Art project
「Space Ark 2020」
Concept and Director：Tan Tan
Category: Site-specific Participatory Theatre
From January 2021, working in progress
「Space Ark 2020」 is a series of works initiated by the artist Tan Tan. It is an ever-evolving, publicly participatory, interdisciplinary performing arts project. Using specific public spaces as its stages and the genuine experiences of ordinary people as its raw material, it explores the overall human predicament under and post the COVID-19 pandemic from a humorous, sci-fi perspective.
Up to now, the project has undergone three rounds of incubation and evolution in Macau and Shenzhen. It was shown at 2022 Macau International Performance Art Festival, 2022 YAV Art Platform Show, and 2023 Shekou Theater Festival.
Unknown ritual
Concept and Director：Tan Tan
Artist: Tan Tan, Eric Bribosia, Li Ning, Zhang Mengqi, Bi Haiyan, He Chengyun, Zhu Linan, many mo re
From February 2015, working in progress
This is a long-term intermedia art project composed of several "episodes" of films, which can be also shown in diverse ways such as installation, performance art/theatre.
It focuses on site-specific art creation, meanwhile explores the subjects of rituals, improvised actions, attempts to create magical and unknown journeys that composed by performance and music.
Along with the tracks of Tan Tan’s life, these journeys are being expanded to many places in the world, and to the inconspicuous spots around you...
Venize Biennale
On 23rd, November 2015, one day after the closing day of the 56th International Art Exhibition of Venice Biennale, artist group TanBo announced to the world that they won the first "Super Lion Award" of “Venize Biennale” in the art history! Soon, they received plenty of congratulations from friends and strangers all around the world... Nearly no one noticed that it was "Venize" but not "Venice".
In 2016, "Venize Biennale World Tour-Chong Qing Stop" was held in Chongqing Changjiang Contemporary Art Museum, Chongqing, in June.
In 2017, the 2nd “Venize Biennale” took place in Venice, Kassel, and online. 2017 special program “TRANS-BORDERING-ART：Everyone’s 5 min Solo Exhibition” showed More than 100 artworks including painting, photographs, videos, sound artworks, performances.
Concept and Plan：Tan Tan
Artist: Tan Tan, Eric Bribosia, Sophie Saporosi , Zhu Xiaoqi , Zhang Yiding, many more
From November 2015, working in progress