Prompts & Triggers: Bleuprints by Qui Zhijie.
28 Jun - 19 Aug 2012
Artist Qiu Zhijie (邱志杰; b. 1969, Fujian Province, China) draws from major political and historical narratives to produce large-scale ink-based maps. From Confucianism to Enlightenment, Qiu Zhijie charts new paths, centers, nodes and relationships, scrutinizing the mutable boundaries that outline histories of world thought. The concepts on which Qiu Zhijie bases the series of mappings of the contemporary world are summarized in the following maps: Map of 21st century; Map of Utopia; Map of Total Art; Map of Chinese History; Map of Nanjing Yangzi River and Map of Spirit Renew. These maps also inform the concept of the 9th Shanghai Biennale, with ‘Reactivation’ as its central theme, opening on the October 1st.