You won’t be young forever

A wonderful example of how to work collaboratively with youth

By Luan Zhichao, translated by Sabrina Hsu

“You Won’t Be Young Forever” serves as a distinct example of how to work collaboratively with youth. A small office building set to be demolished needs no renovations or any visual disguises, it simply provides a venue for an exhibition. The curator and artists acquaint themselves with this place for the first time; therefore, rather than another routine exhibition, this is more of a project initiated by the curator alongside artists–a collaborative, transformative work on space.

nathan — Nathan Zhou, Wake Up Beat, 2016, acrylic, spray paint on wall, 1140 x 960 cm

Beyond its appearance, the transformation occurs in its spatial function (from a withering office space to a vi-gorous art venue) and spatial arrangement (from a hierarchical administrative space to an impartial inter-linked exhibition venue)–A perfectly new sense of site and iconography are presented, thoughthe language of architecture remains.

Shuang Li, Grapefruit, 2015,acrylic, dimensions variable 2015

From the ways that modern information is produced and disseminated, we could certainly expect to see promotional materials on the display racks by the entrance, but instead, sitting there are the artist books which the curator had invited each artists to create for the exhibition.

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