Independent Art Spaces Beijing Returns for Its 4th Edition

By Bryan Grogan, September 3, 2019

Fan of art? Good news.

Independent Art Spaces is returning this month for their fourth edition after a break in 2018. From September 6-8, a host of workshops and events will be held in Beijing to celebrate independent galleries, giving visitors the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the work of both Chinese and international galleries.

This year, Independent Art Spaces will host 10 international galleries, from countries like Switzerland, Germany, Australia and Japan. The three-day event will kick off on September 6 with an opening ceremony at Aotu Space.

On September 7-8 workshops focusing on ideas such as the perks of not having enough space, the limitations of independent criticality and an intriguing one in particular called skin-deepfake by I: project space, where all workshops will take place over the next two days.

Image via @iasbeijing/Facebook

Keep an eye on I: project space’s WeChat (iprojectspace) over the course of September as it will be adding profiles of each of the galleries involved in this year’s event, as well as a map of Beijing’s independent art spaces, designed by Lava Beijing.

Below is a list of independent art spaces that will be taking part in the event:

Local Spaces:

Aotu Space
Arrow Factory Space
A2 space
Bunker
Cache Space
De Art Center
DRC No.12
Institute for Provocation (IFP)
I pai Hutong
I: project space
Minority Space
Mutual Art Lab
NON SPACE
PLATE SPACE
PPPP
Q-space
Alchemy in Residential Area
Salt Projects
Social Sensibility R&D Department
TELESCOPE
Video Bureau
Wu Jin
zapbeijing
706 space

International Spaces:

Aphids (Australia)
EVBG (Germany)
Hamlet (Switzerland)
Kreuzberg Pavillon / Project Space Festival Berlin (Germany)
Longtang (Switzerland)
Liquid Architecture (Australia)
Mumei (Japan)
Ongoing project (Japan)
Paradise AIR (Japan)
West Space (Australia)

[Cover image via @iasbeijing/Facebook]