri Lanka’s to different cities in Asia, making it possible for award-winning online journalism platform Groundviews, artists and larger audiences to access and interact Open Talk is a four-day debate forum, which brings with this unique learning resource. The presentation together a number of speakers to discuss, present of the project in Sri Lanka represents the library’s and question the subject of the archive and its first appearance in South Asia. A number of special relevance to present-day society in Sri Lanka. projects aimed at artists, students, creative professionals, teachers and academics mark the As part of Open Edit: Mobile Library, Raking Leaves and archive’s presentation in Sri Lanka. Asia Art Archive are launching the Sri Lanka Archive of Contemporary Art, Architecture and Design, the The Mobile Library begins in Jaffna, where it will be first archive of its kind in the country. This unique installed for three months. During this time Open archiving project aims to establish a much-needed Call invites artists to Jaffna to select materials resource and record of books and printed matter from the library and create an artwork in response. related to the development of contemporary visual A selection of the artworks will be exhibited at the and theoretical practices in Sri Lanka. The archive end of the project when the library moves to Colombo. is presented alongside Open Edit: Mobile Library in Open Talk, a series of talks, concludes the project Jaffna and Colombo. Conceived as a five-year project, and takes place over four days in Colombo before the physical archive will be developed in tandem with the archive returns to Hong Kong. an online platform. Second copies of many of the materials will be donated to the AAA collection, The Mobile Library is installed at the Christa Seva enriching the archive’s representation of Sri Lanka Ashram during its three-month stay in Jaffna. for international audiences. Established in 1939 by Selvaratnam, the ashram was founded as an ecumenical ashram to foster Christian meditation and prayer within an eastern context. The library is site-specifically installed in several buildings not used by the ashram. While in situ at the ashram, the library and its materials will be integrated into the day-to-day curriculum activities of the University of Jaffna’s Fine Arts (Art History) and Art and Design Departments. Comprised of 400 books, exhibition catalogues, periodicals and mono- A graphs, the library is a resource for students and B teachers, who do not otherwise have access to such a wide range of important art historical materials. Students and teachers from the Eastern University in Batticaloa and the Visual and Performing Arts University, Colombo, are also invited to utilise the rich array of materials in the archive. C Open Call is aimed at professional practicing artists from around the country. It invites them to visit the library to research a proposal for an artwork in response to the materials contained within it. A Registration A selection committee will shortlist 15 artists to B Sri Lanka Archive of Contemporary Art, Architecture and Design realise their proposals. The selected artworks will C Open Edit: Mobile Library be exhibited in Colombo at the end of the project. From AAA to Raking Leaves Open Edit: Mobile Library Open Edit: Mobile Library No. Title Type Publisher Year Pub. Language Country No. Title Type Publisher Year Pub. Language Country 001 1/2 doz. 2006: 1/2 Dozen Artist Run Initiative 2006 Catalogue Reference Half Dozen Artist Run Initiative 2006 English Thailand 067 Between Myanmar Cambodia Exhibition Catalogue Meta House (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) 2011 English Cross-country 002 10 Years of Video Art in Indonesia 2000-2010 Reference Division for Video Art Development, Ruangrupa 2011 Bahasa Indonesian; English Indonesia 068 Between Reality and Illusion Exhibition Catalogue Marty Walker Gallery (Texas, US) 2007 English Cross-country (Jakarta, Indonesia) 069 Beyond Beijing Exhibition Catalogue Osage 2006 Chinese, Traditional; English Cross-country 003 2006 Asia Art Forum – The Borders Between City and Art: Reference Asia’s Future Initiative 2006 English; Korean Cross-country Experience, Environment, Understanding 070 Beyond the Surface – Japanese Style of Making Things Exhibition Catalogue The Japan Foundation 2003 English Japan 004 2007 International Exchange Program: SSamzie Space/Biz Art Exhibition Catalogue SSamzie Space & Biz Art 2007 English; Korean Cross-country 071 Bharti Kher Monograph Not mentioned 2006 English India (Seoul/Shanghai) 072 Bike Rides: The Exhibition Exhibition Catalogue The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 2009 English Cross-country 005 23rd International Biennial of Sao Paulo Official Monograph Hanart TZ Gallery 1996 Chinese, Traditional; English Hong Kong Hong Kong Exhibition: Ho Siu-kee 073 Black – Extreme – Vigorous – Figurative Exhibition Catalogue Shenzhen Fine Art Institute (Shenzhen, China) 2005 Chinese, Traditional; English 006 37. What Is Differentiation? Chen Shaoxiong Exhibition Catalogue Strategic Questions 2005 English China 074 Bonjour, Young Hay (After Courbet) Monograph 2000 Chinese, Traditional; English Hong Kong 007 7th Asiatopia, 2005 and First S.E. Asia Performance Exhibition Catalogue Asiatopia International Performance Art Festival 2005 English; Thai Cross-country 075 Bound for Glory (Booklet) Monograph NUS Museum (Singapore) 2008 English Malaysia Art Symposium (SEAPAS) (Thailand) 076 Boxes: Recent Works by Yung Ho Chang Monograph Chambers Fine Art (New York, US) 2005 Chinese, Traditional; English China 008 A History of Art in 20th-Century China Reference Edizioni Charta 2010 English China 077 Breaking the Wall, Solo Exhibition by Farhan Siki Monograph KOONG Gallery (Jakarta, Indonesia) 2008 English; Indoesian Indonesia 009 A Museum That Is Not Exhibition Catalogue Guangdong Times Museum (Guangzhou, China) 2011 Chinese, Simplified; English China 078 Budi: Solo Exhibition by Budi Kustarto Monograph Nadi Gallery (Jakarta, Indonesia) 2005 Bahasa Indonesian; English Indonesia 010 A New Past: 2004 International Exhibition of Marronnier Art Center Exhibition Catalogue The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation (Seoul, Korea) 2004 English; Korean Korea 079 C: Yee I-Lann Monograph Valentine Willie Fine Art (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 1997 English Malaysia 011 A Pocket History of 20th Century Chinese Art Reference Edizioni Charta (Milan, Italy) 2010 English China 080 Cai Guo-Qiang: Hanging Out in the Museum Monograph Taipei Fine Arts Museum (Taipei, Taiwan) 2009 Chinese, Traditional; English China 012 A Strange Heaven: Contemporary Chinese Photography Exhibition Catalogue Asia Art Archive (Hong Kong) 2003 Chinese, Traditional; English China 081 Cang Xin Monograph Xin Dong Cheng Publishing House 2006 Chinese, Simplified; English China 013 A.Art2006: no. 1 Periodical Valentine Willie Fine Art (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), 2006 English; Vietnamese Vietnam Organisation for Visual Arts Ltd. (London, UK) 082 Canton Express Exhibition Catalogue Hunan Arts Publishing House 2003 Chinese, Simplified; English China 014 Absolutely Faithful: Junebum Park Monograph Gallery Hyundai 2008 English; Korean Korea 083 Cao Fei + Map Office: No Lab On Tour Exhibition Catalogue The Savannah College of Art and Design 2011 English Cross-country 015 Agus Suwage: “Ough … Nguik!!” Monograph Nadi Gallery (Jakarta, Indonesia) 2003 Bahasa Indonesian; English Indonesia 084 CC: Crossing Currents: Video Art and Cultural Identity Exhibition Catalogue 2006 English India 016 Ai Weiwei Works 2004-2007 Monograph Galerie Urs Meile Beijing – Lucerne (Lucerne, Switzerland) 2007 English China 085 Changwon 2007 Asia Art Festival: Peach Flowers, Apricot Flowers Exhibition Catalogue Changwon 2007 Asia Art Festival Organizing Committee 2007 English; Korean Cross-country 017 Airplanes and Parachutes: A Jonathan Napack Anthology Reference Art Basel 2007 Chinese, Simplified; English Cross-country 086 Chen Danqing: Art Book as Still Life Monograph Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 1998 Chinese, Traditional; English China Center for the Arts 018 AKU, Chairil, dan Aku Exhibition Catalogue Nadi Gallery (Jakarta, Indonesia) 2005 Bahasa Indonesian; English Indonesia 087 Chen Zhen: Transexperiences Monograph Galleria Continua (Beijing, China) 2005 Chinese, Smplified; English China 019 Alors, la Chine? Exhibition Catalogue Centre Pompidou (Paris, France) 2003 French China 088 Cheng Tsai-tung: Taipei Oblivion Monograph Hanart (Taipei) Gallery 1992 Chinese, Traditional; English Taiwan 020 Alternatives 2005: Contemporary Art Spaces in Asia Reference Tankosha Publishing Co. (Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan) 2004 English; Japanese Cross-country 089 China Power Station: Part II Exhibition Catalogue Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art (Oslo, Norway) 2007 English China 021 Angkor: The Silent Centuries Exhibition Catalogue Bodhi Art (New Delhi, India) 2005 English Cambodia 090 China’s New Art, Post-1989 Exhibition Catalogue Asia Art Archive (Hong Kong) 2001 Chinese, Traditional; English China 022 APT 2002: Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art Exhibition Catalogue Queensland Art Gallery
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