Art Channel opened a show called "Earthquake" 100 days after the Sichuan megaquake.
The artists include Artists: Ai Weiwei\Bai Congmin\Cai Yuan & Xi Jianjun\De Gang\Huang Rui\Wang Sishun\Wang Tiewei\Wu Xiaojun\Xu yixing\Zhao Bandi\Zhao Junsheng\Zhao Yebai & Zhao Ling\Zhou's Father and Son\Zhu Luming, Curator: Shu Yang.
Hear are some highlights.
It is a bit bitter sweet leaving the residency at Art Channel for a brand new world at CCD 300. The new space is raw. Building the walls, putting in plumbing, windows, doors, painting radiators. One of the workers had an accident yesterday and had to go in for stitches. I saw him just as he was headed to the hospital. A gaping hole in his shin the size or a quarter. Think his bone was visible. He had run into the doorway where a nail was sticking out for some reason, right at shin height! Henri, the Chinese Artist/Developer of this complex took him to the hospital. In the end it cost 300 RMB. So, I guess the health care prices here are a big benefit to everyday people. An emergency room visit would cost in the thousands in the US if you had to pay on your own. For some reason its cheaper to get get medical work done if you have insurance. I don't mean with a deductible, but that often times doctors/hospitals have preferred rates for the insured. Counter intuitive.
In moving my work and installing a few photos in the group show, it took a tricycle driver and two art installers and a very sweet Henry! He spent his day off to help me move and get sorted in the new place. Not quite a space yet.
PRICE OF LABOR:
Tricycle Driver
20 RMB for a trip cup the street with loaded flatbed with help loading/unloading
(approx $3)
Installation Workers
(20 RMB/per person/hour)
1 hour = 40 RMB aka Yuan (approx $6)
PRICE OF A RAW WALL:
approx 30 sq meters
3,000 Yuan (approx $440)
PRICE OF A CUSTOM DOOR:
600 Yuan (approx $88)
PRICE OF TWO WINDOWS:
500 Yuan (approx $75)
PRICE OF IKEA LIGHTING FIXTURES:
(approx same as the States)
Are you beginning to get the picture?
Labor vs. Goods
Besides illustrating the kind of budget it takes to build your own studio or get things done around here, this is a good way to keep a tally on my spending, as it is all done cash in hand, with the exception of IKEA of course. They take card, but not AmEx.
And remember the 100 RMB note is the largest note available, while the smallest paper note is 1 mao.
That is 10 mao in 1 RMB. Coins go down to 1/100 of a RMB and weigh in at almost nothing.
My Shopping List:
PRICE OF SOFT SLEEPER OVER NIGHT TRAIN TO SHANGHAI:
500 RMB (approx $75)
PRICE OF ONE NIGHT CLUB LEVEL IN A LUXURY HOTEL IN SHANGHAI:
2,740 RMB ($400 with taxes and fees)
PRICE OF ONE WAY SUBWAY FARE IN BEIJING:
2 RMB (approx $0.30), the bus is half of this!
PRICE OF TAXI TO CAOCHANGDI FROM CBD:
40 RMB (approx $6), Flagfall is 10 RMB included in the total.
PRICE OF BREAKFAST AT "NORTH AMERICAN DINER: PAUL AND EGGS":
55 RMB (approx $8, and no tipping!)
Let me know what you'd like to know the price of...
XXX
Su
In moving my work and installing a few photos in the group show, it took a tricycle driver and two art installers and a very sweet Henry! He spent his day off to help me move and get sorted in the new place. Not quite a space yet.
PRICE OF LABOR:
Tricycle Driver
20 RMB for a trip cup the street with loaded flatbed with help loading/unloading
(approx $3)
Installation Workers
(20 RMB/per person/hour)
1 hour = 40 RMB aka Yuan (approx $6)
PRICE OF A RAW WALL:
approx 30 sq meters
3,000 Yuan (approx $440)
PRICE OF A CUSTOM DOOR:
600 Yuan (approx $88)
PRICE OF TWO WINDOWS:
500 Yuan (approx $75)
PRICE OF IKEA LIGHTING FIXTURES:
(approx same as the States)
Are you beginning to get the picture?
Labor vs. Goods
Besides illustrating the kind of budget it takes to build your own studio or get things done around here, this is a good way to keep a tally on my spending, as it is all done cash in hand, with the exception of IKEA of course. They take card, but not AmEx.
And remember the 100 RMB note is the largest note available, while the smallest paper note is 1 mao.
That is 10 mao in 1 RMB. Coins go down to 1/100 of a RMB and weigh in at almost nothing.
My Shopping List:
PRICE OF SOFT SLEEPER OVER NIGHT TRAIN TO SHANGHAI:
500 RMB (approx $75)
PRICE OF ONE NIGHT CLUB LEVEL IN A LUXURY HOTEL IN SHANGHAI:
2,740 RMB ($400 with taxes and fees)
PRICE OF ONE WAY SUBWAY FARE IN BEIJING:
2 RMB (approx $0.30), the bus is half of this!
PRICE OF TAXI TO CAOCHANGDI FROM CBD:
40 RMB (approx $6), Flagfall is 10 RMB included in the total.
PRICE OF BREAKFAST AT "NORTH AMERICAN DINER: PAUL AND EGGS":
55 RMB (approx $8, and no tipping!)
Let me know what you'd like to know the price of...
XXX
Su
