Methods of Art – Archive of Artists Interviews

I have only very few works… I do everything myself! Filming and editing I do myself, occasionally I
have assistants to help me.
It is quite difficult to describe what my works are like. I can only say about the works I have done in
recent years, like „Assembly Line“ for example. It is a project about social and human development.
I cannot explain by words what my artworks are like. I always feel them through experiences and
excursions to factories. And of course I concern myself with many social issues existing today in
China. These issues have a very important place in my works.
It is to say that I care a great deal for “people” and “the present”, or “contemporary” people and
society. And I use factories as an opportunity to connect them together.

Li Xiaofei / Artwork

Bio

*1973, Li Xiaofei is a Chinese artist who lives and works in Shanghai. He graduated from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Li is the Co-Founder and Director of the Creek Art Center and the Zendai Contemporary Art Exhibition Hall and Founder and Director of the Fei Contemporary Art Center (FCAC) Shanghai. Li has been the recipient of grants and awards from multiple organizations, including Asia New Zealand Foundation Wellington Grants, New Zealand (2013), Iaspis International Residency Grant, Stockholm, Sweden (2013), the Sovereign Foundation Fellowship of Asian Cultural Council (Rockefeller Foundation), New York, USA (2011).

www.lixiaofei.org

Transcript

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Credits

The interview was conducted November 21, 2014 at the Shanghai 21th Century Art Museum in Shanghai.

Interviewed by: Johannes M. Hedinger

Filmed and recorded by: Johannes M. Hedinger

Edited by: Paul Barsch

Transcript by: Yvonne Mattern

Translation by: Lin Pinchun

Produced by: Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Connecting Spaces Documents #5

Special thanks to: Shanghai 21th Century Art Museum