Pop-Up Teahouse 2022: WHAT ART CAN DO? by Li Zhenhua

Carbon Neutral is becoming our next issue at a time when our daily lives are not entirely liberated from the epidemic and the threat of war.

What can art do? What can artists do? What can I do? Thanks to the time and solitude brought about by the epidemic, two of my major projects have emerged from the very exchange of the epidemic, one being a book completed with Ms Zeng Che, 'Her Time and Place, Era in Clothes'. The other project was a gift from my friend, the famous Chinese woman writer Mian Mian, of all the old data on her computer hard drive. One project is about accumulation, the other about disconnection.

Between these two polarised points, numerous friends in Berlin will be sharing what they are doing on this day,

with presentations by Berlin Asian artists: Shen Han, Yu Linhan, Yu Peng and others;

on participatory art: Zhang Weak and Zeng Yilan;

on games and social psychology explorations: curator Yang Jing's project;

on music and live: Song Yuzhe;

on Li Zhenhua and Thomas Eller's new exhibition Preview;

with Mountain and River Jump! : a unique drink concocted by Huangshan and Huanghe;

spicy hotpot courtesy of Li Zhenhua;

and many mystery guests who will join us for a summer evening of music, poetry and art in action to faraway places.

Last but not least, Enjoy the Silence by Sarah Duffy.

碳中和，正在成为我们下一个议题的时候，我们的日常并没有完全从疫情和战争威胁下得到解放。

艺术能做什么？艺术家能做什么？我能做什么？感谢疫情带来的时间和孤独，我有两个主要的项目正是在疫情的交流中产生的，一个是和曾喆女士完成的一本书「她时异地，荏苒在衣」。另一个项目，则是我的朋友，著名的中国女性作家棉棉送来的礼物，她的电脑硬盘中那些老旧的数据。一个项目是积累，一个项目是断舍离。

在这两个极化的点之间，有在柏林的众多朋友会在这一天分享她们的所作所为，有柏林亚裔艺术家的介绍：沈翰、于林汉、于朋等；有关于参与性艺术的：张弱与曾亦兰；有关于游戏和社会心理学探幽的：策展人杨静的项目；有音乐和现场：宋雨喆；有李振华和Thomas Eller的新展预告；有山河跳！：黄山与黄河调制的独门饮品；有李振华提供的麻辣烫；还有很多神秘嘉宾，将与我们一起共度一个夏夜，在音乐、诗歌和艺术的行动中去远方。

最后，与Sarah Duffy一起“享受安静”。

Program:

4 pm: Pop-Up Teahouse doors open.

5 till late: Talks, thoughts, art presentations, discussions, cooking, eating, drinks, live music, hanging out together.

Li Zhenhua is a curator, art creator, editor, organiser and former chef. Born in Beijing, and living between Zuerich, London and Berlin he has been active in the artistic field since 1996, giving impulse to numerous Sino-European-International art collaborations. Since 2010 he is the nominator of the Zentrum Paul Klee in Berlin (Switzerland), a jury for the “Digital Revolution” exhibition at the Barbican Centre in the UK, just to name a few. LI Zhenhua is also a co-founder of the association.

Photo: WANG Keyao

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