BERGEN ASSEMBLY 2022 REVISIT

Northing planned to mediate and promote the latest edition (2022) of the phenomenal triannual art event Bergen Assembly to a board audience in Shanghai. The original plan was to make an new episode on Northing’s digital dissemination platform Northing On Air. But the Covid situation changed rapidly and Shanghai was opened up again and all the restrictions against public events and congregation were removed overnight, which led us to our decision of changing the format of a 1 and ½ hour long online program to a 3 weeks long exhibition. We came into agreement with our long term collaborator Bananafish Bookstore to open the exhibition in the exhibition room of their new HQ at Hongbaoshi Rd.7 in Shanghai.

The exhibition opened on 23 March with a big group of invited guests from cultural medias and art fields in Shanghai. Founders of Nothing, Yilei & Ben joined the opening remotely from Bergen. The exhibition focused on the publications of Bergen Assembly 2022 and summarise the 2 months long triennale with a artistically designed photo wall. Many of the guests expressed their strong wish to come to Bergen to visit the next edition of the art event in 2025. Shanghai’s Official digital media IP Shanghai reported this event. Many local influences also shared their experience at the exhibition on their self-media platform.