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Voice of the UnseenChinese Independent art 1979/todayWho are, where are they, and what are doing now the artists who, with the historical event of the 1979exhibition on the "Wall of Democracy" of Xidan in Beijing, gave birth to the growingly influential stream ofindependent contemporary art in China? This event is the most ambitious attempt to date to answercomprehensively to these questions, highlighting the history of Chinese art of the last thirty years throughthe work of the artists who created, from the Post-Avant-garde of the ‘80s and ‘90s, the movement of thenon-official, or independent, Chinese art.Body - Family - Village - Landscape - Ruins - Poverty - Magic - Memory - HistoryThe nine themes are narrated through works, recent or expressly made, in various media: painting,sculpture, installation, photography, video, performance, accompanied by the largest reference library ofChinese culture ever created up to now as part of an art exhibition.Tesa alle Nappe, Tese di San Cristoforo 93-94, Arsenale NordJune 1st – November 24th10 – 18 closed on MondaysOrganization: Guangdong Museum of Artwww.gdmoa.orgwww.voiceoftheunseen.orgWho is Alice?Who is Alice? is a special thematic exhibition presenting the permanent collection of the National Museum ofContemporary Art, Korea. The exhibition presents 30 works by 16 Korean artists that transcend thelimitations of physical space and time, covering various concepts and forms that traverse the boundaries of‘reality and non-reality’, and ‘dreams and the real. The audience is invited in the ‘time travel’ across spacetime,like Alice in Wonderland who took a sudden leap into the rabbit hole. The audience will dream walk ina mysterious space of reality and imagination, and become the main character in the ‘shadow play’ of theirown stories.Spazio Light Box, Cannaregio 3831 (San Felice, Strada Nova))June1st - November 24thh. 10 – 18 closed on Mondays (except June 3rd and November 18th)Organization: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Koreawww.moca.go.kr'You(you).' - Lee Kit, Hong Kong‘You (you).’ continues his exploration into the quotidian realm of the everyday. Comprised entirely of newcommissions, the exhibition is conceived through the recollection of personal and collective moments. ‘You(you).’ takes the universal yet non-existing entity hinted by its title as a departure point, gazing at the notionof absence to reflect on the construction of memories, time and places. Lee incorporates various elementssuch as moving-image, ready-made objects and sound to suggest traces of immaterial dialogues, allowingthe possibility of evoking the texture of the everyday.Arsenale, Castello 2126 (Campo della Tana)June 1st – November 24thh. 10 – 18 closed on Mondays (except June 3rd and November 18th)Organization: M+, Museum for Visual Culture; Hong Kong Arts Development Councilwww.venicebiennale.hk - www.wkcda.hk/en/museum/ - www.hkadc.org.hk