Ni Haifeng
Subtitle: Ya sheng chan = Ni Haifeng : para-production
By: [Ni Haifeng ; interviewed by Paulline J. Yao]
Contributors: Yao, Pauline J.; JoyArt
Publisher: Timezone 8 Limited
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Hong Kong]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9789881803351
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Exhibitions; Interviews; Installations (Art); Chinese Art; Modern Art
Other titles: Ni Haifeng :; Ya sheng chan; Para-production
Description: "The art of Ni Haifeng stems from an interest in cultural systems of return, exchange, language and production. Born and raised in China but based in Amsterdam, 'Para-Production' represents Ni's first large scale solo exhibition inside China. Utilizing shreds of discarded fabric gathered from garment factories--byproducts of the 'Made in China' phenomenon and direct witness to the process of commercial production--Ni creates a multi-layered installation that proposes a conceptual reversal of capitalist production and its commanding logic of 'producing the useful'. An essay by exhibition curator Pauline J. Yao and an interview with artist Ni Haifeng accompany rich documentation of the work and its making--a 'production of the social' that enlisted the active participation of workers and individuals from all walks of life."--Publisher's website.
Notes: "This catalogue has been published in conjunction with the exhibition Para-production, at JoyArt, Beijing, China"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-105).

Text in English and Chinese.
Table of contents: title: On para-production; title: Para-production exhibition; title: Conversation between Ni Haifeng and Pauline J. Yao; title: Para-production in progress; title: Artist biography.