Design of the poster and of a few collaterals for “Whatever Works, Whatever It Takes”. At the invitation of the Goethe-Institut China, Zhang Zhihui and Feng Junyuan curate the exhibition “Whatever Works, Whatever It Takes” for the Grey Cube at the Goethe-Institut in “798” Art Zone in Beijing, which took place from July 20 to August 18, 2019.

The exhibition attempts to bring forward a refreshed look at our digitized, cyborgian present by locating contemporary hyper-engagement with technology vis-à-vis historical, even anachronistic episodes of the mutual dependence of believing and knowing. As accompanying program of the exhibition, a symposium entitled “Extrasensory Materialism: Histories of Epistemology, Media, and Art in Socialist and Post-Socialist Context” will take place on the 21st July at the Goethe-Institut China. Invited artists are Ryan Kuo, Carolyn Lazard, Ko Sin Tung, Mak Ying Tung, Monika Uchiyama, Yibei Zhang. Xiaoshi Qin and Hera Chan performed at the opening.*

The Chinese title《还要什么自行车》translates to “still need a bike or what?” which also corresponds to the French Canadian expression: “veux-tu un chausson avec ça?” (want me to add a pie with this? – meaning the McDonald’s baked Apple Pies through the drive-thru order window). It can be said of someone that is insatiable – having exceeding demands, never enough.

* From the curatorial statement.