The Long March Presented at The CAA Annual Conference

February 20 - 22, 2003
College Art Association Annual Conference
Hilton Hotel, New York City

The Long March was pleased to have been invited by the University of Hawaii Press to participate in the 2003 College Art Association Annual Conference's Book and Trade Fair.

The College Art Association (CAA) is a national organization for professionals in the visual arts. It holds an annual conference where art historians, curators, educators, artists and students convene to present current research, review trends, exchange ideas, and address issues in the visual arts. This year the three-day conference took place at the Hilton Hotel, New York City. There were over one hundred presentations, and approximately 3,000 attendees. In addition to presentations, the conference held a book and trade fair where the nation's leading presses assembled to introduce new titles and publications promoting art scholarship, criticism and artist writings.

The University of Hawaii Press prides itself in professional publications surveying Asian art history and theory. Along side the University's selection of texts, the Long March presented a documentary of Site 9, our project in Maotai. The conference attendees were initially drawn into the documentary by the striking images of the Guizhou landscape, but were captivated by narrative unfolding of the project that took place in Maotai. This volume, one in a series of documentaries the Foundation is producing, depicts the events of local villagers viewing the film "Pollock" while discussing the topic of the intellectual/individual and his relationship to alcohol. The viewers were fascinated to find the local villagers and the Long March team energetically exchanging ideas on the topic while imbibing in the local wine, and eventually realizing an art happening where the locals, including children, imitated Pollock's infamous style of abstract expressionist painting.

This event served to introduce and update art professionals on the progress of the Long March, while enforcing our determination to bring the project to art enthusiasts outside of China. Future plans include participating in the Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, March 27 - 30, 2003, also in New York City.