Beijing, September 9 -- With cultural people, continue to inherit; With art, we see the future. In Beijing's most beautiful autumn season, the 27 Beijing 2023 Art Festival opened on September 798, with the theme of "Inheritance and Future", bringing together resources inside and outside the 9 Art Zone, with diversified art exhibitions, theme seminars and exchanges, artistic life experience, and public cultural activities as the main forms, to dedicate a distinctive and inclusive art feast, continue to enhance cultural and artistic exchanges and mutual learning, promote the high-quality development of public aesthetic education, and help Beijing's cultural consumption and the construction of a national cultural center.
On September 9, the 26 Beijing 2023 Art Festival with the theme of "Inheritance and Future" opened. Photo courtesy of Chaoyang District
From September 9 to October 26, the festival will feature 10 theme exhibition, more than 26 parallel exhibitions, 1 themed seminars, 70 square activities and a number of public cultural activities.
Art "tells" inheritance, "technology" sees the future
On September 9, the 26 Beijing 2023 Art Festival with the theme of "Inheritance and Future" opened. Photo courtesy of Chaoyang District
The integration of culture and science and technology is the general trend of the development of the cultural industry, and it is also the key direction of this art festival. 798 International Art Exchange Center launched the theme exhibition "Inheritance and Future: Making AI Understand China Better", following the core of art embracing AI, exploring the innovative combination of art language and AI technology, and launching the co-creation cooperation between artists and AI painting.
"This is a meeting between art and AI, seeing and creating, but also a dialogue between tradition and modernity, culture and technology. Through a variety of ways, we let Chinese wisdom and artificial intelligence collide and blend, and through the wisdom and emotion of artists and the training and creation of AI, let traditional culture bloom with endless charm. The relevant person in charge of the 798 International Art Exchange Center said that the exhibition also added the concept of "one-day artist", and visitors can experience the co-creation of art and technology through on-site interaction, and appreciate the charm of art.
Exhibition discussion, collision and exchange
During the festival, the organizers and dozens of institutions in the art district launched more than 70 rich and diversified art exhibitions to enhance the cultural atmosphere of the festival. A number of park institutions have joined hands with top international art institutions to launch a number of blockbuster exhibitions, allowing the audience to have the opportunity to see the masterpieces of international art masters, from the well-known modern artist "Matisse's Matisse" to the cross-border fashion many art masters "Hello! Master: From Picasso to Andy Warhol's Fashion Marvel to the architect's Meet Gaudí – The Art World of Genius Architects, exhibitions take turns to stage "art dramas".
Visitors will also see the most vivid creations and innovations of many artists from home and abroad, such as "White Hole: Oracle Mysteries and Representations", which focuses on the artist's in-depth thinking on the theme of Oracle and its current artistic expression; "Dumping Project" shows the creation and thinking of contemporary female artists on life; "The Book of Mirrors" opens a collaboration and dialogue between artists and children... Throughout the festival, visitors can enjoy different styles of art works in different corners of the park, feeling a strong artistic atmosphere and unique cultural atmosphere.
During the festival, experts and scholars from inside and outside the park focused on various topics such as contemporary art and aesthetic education, AI technology and art creation, the development of the gallery industry, and urban culture from the perspective of art, and launched a series of themed seminars. Through exchanges, sharing and free talks, it revolves around how to gather all forces, inherit excellent culture, work together to create the future, promote the high-quality development of the park, and collide with the spark of ideas.
Public activities, serving the people
On September 9, the 26 Beijing 2023 Art Festival with the theme of "Inheritance and Future" opened. Photo courtesy of Chaoyang District
"In the creation of the art festival, we deeply practice the concept of people's city, grasp the new trends and characteristics of cultural tourism demand such as quality, diversification, and experience, and make 'watching art exhibitions, watching cultural museums, and touring activities' become the artistic landscape of the city's autumn and the preferred check-in preference of citizens." The relevant person in charge of the 798 Art District introduced.
"Art Life Experience Square" gathers various activities such as art interaction, trendy classics, coffee brands, etc., allowing people to experience and feel different artistic life scenes; "Intellectual Property Protection Public Welfare Publicity" focuses on industry needs and escorts original content; The "3,000 Years Ago Amusement Park" cultural market activates the night economy of the art district and enriches the festive atmosphere through multiple elements such as art interactive installations, cultural and creative gifts, and catering.
During this period, the park will also launch an online guide system for various public cultural activities and art festival activities such as video screenings, art lectures, workshops, and public welfare guided tours, so as to continuously enrich the public's art experience. The organizer will also carry out night tour activities such as "High Passenger Day, International Exchange Day" to better meet the people's high-quality and multi-level night consumption needs.
The reporter learned that the Beijing 798 Art Festival has been successfully held for 16 sessions so far, and it is one of the grandest art activities in Beijing's autumn. As an important platform for international cultural and artistic exchanges, 798 Art District organizes a series of exhibitions and display activities, which has effectively promoted the transformation of cultural and creative achievements and the development of cultural industries. In the future, 798 Art District will continue to promote the innovation of park operation, brand value and cultural projects, continue to build a cultural industry ecology with art as the core, and tell Chinese stories well in the language of contemporary art. (End)