Curators：Victoria Lu  /  Renzo di Renzo  /  Felix Schoeber

Organizers: UNEEC Culture and Education Foundation ofTaipei

Today Art Museum of Beijing

Wereldmuseum of Rotterdam

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

Fondazione Claudio Buziol ofVenice

The exhibition’s locations and dates:  

June.1st 2011 to Nov. 1st 2011, Abbey of San Gregorio;

Palazzo Mangilli-ValmaranaVenice,Italy

Dec.8th2011– March 12th,2012 , Wereld museum of Rotterdam,

May 12th, - July,15th, 2012,National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts,Taiwan

Oct, 2012,Today Art Museum of Beijing,China

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The UNEEC Culture and Education Foundation of Taipei, the Today Art Museum of Beijing, the Wereld museum of Rotterdam and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, in collaboration with the Fondazione Claudio Buziol of Venice, present “Future Pass”, curated by Victoria Lu, Renzo di Renzo and Felix Schöber.

“Future Pass” is organized: East/West, Past/Future, Yin/Yang, Universal/Individual (all exhibited at the Abbazia di San Gregorio,Italy), Virtual/Real and Cosplay (exhibited at the Palazzo Mangilli-Valmarana,Italy).The idea that opposites complement each other. Yin and yang, male and female, lightness and darkness are interdependent; they have a shared origin. One cannot exist without the other, and each can transform into its opposite. While these concepts may seem dichotomous, they are brought to resolution in each work of art on display. “Future Pass” is a meeting of different cultures, ages and personalities. Cosmopolitan Venice, historically an empire of travellers, is the perfect site for it. 

“Future Pass” explores the relationship between the creative energy of contemporary art in Asia and the rest of the world. The exhibition responds to the general theme of the 54th International Art Exhibition in Venice, presenting not only an artistic“nation” that transcends national boundaries, but also a new artistic universe centered in Asia. 

The exhibition brings together 106 artists and artistic groups from every corner of the world—some already well known, others up and coming. Among the protagonists of the exhibition are Wim Delvoye (Belgium); Xu Bing and Zhang Xiaogang (China); Dieter Jung and Rolf A. Kluenter (Germany); Thukral and Tagra and Janice Devali (India); Ay Tjoe and Indieguerillas (Miko and Santi) (Indonesia); Simone Legno, aka Tokidoki (Italy); Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara (Japan); Lee Dongi and SEO (Korea); Hooger T. Brugge (Netherlands); Shahzia Sikander (Pakistan); Grimanesa Amoros (Peru); Phunk Studio (Singapore); Yang Maolin (Taiwan); Natee Utarit (Thailand) and Gary Baseman (USA). Their works employ a variety of media—from painting, interactive installation, animation and video to sculpture, live performance and body art—, defying an any attempt to classify them.

After the 54th International Art Exhibition in Venice, “Future Pass” will travel to the Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam in December 2011 and to the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung and the Today Art Museum in Beijing in 2012.