Presentation 简介
Leading the way for national urbanization in the 21st century, Shanghai is one of the cities urging the development of commercial centers and urban advertising. The vast quantities of advertisements stimulate our desire, tempting and suffocating us at the same time, creating a sense of admiration and loathe. Commercial advertisements have evolved from their first contained location on our TV screens at home to our public transportation systems and pubic centers and streets, from the walls of a residential building to the elevators of work offices. Advertising and its media are the facade, expressing desire and prosperity. The urban skin of Shanghai, once rich with cultural motifs and symbols is now tattooed with famous commercial brands.
N-Minutes Video Art Festival is a public art project, which aims to promote video art among the big public and urban spaces. The purpose is neither political nor purely for entertainment, but is to enable a platform for video art. And to catch the attention of a broader public area towards video art that represents a variety of aesthetics, concepts, experiments, philosophies and crossovers.
N-Minutes was founded in 2011. Since then, it is held every year from September to October in Shanghai. With various art activities including Screening, Mapping, Performances, Exhibition and Forum, N- Minutes weaves video arts into urban life and interacts with the audience, enabling a new possibility of public art.
Li Ningchun (Curator)
《轻而易举》 Light as Fuck
扬振中，Yang Zhenzhong
2003， 录像，video，5'12"
如果说，建筑是一个城市的骨架，那么建筑立面就是城市的皮肤，在我们居住、生活、工作、旅行的现代都市，广义的公共空间区域的标语、文字、图像、招贴与影像构建、表达了这个城市的文化与精神立像。
环看上海，它在21世纪中国城市化进程中一路领先，聚集了全中国最多的商业中心，也聚集了全中国最多的商业广告牌，这些铺天盖地的广告影像让我们向往、眩目、窒息、骄傲、反感；它们从家居电视屏幕延伸到地铁、公车、的士、街道，从居民楼的墙壁爬向写字楼的电梯，它们无处不在、无孔不入、它们爬满城市的皮肤，表达着欲望与繁荣。。。上海，如同一个富有的女子，全身挂满了名牌——城市的皮肤，不该如此。
N分钟影像艺术节的是一个将影像艺术推广至城市公共与商业空间的公益项目。 希望在既有的商品社会中能够给予公众与艺术“N分钟”邂逅的机遇和可能，不为政治服务，不被消费利用，让表现美学、观念、实验、哲学与跨界思潮的影像传播到更广泛的公共区域。
N分钟于2011年创立，每年9月至10月在上海举办，通过举办一系列如影像放映、户外墙体投影、音乐与表演、展览与论坛活动的实践，将影像类艺术创作形态延伸至公众生活可触及的城市空间，形成跨界互动，从而实践策展人对艺术介入公共空间的实验性探索，诠释公共艺术的新的可能。
黎宁春