KG: Let’s start by talking about Para/Site’s on-going projects... Can you tell me more about the Ai Weiwei and Acconci collaboration?

 

KG: 让我们先谈谈Para-Site正在进行的项目吧. 你能更多地讲讲有关艾未未和阿孔奇合作吗？

 

ARF: This project started with an invitation to Ai Weiwei more than a year ago. The idea of involving Acconci Studio, I came up with that idea because of similarities in the development of both artists, although there are huge conceptual differences between both of them. Both artists -- or architects -- were very interested in developing the project, so we offered our space to do that. It’s a project that is larger than Para/Site. We are used to handling small sized projects and to handle two large studios is not usual for us. We are small team of only four people.

 

ARF: 这个项目一年多以前就开始邀请艾未未。关于阿孔奇工作室的创意，我提出了那个想法因为在这两个艺术家有着相似的发展理念，尽管两者之间有巨大的概念差异。但无论艺术家还是建筑师 对进行这个项目都非常感兴趣，所以我们提供我们的空间来做这个事情。这是对于习惯处理小型项目的Para-Site来说着手这样两个大工作室的项目是不寻常的，因为我们毕竟是一个只有四人的团队。

 

KG: For the Ai Weiwei show, will you be showing architectural renderings?

 

KG: 对于艾未未的展览，你们会展示建筑效果图吗？

 

ARF: We are going to divide the gallery into a virtual grid. We are going to play a game, but a game that is the result of a virtual discussion process, where they will occupy for the period of the exhibition the exhibition space. They will send to us the physical result of their discussions. There is going to be a discussion happening every week over the phone between the two of them from New York and from Beijing. That’s going to help the development and to define the direction of the project over the course of eight weeks, although the output is going to be differentiated from each studio. Each studio will submit their own projects, drawings, text or models. So the gallery at the start will be quite empty and it will be updated at the end of the project at the end of two months.

 

ARF: 我 们会将画廊空间划分成虚拟的网格。我们打算玩一个游戏，但是这游戏就是这虚拟探讨过程中他们将占据展览的空间内的结果。他们会发送给我们他们讨论的结果。 他们两个每周都将从纽约和从北京进行电话通话进行有一个交流和探讨。这将有助于发展和界定在八个星期内的项目的发展方向，虽然每个工作室的最终进度会有所 不同，但是他们最后会提交自己的项目、图纸、文字和模型等。因此，在一开始画廊将会相当的空，但它会在这个项目快结束的时候更新和充实。