friends, do you remember the discussions about the diffusion of "New 
Media Art" into the mainstream, almost a decade ago, and the 
entanglements of "Post-Internet Art"?

personally i thought that formulations like "some of the highest quality 
Virtual Reality artworks currently available in the world", "Virtual 
Reality has made a successful entry onto the global market", "this 
medium [enables] artists to cross boundaries and expand their field 
unlike ever before", or "the medium, thus, literally, opens up an 
entirely new world for both artists and viewers", - would belong to the 
past, and maybe this announcement is just a glitch on the surface of the 
post-digital; but it is strange to find such 1996-style, technically 
affirmative rhetoric on E-Flux...

greetings,
-a

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Betreff: 	Faurschou Foundation Beijing presents Virtual Reality Art
Datum: 	Wed, 23 Aug 2017 04:00:06 -0400
Von: 	e-flux <[log in to unmask]>

	
*/Virtual Reality Art/*
Christian Lemmerz, Erik Parker, Paul McCarthy, Tony Oursler, Yu Hong
August 27, 2017–February 3, 2018

*Press preview:* August 26, 3–4pm
*Opening:* August 26, 4–7pm

*Faurschou Foundation Beijing*
Chaoyang Qu
2 Jiuxuanquao Road
100015 Beijing
China

http://www.faurschou.com

Faurschou Foundation is pleased to present some of the highest quality 
Virtual Reality artworks currently available in the world. The 
exhibition, /Virtual Reality Art/, will be exhibited in Beijing from 
August 27, 2017 to February 3, 2018, and will consist of five 
consecutive “sub-exhibitions” for each participating artist: Christian 
Lemmerz, Erik Parker, Paul McCarthy, Tony Oursler and Yu Hong.

Virtual Reality has made a successful entry onto the global market at an 
unusually fast pace. In the art world, this medium is entering a 
ground-breaking period, enabling artists to cross boundaries and expand 
their field unlike ever before. It is impossible to do justice to 
Virtual Reality artworks with a mere description, which is why, in order 
to understand them, one must experience them first-hand. The medium, 
thus, literally, opens up an entirely new world for both artists and 
viewers.

In collaboration with Khora Contemporary, Faurschou Foundation has 
worked with several internationally renowned contemporary artists to 
create Virtual Reality art, namely Christian Lemmerz, Erik Parker, Paul 
McCarthy and Tony Oursler. With this new exhibition, the Foundation will 
also reveal a new piece by Chinese artist, Yu Hong. Each artwork will be 
exhibited for a one-month period with complementary sketches, books and 
artworks for each of the artists and their respective VR pieces.

Faurschou Foundation is glad to continue collaborating with Khora 
Contemporary after the successful exhibition,/New Media (Virtual 
Reality)/, in connection to the Venice Biennale 2017. Khora Contemporary 
was established in 2016 in Copenhagen by five partners with a common 
passion for art, and a shared vision of Virtual Reality’s significance 
in the art landscape of the future. Khora Contemporary conducts 
extensive research on this progressive medium, and specializes in 
translating the vision of established and emerging artists into the 
language of VR. This makes Khora Contemporary the first production 
company to focus on creating contemporary artworks in Virtual Reality.

Christian Lemmerz: August 27–September 29, 2017 (Opening August 26)
Erik Parker: October 1–27, 2017 (Opening September 30)
Paul McCarthy: October 29–November 24, 2017 (Opening October 28)
Tony Oursler: November 26, 2017–January 5, 2018 (Opening November 25)
Yu Hong: January 7–February 3, 2018 (Opening January 6)

*Faurschou Foundation​*
Faurschou Foundation is a privately owned art institution with a 
collection of contemporary art, and with exhibition venues at Copenhagen 
North Harbour as well as Beijing’s attractive art neighbourhood 798. 
Faurschou Foundation introduces the visitors to some of the world’s most 
acclaimed artists. Faurschou Foundation’s collection is constantly 
developed and expanded.

Over a very short period since its establishment in 2011 Faurschou 
Foundation has profiled itself as a significant art institution with 
solo exhibitions of among other artists Cai Guo-Qiang, Louise Bourgeois, 
Shirin Neshat, Gabriel Orozco, Danh Vo, Bill Viola, Ai Weiwei, Yoko Ono 
and Peter Doig.

For further information please contact:
English inquiry: Katrine Winther, [log in to unmask] 
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> / T +45 33914131
Chinese inquiry: Rebecca Yang, [log in to unmask] 
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> / T +86 13146006899