At the end of the Capturing the Moving Mind conference an event took place:
"When our journey had come to its end in Beijing , Luca Guzzetti jumped into the Korean artist Won Suk Han's artwork Rubbishmuseum (2005), a huge tray full of maggots in the backroom of a gallery space at Factory 798. The jump was then reproduced twice and the last jump was filmed. The event created a flood of reactions on behalf of conference participants assisting at the scene; anger, shame and mixed negative emotions: ‘How dare he enter into the work of an artist who did not give his consent?'; ‘Who gave him permission to do it?'; ‘Why did we enter the private room and not remain in the gallery?'" (Leena Aholainen 'Resisting Death, or, What Made Luca Guzzetti Jump into the Ashtray?')
The event at Factory 798, a new art space in Beijing, was captured in various videos:
All videos by Steffen Böhm; Creative Commons licence applies. To see these videos, you will need the free Quicktime software.
Various conference participants then reflected on the event that took place, and its implications for our understanding of art, politics, economy and organization:
Photos on this page by Bracha L. Ettinger and Bodó Balázs (Creative Commons licence applies).
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