The \u201cdo it\u201d project was initiated in 1993 by noted curator and art critic Hans Ulrich Obrist\u00a0and two artists based on their conversations about how to make exhibitions more flexible\u00a0and open.\u00a0In the end, they decided to put on an experimental exhibition. The exhibited pieces were not finished works of art; they were art games developed from different artists\u2019 ideas or notions, which in turn encouraged more people to give instructions for the artist to interpret and implement. As long as people are still acting on these instructions,\u00a0the exhibition will not end. As a result, \u201cdo it\u201d became an important, marathon exhibition that has continued for more than 20 years, giving it a notable place in exhibition history.<\/p>\n
This is the first time that the \u201cdo it\u201d project will be presented in China, and it was the contemporary art exhibition chosen for this year\u2019s iSTART Children\u2019s Art Festival.\u00a0The project is curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and jointly presented by Luxelakes \u00b7 A4 Art Museum\u00a0and Independent Curators International.\u00a0The exhibition will showcase instructions given to 26 internationally-renowned artists practicing in curatorship,\u00a0painting, sculpture, design, film, architecture, video, dance, and performance, such as artists Yoko Ono, Sol LeWitt, Tracey Emin, Christian Boltanski, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and Cao Fei, film director David Lynch, architects Yona Friedman and Kazuyo Sejima, designer Konstantin Grcic, and RAQS Media Collective.<\/p>\n
The final presentation of the \u201cdo it\u201d project at the A4 Art Museum will depend on nearly one thousand local co-creators from all walks of life. Participants of all ages can engage with the project through museums, schools, neighborhoods, families, and the internet. All participants will creatively interpret the instructions and add their own experiences and creativity to the exhibition, which will allow them to collaborate with, create, and reflect on interesting works of art. Examples include a\u00a0wish tree built with the wishes of different people, a city comprised of hundreds of people\u2019s ideal blueprints, a good-name library containing numerous donations,\u00a0the signatures\u00a0or graffiti left on museum, a party that anyone can attend, an architecture designed for animals, or an artwork that might make an animal smile. As Marcel Duchamp\u00a0said, \u201cArt is a game between all people of all periods.\u201d\u00a0The goal of \u201cdo it\u201d is to encourage and activate the public through \u201cmaking\u201d art together and approaching and thinking about creative meaning. The project also eliminates the absolute authority\u00a0of museums, curators, and artists and transforms\u00a0art museums into open platforms for participation, action, and creation.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":3594,"template":"","categories":[1,12],"exhibitions_category":[60],"class_list":["post-3353","exhibitions","type-exhibitions","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a4-art-museum","category-a4-kids","exhibitions_category-istart"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a4artmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibitions\/3353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a4artmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibitions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a4artmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibitions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a4artmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a4artmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a4artmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3353"},{"taxonomy":"exhibitions_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a4artmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibitions_category?post=3353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}