touring round great britain with a rock
a major new live performance by
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Beijing based artist He Yun Chang is amongst the most important artists presently working in China, creating unique solo performances in which he has placed exceptional physical demands upon himself both in terms of his strength and endurance. These works, mostly performed in public though occasionally only observed by a camera operator, have astounded audiences with their simple ambition combined with the difficulty of their implementation and, ultimately, their apparent futility.
Touring Round Great Britain With A Rock is He Yun Chang's most challenging and ambitious performance to date and it is set to become a landmark project in the history of durational performance art. Starting from Rock, in Northumberland, he will walk to the nearby coast at Boulmer where he will select a rock and set off to carry it around the island of Great Britain in a counter clockwise direction, eventually to return the rock to the precise location from where it was taken. The route is a rough circumnavigation of Great Britain, rather than following the precise coastline, a distance of over 2000 miles and will take around 110 days.
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WALK WITH HE YUN CHANG
You are welcome to join He Yun Chang at any point along the route of his walk. You can track his progress and read blogs from the tour team here.
TALK WITH HE YUN CHANG
During the tour, He Yun Chang will be taking part in two discussions about his work at the Chinese Arts Centre in Manchester, during the Vital festival, and Spacex in Exeter:
saturday 11 november 2006
Chinese Arts Centre, Market Buildings, Thomas Street, Manchester, M4 1EU
+44 161 832 7271
saturday 25 november 2006
Spacex, 45 Preston Street, Exeter, EX1 1DF
+44 139 243 1786
In conjunction with Touring Round Great Britain With A Rock, a touring exhibition of photo and video documentation of He Yun Chang's performance work will be presented in Liverpool, during the Liverpool Biennial, and at Spacex, Exeter:
HE YUN CHANGworks
Liverpool Biennial, 2 Jordan Street, Liverpool L1
16 september - 26 november 2006
open wednesday - sunday 12:00-18:00, thursday 12:00-20:00
admission free +44 1392 431786
Spacex, 45 Preston Street, Exeter EX1 1DF
7 october - 2 december 2006
open tuesday - saturday 10:00-17:00
admission free +44 1392 431786
The first solo exhibition in the UK by He Yun Chang takes place simultaneously in the Independents District of the Liverpool Biennial and at Spacex, Exeter. The exhibitions showcase different works in each venue comprising large scale photographs and films documenting He Yun Chang's extreme performances. The exhibition includes Casting, for which the artist embedded himself in a concrete block for 24 hours; and Eyesight Test where he stared directly at 10,000 Watts of electric light for 60 minutes.
more information
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co-produced by amino and Spacex
Touring Round Great Britain With A Rock is commissioned by amino
funded by
