The exhibition presents works by approximately sixty Chinese and international artists and will mark a significant development from the experience of the previous edition. The theme for this year’s exhibition is “Negotiations”, articulating a thesis relevant to the international sphere while raising questions as to how contemporary art offers reflections and analysis on contemporary cultural issues through communication, dialogue, and discussion. The 2nd Today’s Documents is concerned with the possibilities of “negotiation” through a world of conflict and strife.
Processes of negotiation inform much of contemporary art practice, especially with respect to the dynamic interrelationships between artists, audiences and the institutions of art. They enable contemporary art constantly to deconstruct, reconstruct and redefine itself. The philosophy involved, the constant search for alternatives, the conviction that things don’t have to be as they are, epitomizes the kind of thinking that could make very real difference in the wider world.
Matias Faldbakken, originally born in Denmark, is a Norwegian artist and writer. As an author he has been hailed as the freshest new voice to emerge in Norwegian literature during the past decade. He made his literary debut in 2001, with the much praised and award-winning The Cocka Hola Company - Scandinavian Misanthropy I. Two years later, it was followed by the equally critically acclaimed and vividly debated Macht und Rebel - Scandinavian Misanthropy II. In Spring 2008, Matias Faldbakken brought the trilogy to a close with Unfun - Scandinavian Misanthropy III, thereby completing one of the most exciting and original literary projects in contemporary Scandinavian fiction.
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