Art Spaces

TB10 collaborations with Taipei art spaces engage with the existing infrastructure and art production in the city. The seven independent spaces listed below have been invited to articulate varying degrees of collaboration. The resulting projects are neither parallel events nor curated contributions to the biennial, but specific interfaces of art production with wildly unpredictable flavors and distinctive criteria in each and every case.

Open Contemporary Art Center

No.13, Ln.91, Sec.1, Zhongzheng Dist, Taipei

Biennial Scope

A professional package tour offering a trip to the biennial exhibition, creating what might be called an "embedded audience" for the show. Photographs by participants will be uploaded to a website and presented as a publication project in Open Contemporary shortly thereafter.

website: www.biennialscope.com

Bamboo Curtain Studio

No. 39, Lane 88, Sec. 2 Zhung-Chan E. Rd., Zhuwei, Danshui Town 251, Taipei County

Marginal Aesthetica: An Alternative Way for Creativity

The Studio celebrates its 15th anniversary with the exhibition "Marginal Aesthetica: An Alternative Way for Creativity," which reflects different trajectories of contemporary art in Taiwan. The event includes talks by significant artists who have exhibited at Bamboo Curtain Studio, such as Tsong Pu, Wu Mali, Tang Huang-Chen and many others.

Taipei Showcases: Alternative Spaces in Taiwan

Time : Sep. 17- Oct. 23

Bamboo Curtain Studio collaborates with Taipei MOCA Studios, using their three exhibition annexes in the underground mall between the subway stations Zhongshan and Shuanglian, not far from TFAM. Here, the exhibition "Taipei Showcases: Alternative Spaces in Taiwan " combines five alternative spaces from three cities: Tainan (57 Art Studio, Paint House Studio & Soy House Artist Club), Kaohsiung (Sinpink Pier, Dog Pig Art Café), and Hualien (Pakeriran Arts Village). It features replicated settings, installations, documents, videos and discursive events.

VT Art Salon

B1, No. 47, Yitong Street, Taipei

Life Drawing Exam

Time : Sep. 11, 18, 25

As a critique of traditional arts education in Taiwan, three drawing classes are organized at TB10. The first meeting includes students from high schools, the second from art prep schools, and the third is an open call.

Nanhai Gallery

No.3, Lane 19, Sec. 2, Chongcing S. Rd., Jhongjheng District, Taipei

Schizoid Molecular Machine

Time: Sep. 25, Nov. 6

This series of guerrilla exhibitions aims to parody biennials and other major thematic museum shows. Video, performances and talks will propose new forms of spectatorship and in-between states of participation, destabilizing the reception of art along the lines of the Situationist dérive and détournement.

Yao Jui-Chung and LSD (Lost Society Documenta)

Mosquito Museums

Time : Sep. 17

Yao's studio has often served as a space for shows and student workshops. At TB10 he addresses Mosquito Museums, the empty venues built on campaign promises that are simply abandoned after elections. Yao will exhibit student photographs of dozens of such cultural venues, and will hold a workshop to draft proposals for the future use of these forgotten spaces.

Sly Art

1F., No.15-2, Lane 11, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Taipei

Biennial Office Swapping： "Taipei Biennial Monopoly" ＆ "Taipei Biennial Q＆A Discussion"

Time : Sep. 21 & 25

The Biennial Office Swap will lead to Sly Art and TB10 staffswapping workplaces for a period of two days, during which the two organizations will hold events in each others' spaces. The exercise aims to create a topsy-turvy environment that reconsiders Sly Art's marginal position in relation to the local mainstream. "TB Monopoly" is an oversized model of a Monopoly game that can be played according to the artworld rules of Taiwan.

TheCube Project Space

2F, No 13, Aly 1, Ln 136, Sec 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei

Traversing the Fantasy

Time: From Sep. 5 - Sep. 30

Showcasing six artist collectives from Taiwan and abroad, "Traversing the Fantasy" focuses on how different regions, cultures and artistic practices respond to living systems today. Avoiding sweeping ideologies to champion the perspective of "everyday life," the exhibition attempts to critique certain global forces that have entered our daily lives, and also to show how artists subvert, resist or submit to these forces with humor and wit. On the night of 5 September, the collective Superflex will screen The Financial Crisis (2009), which addresses methods of confronting the states of consciousness caused by the propaganda and failures of Capitalism. Meanwhile, Taiwanese photographer Liu He-Jong will engage with the vendors and food stalls surrounding TheCube venue to produce a photo installation.