CANART 当代艺术机构

CANART当代艺术机构成立于2008年，是主要致力于推广与发展中国当代艺术，并促进当代艺术国际交流的综合艺术中心。CANART以互动及参与的方式，支持包括视觉艺术、行为艺术、音乐艺术及跨媒介新媒体艺术等多种艺术形式。同时也以出版、发行图书，组织策划艺术项目开展公益性艺术普及活动等形式，力求搭建多样化的互动性艺术平台。

这里将会是：

·多种艺术形式的展示和互动平台。
·设计行业的展示空间，为本土设计师与国际交流、展示的平台。 ::

CANART的理念和目标

CANART旨在创建一个开放活跃的当代艺术平台，发现、支持并推介中国年轻的优秀艺术家参与国内及国际间的交流与对话，扩大中国当代艺术的认知度，提高艺术活动中各方的互动及参与性，同时促进国际艺术家在中国的交流与认知。

以下是CANART的主要发展目标及艺术倾向：

开放_

开放性是CANART所倡导的最重要特性，我们设计了几乎可以全部敞开与户外连通的超高展示空间，并设有对内部全开放式的休闲区，如此以开放性的姿态欢迎所有来自艺术家和观众的交流与探讨，并欢迎来自所有国内外艺术家、艺术团体及艺术机构的项目合作及计划。

多元_

CANART的多元性体现为打破各种艺术形式的固有概念与界限，支持与鼓励包括视觉艺术、行为艺术、音乐艺术及跨媒介新媒体艺术等多种艺术形式，尝试富有挑战性的创作与展览形式。

互动_

与我们的名字一样，CANART是建立在倡导参与互动基础上的艺术交流平台。我们不仅通过设计展览及活动中的互动项目尝试各种艺术家、艺术组织与观众之间可能的结合方式，也通过定期的公益性艺术普及活动来促成爱好者间的探讨。

探索_

CANART 不是简单意义上的画廊，而是做为综合性的艺术空间为多种艺术形式（视觉艺术、行为艺术、音乐、影像及表演等）提供活动的空间，并且致力于组织专业学术性艺术展览和活动。探索并试图创造新的途径去研究及策划艺术展览的不同方式，通过开放性的平台搭建发现问题、提出问题、探讨问题的沟通桥梁。

The CICA is home to the best new art and culture from China and around the world.

The CANART Institute of Contemporary Arts was established in 2008 with both indoor and outdoor exhibition spaces in Shanghai.

The CICA is dedicated to the exhibition, promotion and development of contemporary Chinese artists, art and ideas.

The exhibition programs, education programs and outreach activities all provide a platform for artists and audiences to engage with cultural and creative ideas. The exhibitions are supported by a publications program which helps make the art work more accessible to a wider range of audiences.

As a multi-function art organization, the main aim of CANART Institute of Contemporary Arts (CICA) is to develop and promote contemporary art in China and to build up a platform of cultural exchange and dialogue between Chinese and international artists. CICA not only directly supports visual art, performing/performance art, experimental music, new media and all the other cutting-edge art forms, but also promotes contemporary art through publishing, curating, and managing art projects.

Now the space is under construction and will open in Oct. 2008, it's the great honor that you visit the CICA later.

Mission and Objective

The goal of CICA is to create an open artistic environment in which contemporary art in all its different identities can be created, shown, and discussed. We discover, support and promote excellent young Chinese artists and promote international artists' recognition in China.
What follows are the main directives for CICA programming and artistic choices:

OPENNES_

CICA's most important aspect is Openness. In our space that almost open to the outdoors we want to foster discussion, without necessarily trying to provide the viewers or the artists with answers. Everyone who wants to join the open platform that we are building can contact us with projects and proposals.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY_

At CICA , events and programs are multidisciplinary, which challenge fixed boundaries of artistic disciplines. We stimulate interaction between visual art and music, architecture and performance, film and installation, the public and the performer -- any and every possible combination.

INTERACTIVITY_

The space bases on interactivity and dicussion between artists, organizations and audiences as the name CANART. We also hold some forum between audiences frequntly.

NEW APPROACHES_

CICA is more than just a gallery. Our starting point not only lies in the use of the space, and the diversity of the programs (from visual art and film to music and performance) but also in the events and expositions we put on. CICA wants to play a leading role in exploring different curating models.