Simon Denny: Real Mass Entrepreneurship

  • 'Simon Denny: Real Mass Entrepreneurship' Exhibition view. Image Courtesy of Venus Lau.
  • 'Simon Denny: Real Mass Entrepreneurship' Exhibition view. Image Courtesy of Venus Lau.
  • 'Simon Denny: Real Mass Entrepreneurship' Exhibition view. Image Courtesy of Venus Lau.
  • 'Simon Denny: Real Mass Entrepreneurship' Tour. Image Courtesy of Venus Lau.

“Simon Denny: Real Mass Entrepreneurship” is a solo project by Simon Denny commissioned by OCAT Shenzhen. The project commenced with Denny’s research into tech-manufacturing and focusing on Huaqiangbei as a site of innovation in the Greater Bay Area, and converged the vectors of arts, science and technologies through a new strategy of exhibition design. The project formed a discursive platform beyond the imaginary seamless space of globalisation and tested how “innovation” is presented in Shenzhen as a phenomenon, the project is curated by Venus Lau with scenography and spatial design by Betty Ng.

“Simon Denny: Real Mass Entrepreneurship” is a solo project by Simon Denny commissioned by OCAT Shenzhen. The project commenced with Denny’s research into tech-manufacturing and focusing on Huaqiangbei as a site of innovation in the Greater Bay Area, and converged the vectors of arts, science and technologies through a new strategy of exhibition design. The project formed a discursive platform beyond the imaginary seamless space of globalisation and tested how “innovation” is presented in Shenzhen as a phenomenon, the project is curated by Venus Lau with scenography and spatial design by Betty Ng.

Milestone
2016.Q4
Project awarded Design Trust Feature Grant
2017.03-06
The team launches the “Simon Denny: Real Mass Entrepreneurship” public programme series, which included panel discussion, workshops, an exhibition, screenings, and artist talks and attracted 20000 visitors
2017.08
Venus Lau presented her project at “Design Trust Public Lecture 2017” at the Asia Society, Hong Kong

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2016
Grantee: Venus Lau
Project Result: Simon Denny:Real Mass Entrepreneurship at OCAT, Shenzhen

Presented by OCAT Shenzhen at C2 Space in OCT-LOFT, “Simon Denny: Real Mass Entrepreneurship” will mark the first solo exhibition in China of the New Zealand artist, who represented his country at the 56th Venice Biennale (2015).

Date: 18 March 2017 – 15 June 2017

Venue: C2 Space, OCT-LOFT, OCAT Shenzhen