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Below is a written account of a conversation between Bo Zheng and Lu Pan about digital archives in Asian contemporary art and visual culture, which took place via Zoom on March 30, 2020, and was moderated by Sjoukje van der Meulen, co-editor in chief of Stedelijk Studies. While the challenges and promises of increasing connectivity, inclusivity, and easy and unrestricted access in regard to digital archives and collections are ordinarily presented in the context of large and often state-sponsored digitization projects, the focus in this conversation is on nonprofit, experimental archival practices of artists and artists’ collectives who operate outside the domain of large official institutions, such as art museums and state archives.

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  • Is a written account of a conversation between Bo Zheng and Lu Pan about digital archives in Asian contemporary art and visual culture, which took place via Zoom on March 30, 2020, and was moderated by Sjoukje van der Meulen, co-editor in chief of Stedelijk Studies

  • Zheng is associate professor at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, where he leads the Wanwu Practice Group, a group of artist-scholars which focuses on ecological research and art practices in East Asia, including their own

  • Lu Pan is an assistant professor in the Department of Chinese Culture at the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong since 2015

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Is a written account of a conversation between Bo Zheng and Lu Pan about digital archives in Asian contemporary art and visual culture, which took place via Zoom on March 30, 2020, and was moderated by Sjoukje van der Meulen, co-editor in chief of Stedelijk Studies. The first is a website about the work of socially engaged Chinese artists and collectives, such as Xiong Wenyun, Xu Bing, New Worker Art Troupe, and Grass Stage, while the second is a related, archive-driven online course.

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