第二届“微征集”项目初轮评选方案公布
The Second "Micro- Curatorial Project" Selected Proposals Announced
由杨锋艺术与教育基金会（以下简称“基金会”）主办的第二届“微征集”项目自公开招募方案以来，陆续收到了来自中国、美国、英国、德国、法国、澳大利亚、韩国、匈牙利等15个国家的39份方案。
不同以往，本次征集不限提案人的年龄、职业、地域和作品观念。在39份方案中，申请者既有艺术家、策展人、艺评人，更有包括制作人、大学教授、设计师、诗人等其他文化领域的实践和研究者，他们的提案立足于留下空间（基金会位于上海的艺术空间）及周边的社区，以各自不同的策展角度探索留下空间特有的内涵。
由凯伦·史密斯（Karen Smith）担任主席的“微征集”项目专业评审团，本着开放及多元的原则，从方案在地性、创意、策展思维、可行性等方面综合评估，希望能够选出最契合留下空间及其历史文化语境的展览计划。目前，该项目已进入评选的最后阶段。目前，该项目已完成初轮评选，共有13组申请人入围，分别是（以字母顺序排名）：陈立（独立策展人，研究者；中国）、Dori Deng（艺术家，策展人；英籍华人）、Henrietta Y. Xie（独立策展人，写者；匈牙利）、Karma Ltd. Extended（策展小组；德国）、Lina Louisa Kraemer（策展人，研究者；德国）、卢征远（艺术家；中国）、O. Rynell Cash（独立策展人；比利时）、Ruixuan Li & Mengni Zhang（独立策展人& 多领域设计师；中国）、王子云（策展人，研究者；中国）、吴建儒（独立策展人，写作者，艺术史研究者；中国）、杨鉴&蒲英玮（策展人，艺术批评写作者&艺术家；中国）、张营营（独立策展人，写作者，艺术观察员，主编；中国）和 Zoe De Luca（策展人，编辑；意大利）。
凯伦·史密斯（Karen Smith）表示，相比较于第一届“微征集”项目，本届收到的申请方案在整体质量上更上一层台阶。所有申请者的想法都有趣且个性鲜明。他们从各自研究的当代艺术话题、方向出发，延展出极具创意的展览方案。展览方案中选择的艺术家及展览线索也都各有千秋，不相伯仲。同时，凯伦·史密斯也强调了本届“微征集”对申请者们别于过往的挑战性，“这是基金会位于上海留下空间的在地项目。虽然征集材料中提供了空间平面图，但一些申请者对空间环境不是很熟悉，会产生很理想、很庞大的展览想法，这在构想初期，也不可避免。但相信这一困难，日后会在与策展团队的沟通协作中解决。”
本届“微征集”项目最终入选方案名单将在8月中旬公布。项目第一名的获胜者除了获得奖金八千美元（或者等值人民币5万元整）外，其方案还将由基金会及赞助方蓝海资本全额资助，在基金会上海留下空间执行并展出。
Presented by Frank F. Yang Art and Education Foundation, The Second "Micro-Curatorial" Project has received 39 proposals from China, U.S., U.K.,Germany, France, Australia, South Korea and Hungary etc. 15 countries in total since the official open call announced.
Different from the First Micro-Curatorial Project, this time the project is open to applicants at all age, professional, practicing in all artistic mediums, regions and concepts. Among 39 proposals, the professional background of applicants varies from artists, curators and art critics to producers , university professors, interior designers and poets, practitioners and researchers in other cultural fields across the world. All the proposals are based on Spare Space ( The art space of Frank F. Yang and Education Foundation in Shanghai ) and its immediate community, exploring the unique connotation of the space with their own curatorial perspectives.
Based on the principle of openness and diversity, The jury for this edition of Micro-Curatorial Project, chaired by Karen Smith takes creativity, curatorial concept and feasibility into consideration, in hoping to discover an site-specific exhibition project that best resonates with local historical and cultural context of Spare Space. As of now, there are 13 groups of applicants who have entered the final round of selection. They are (listed in alphabetical order): Chen Li ( Independent Curator, Researcher; China), Dori Deng ( Artist, Curator; U.K.), Henrietta Y. Xie ( Independent Curator, Writer; Hungary), Karma Ltd. Extended ( Curatorial Collaboration; Germany), Lina Louisa Kraemer ( Independent Curator, Researcher; Germany), Lu Zhengyuan ( Artist; China), O. Rynell Cash ( Independent Curator; Belgium), Ruixuan Li & Mengni Zhang ( Independent Curator & designer; China), Wang Ziyun ( Independent Curator, Researcher; China), Wu Jianru ( Independent Curator, Writer, Art History Researcher; China) , Yang Jian& Pu Yingwei ( Curator, Art Critic & Artist; China), Zhang Yingying ( Independent Curator, Writer, Art Observer, Chief Editor; China) and Zoe De Luca ( Curator, Editor; Italy).
Karen Smith says compared to the First Micro-Curatorial Project, the proposals received this year have been taken to a higher level. All the ideas are interesting and distinctive. Started from applicants'advantageous researches on different subjects and area of contemporary art, creative exhibition proposals have been developed . Each curatorial source as well as the artists selected have their own merits. In the meantime, Karen Smith emphasized the challenge to the applicants this year, “this is a site-specific project of Spare Space in Shanghai. Though floorplans have been provided, some applicants have conceived some grand, idealistic projects due to unfamiliarity of the space, which is inevitable at the beginning of the conception. But I believe this will be solved in the future by coordinating closely with the curatorial team.”
The finalist and his/her proposal will be announced in the middle of August. Apart from the $8,000 (50,000CNY) curatorial fee given to the winner, the proposal will be executed with the full support of the foundation and Blue Ocean Capital Group, and the exhibition will be presented subsequently at the Spare Space in Shanghai.