Contemporary art exhibition “Tomorrow’s Party” will return to the Orange in Beijing’s Taikoo Li Sanlitun District from Dec. 12-17, following its successful debut there in 2014.
With the title "The Future of Poetry Is with the Programmers," this year's exhibition will feature young artists including Chris Lee, OHO, Link, Li Jingxiong, Jonathan Zawada, Kim Laughton, Wang Xinyi, Sentinel and Oliver Haidustschek, the Global Times reported on Thursday.
Tomorrow's Party is a pioneering art program initiated by EE-Media, which aims to gather idols, contemporary artists and musicians to create artworks together and reflect contemporary pop culture and society, the report said.
Chinese singer and fashion icon Chris Lee, who won the Best Artist award at the 20th MTV Europe Music Awards, will be teaming up with British CGI artist Kim Laughton and PC Music to create new work.
Emerging idol OHO, winner of the Chinese singing talent search Super Boys in 2003, will partner with artists Liu Yongqi and Wang Xinyi to create artworks using mechanical devices and computer-generated animation.
"The exhibition itself is a medium that opens more doors, allowing young people to build connections, integrate and create new powers," said Long Danni, the CEO of EE-Media.
The 2014 exhibition went viral on Chinese social networks, and spread even further due to the influence of local Chinese stars like Chris Lee and Hua Chenyu, to create millions of posts related to the exhibition.
"It is the largest case of deeply combining pop culture and art, the hit of young fans' searching for those artists online are unprecedented. It became the most notable exhibition among young people this year," the Bazaar Art magazine reported in 2014.