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At the end of 2019 to the beginning of 2020, when the coronavirus first emerged, Wuhan in China became the first city in the world affected by this deadly disease. It then rapidly spread to the entire country, and further on to Europe, America and the rest of the world.

During these strange times, we witness the emptiness of streets, squares and cities everywhere; we are estranged from and yet ‘connected’ to each other. As a response to the pandemic, Jiang Jiehong convened in-conversation talks with figures from different disciplines in the Chinese-speaking world, including anthropology, architecture, art, curating, fashion film, literature, media, museum, music and photography.

The twelve high-profile participants in these conversations are Xiang Biao, Zhang Peili, Pi Li, Zhang Zikang, Gu Zheng, Li Lin, Zhang Zhen, Shu Kewen, Jiang Jun, Wang Shouzhi, Chen Danqing and Zhu Zheqin.

These conversations foster new understandings of this present-day crisis; the threat of the invisible, notions of distance and spatialization, separation and isolation, communication and mobility, discipline and surveillance, and community and collectiveness, as well as the increase in conflicts and divisive voices between China and the world. At the same time, these reflections give us the opportunity to re-examine our past ‘normality’, and to project our future visions of a post-COVID world.

Readership will include those working and studying in the humanities and specifically in the disciplines of the interviewees, and those who have particular interests in contemporary China. The Otherness of the Everyday is also of interest to a more general audience who has experienced the pandemic and is seeking innovative understandings of this global crisis in human history.

List of figures

Acknowledgement

Introduction: The otherness of the everyday

1. The state of suspension

Conversation with Xiang Biao, 6 June 2020

2. The art of quarantine

Conversation with Zhang Peili, 13 June 2020

3. The end of the museums

Conversation with Pi Li, 20 June 2020

4. An exhibition in the palm of your hand

Conversation with Zhang Zikang, 27 June 2020

5. Expressions of the pandemic

Conversation with Gu Zheng, 4 July 2020

6. In fashion at home

Conversation with Li Lin, 11 July 2020

7. Filming the lockdown

Conversation with Zhang Zhen, 18 July 2020

8. Experience and knowledge

Conversation with Shu Kewen, 15 August 2020

9. In control

Conversation with Jiang Jun, 22 August 2020

10. Virus-affected design

Conversation with Wang Shouzhi, 29 August 2020

11. Infected or transmitted

Conversation with Chen Danqing, 5 September 2020

12. The un-isolatable

Conversation with Zhu Zheqin, 12 September 2020

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Date de parution	15 mars 2021
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The Otherness of the Everyday
Twelve Conversations from the Chinese Art World During the Covid-19 Pandemic

For Benjamin and his generation
First published in the UK in 2021 by
Intellect, The Mill, Parnall Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 3JG, UK
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Cover image: Richang youbie (the Otherness of the Everyday), calligraphy, Damen, 2020. Courtesy of the artist.
Front page: Richang youbie: xinguan yiqing qijian de shi’er chang duihua (the Otherness of the Everyday: Twelve Conversations during the Coronavirus Pandemic), calligraphy, Damen, 2020. Courtesy of the artist.
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Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Otherness of the Everyday

1 . The State of Suspension:
Conversation with Xiang Biao, 6 June 2020
2 . The Art of Quarantine:
Conversation with Zhang Peili, 13 June 2020
3 . The End of the Museums:
Conversation with Pi Li, 20 June 2020
4 . An Exhibition in the Palm of Your Hand:
Conversation with Zhang Zikang, 27 June 2020
5 . Expressions of the Pandemic:
Conversation with Gu Zheng, 4 July 2020
6 . In Fashion at Home:
Conversation with Li Lin, 11 July 2020
7 . Filming the Lockdown:
Conversation with Zhang Zhen, 18 July 2020
8 . Experience and Knowledge:
Conversation with Shu Kewen, 15 August 2020
9 . In Control:
Conversation with Jiang Jun, 22 August 2020
10 . Virus-Affected Design:
Conversation with Wang Shouzhi, 29 August 2020
11 . Infected or Transmitted:
Conversation with Chen Danqing, 5 September 2020
12 . The Un-isolatable:
Conversation with Zhu Zheqin, 12 September 2020
Glossary
List of Figures 0.1 Empty Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament with the Big Ben in London on an early summer morning during the Covid-19 lockdown. 0.2 Children’s drawings of the rainbow, 16 May 2020, Birmingham, England. Photo by Julia Jiang. 0.3 Neighbours clap their hands and make a noise for carers and key workers, Watford, UK, 23 April 2020. 0.4 Wuhan light show honours the heroes in the battle against Covid-19 as the 11-week lockdown ends on 8 April. Screenshot from YouTube. 0.5 Twelve guest speakers in conversations at the CCVA Covid-19 special seminar series, The World, Two Metres Away , 6 June to 12 September 2020. Screenshots from the edited Zoom recordings, from left to right, top down, Xiang Biao, Zhang Peili, Pi Li, Zhang Zikang, Gu Zheng, Li Lin, Zhang Zhen, Shu Kewen, Jiang Jun, Wang Shouzhi, Chen Danqing and Zhu Zheqin. 1.1 The sign of ‘Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives’ on the billboard at Piccadilly Circus during coronavirus lockdown, London. 1.2 Shoppers queuing 2 metres apart to enter a supermarket, 15 June 2020, Oxford. 1.3 Waiting for the tide to raise, 2 November 2018, Krabi, Thailand. Photo by Jiang Jiehong. 2.1 Zhang Peili, XL Chamber , installation view at the Rén Space, Shanghai, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and the Rén Space. 2.2 Zhang Peili, The Only Access , installation view at This is Shanghai exhibition, Cunard Building, Liverpool, 2018. Courtesy of the artist and the Liverpool City Council. 3.1 M+, 15 July 2020, Hong Kong. Photo by Pi Li. 4.1 The Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFAM). Courtesy of CAFAM. 5.1 Shen Haopeng, Wukang Road , photography, 2020. Courtesy of the artist. 5.2 Eiffel Tower and Place du Trocadero during coronavirus lockdown in Paris. 5.3 Wang Guofeng, 2020 – The Axis , photography, 2020. Courtesy of the artist. 6.1 The Project Oōeli, photograph by Zhuhai Photo Studio. Courtesy of Oōeli. 7.1 Fan Jian, The Lost Spring , 66’57” film, 2020. Courtesy of Fan Jian. 7.2 Fan Jian, The Lost Spring , 66’57” film, 2020. Courtesy of Fan Jian. 9.1 Temperature checking on the highway exit, Wuhan, China. 9.2 The coronavirus and luggage check at the entrance in the subway, Wuhan, China. 11.1 British Airways aeroplanes stored at Bournemouth International Airport, Dorset during the Covid-19 crisis, 9 June 2020. 11.2 Damen, xinguan rang shijie liaojie zhongguo, ran’er zhongguo yiran bu liaojie shijie (Coronavirus has let the world know China, but China still does not know the world), calligraphy, 2020. Courtesy of the artist. 11.3 Damen, calligraphy on the window glass, 2020. Courtesy of the artist. 12.1 Andrea Bocelli singing in front of the Duomo Cathedral in Milan, 12 April 2020, Italy. 12.2 The UceLi String Quartet performing Crisantemi at the Gran Teatre del Liceu for the plants. Screenshot from YouTube. 12.3 Quarantined Italians playing instruments on the balconies, 2020. Screenshot from YouTube.
Acknowledgements
It has been a slow year since the outbreak; it has been a quick year with regard to the development of this project. First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to the twelve distinguished guest speakers, who made significant contributions to the project through their participation in the seminar series and illuminating discussions.
I have benefited from the generous support from my home institution, Research at the Faculty of Arts, Design and Media, Birmingham City University, as well as from exchanges with academics and students at the Centre of Chinese Visual Arts. This project would not have been realised without two young talented individuals, Lauren Walden and Amber Yang, who have been our most capable research assistants throughout. I owe a particular debt not only to their skilful coordination and management, but also for their intellectual inputs in preparing the seminar discussions and in offering insightful comments and suggestions as my first readers of every edited chapter in Chinese and subsequently in English. My special thanks also go to Nuo Lin, Qingying Liu, Dandan Xu, Haolin Xue and Shenglan Yu for assisting with the project in screen recording editing, transcription and publicity, and in particular, to Wen Sun, for her thoughtful translation. At different stages of this project, I am grateful for the support and encouragement that I received from Caroline Archer, Hongwei Bao, Anne Boultwood, Jenifer Chao, Anthony Downey, Sian Vaughan, Tim Wall and Jieling Xiao, and finally, Jelena Stanovnik and Aleksandra Szumlas and the team at Intellect Books, for their enthusiasm and professionalism.
Last but not least, I am indebted to my family for their tolerance when I worked on weekends for the online seminars, and more importantly, for inspiring me through the everyday experiences at home during the pandemic.
Introduction: The Otherness of The Everyday
Jiang Jiehong
Around the end of 2019 or the beginning of 2020, it is commonly understood that Wuhan in China became the first city in the world to be affected by the coronavirus. 1 It then rapidly spread to the entire country and further on to Europe, America and the rest of the world. Restrictions on travel, instructions to maintain social distance, and finally the lockdown of districts, towns and cities were enforced to help slow down its transmission, but so far, nothing has been able to stop it. We all continue to face this unprecedented challenge.
I was travelling from Shanghai, on 20 January 2020, after a one-week business trip on the way back to my home in Birmingham only three days before the Wuhan lockdown was implemented. Pudong Airport was operating as usual with absolutely no sign of any forthcoming health emergency. I was received warmly by the crew, who smiled as usual, without the slightest concern of what was going to happen in the immediate months to follow. I didn’t realise at that point either that it would be my last trip to China for over a year. 2
Since the first cases were confirmed in York in January 2020, the Covid-19 situation in the UK took a sudden turn for the worse in the following weeks. Informed by the WHO, the UK government planned four phases in tackling Covid-19, that is, to start in the ‘containment’ phase, along with ‘research’ being carried out and planning for the ‘delay’ and ‘mitigation’ work. Following the national lockdown in European countries, such as Italy and then Spain, the first national lockdown in the UK began on 20 March 2020 – all pubs and restaurants, as well as nightclubs, theatres, cinemas, gyms, and so on nationwide were closed. 3 Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation on the coronavirus, urging people ‘at this moment of national emergency to stay at home, protect the NHS (National Health Service) and save lives’. 4 We witness the emptiness of streets, squares and cities ( Fig. 0.1 ) everywhere across the world. Hundreds of thousands of citizens across the country clapped on Thursday evenings to support NHS workers ( Fig. 0.2 ), while pictures of rainbows created by school children have shone in windows in response to the outbreak as a prayer and a sign of hope ( Fig. 0.3 ). We keep experiencing a spatialised daily life through social distancing measures of being 2 metres apart; we suffer but benefit from the distance and because of it, we are estranged from and yet ‘connect’ with each other.