Alanna Heiss hosts a spirited and fascinating bilingual discussion with artists and officials from the China Pavilion, which was organized and sponsored by the Chinese government.

From artist/curator Cai Guo-Qiang's statement: There is a 110-year gap between the induction of the China pavilion and the establishment of the first national pavilion in the Venice Biennale. Hence, this selection of artists is essentially an investigation into the nature of national pavilions and, in the context of a multinational arena, how to represent the inaugural China pavilion in 2005 or any national pavilion in the 21st century.

Guests:

Fan Di'an, Commissioner, China Pavilion
Cai Guo-Qiang, Curator, China Pavilion
Jennifer Ma, Exhibition Coordinator
Xu Zhen, artist
Liu Wei, artist
Yung Ho Chang, artist
Peng Yu, artist
Sun Yuan, artist