The Reactivation of Tradition
Xu Bing is this year’s Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chinese Studies at CRASSH (The centre for research in the arts, social sciences and humanities) at the University of Cambridge. This week he will deliver two public lectures and participate in a concluding symposium. He will also attend a talk and reception at the Fitzwilliam Museum to celebrate his visit to Cambridge. You can find information on all these events here.
I will be delivering a talk at the symposium on Thursday on Qiu Anxiong’s digital animations, specifically ‘The New Book of the Mountains and the Seas’. The theme of the symposium is centred on ‘Chinese tradition/Chinese reality’ and features a very interesting lineup of speakers. I’ve copied the programme below so for anyone interested in learning more about Xu Bing and his work in addition to hearing some exciting new scholarship on contemporary art and architecture please join us. Continue reading