Arrow Factory: The Last Five Years is the third and final book of a series that documents an independently-run alternative storefront art space, located in a small hutong alley in Beijing’s city center.
From March 2008 through September 2019, Arrow Factory reclaimed an existing storefront and transformed it into a space for site-specific installations designed to be viewed from the street twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Arrow Factory was contingent upon its immediate environment, presenting works that formed meaningful responses to the diverse conditions of its given locality. In 2019, after more than a decade of mounting fifty-nine site-oriented artistic displays, collaborations and experiments by local and international artists, Arrow Factory was compelled to close.
Arrow Factory: The Last Five Years documents the twenty-one artists’ projects exhibited from 2015 through 2019, features ten conversations with thirteen artists from its past history, and presents an in-depth discussion with Arrow Factory’s co-founders on the project’s origins, aims and working methods. Structured around a theme of ‘How to Work with Arrow Factory,’ these various exchanges share insights on spatial production, changes in the local arts ecosystem, and the ways that Arrow Factory navigated through Beijing’s ever-shifting creative and cultural landscape.
Guest Editor: 陈玺安 Zian Chen
With projects by:
阿科与Ledoh|Ake & Ledoh
Xyza Cruz Bacani
蔡回 |Cai Hui
何迟 |He Chi
麦特・霍普| Matt Hope
胡尹萍 |Hu Yinping
阚萱 |Kan Xuan
大卫・凯利| David Kelley
卢明 |Lu Ming
兰基物业艺术小组| Lanji Property Management Art Collective
诺亚・谢尔登|Noah Sheldon
杨振中 |Yang Zhenzhong
张辽源|Zhang Liaoyuan
赵亮|Zhao Liang
社会敏感性研究所|Social Sensibility Research Institute
与 with
李占|Li Zhan
田栋梁|Tian Dongliang
武淑清|Wu Shuqing
赵海波|Zhao Haibo
赵涛,张秀良和张萌萌 Zhao Tao, Zhang Xiuliang + Zhang Mengmeng
Essay 陈玺安|Zian Chen
Conversations:
何迟|He Chi
胡尹萍|Hu Yinping
速溶胡同|Instant Hutong
阚萱|Kan Xuan
李杰|Lee Kit
林天苗与王功新|Lin Tianmiao + Wang Gongxin
社会敏感性研究所|Social Sensibility Research Institute
叶伟立与吕岱如|Wei-Li Yeh + Esther Lu
Xyza Cruz Bacani与林沁怡|Xyza Cruz Bacani + Qinyi Lim
杨振中|Yang Zhenzhong