DSCENE Exclusive Interview With Artist GUAN XIAO
DSCENE Editor KATARINA DJOIRC sits down for an interview with Beijing-based artist Guan Xiao.
February 19, 2021, 2:56 pm
Installation view from Guan Xiao, 8 STORIES, Antenna Space, Shanghai
KATARINA DJOIRC about Beijing, the digital generation as well as the notion of “past and present”.
Installation view from Guan Xiao, 8 STORIES, Antenna Space, Shanghai
When did you begin to do art, and why? I started to do it around 2010 because I wanted to do something where I could make decisions from beginning to end.
You live and work in Beijing. Do you think the place of residence is important in today’s world? It depends. I think the space of reality is irreplaceable, today and in the future. We are actually forced to give up the offline world to some extent. Besides, we cannot choose where we’re born; this ignorable condition is a very important element of what formed us and what makes us different.