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Flame Rebirth — Live Art Tour 11 in Estonia 烈火重生 —— Live Art Tour 11 爱沙尼亚行为艺术节
Curated by Cai Qing, the 11th edition of the international Live Art Tour platform brought together international artists in Pärnu and Tallinn, Estonia. From July 20, artists gathered at the legendary Non Grata Art Center in Pärnu for a week of intensive creation, live performances, and cross-cultural exchange. The programme culminated in a grand closing performance at the Tallinn National Gallery, coinciding with the gallery's 20th anniversary celebration. This edition continued the Live Art Tour's mission of building transcultural dialogue through embodied practice. 由蔡青策展的国际 Live Art Tour 平台第十一届在爱沙尼亚帕尔努和塔林圆满举行。7月20日起，各国艺术家齐聚帕尔努传奇的 Non Grata 艺术中心，进行为期一周的密集创作、现场表演与跨文化交流。项目最后在塔林国家美术馆20周年庆典中完成盛大收官表演。本届艺术节延续了 Live Art Tour 以身体实践搭建跨文化对话的使命。
Pärnu Non Grata Art Center & Tallinn National Gallery, Estonia · 2026.07.20–26 爱沙尼亚帕尔努 Non Grata 艺术中心 & 塔林国家美术馆 · 2026年7月20–26日
Two New Books: Performance Art in Southeast Asia & Roaming the World 两本新书：《行为艺术-东南亚》与《横行天下》
Cai Qing has recently completed two new bilingual publications. Performance Art - Southeast Asia is a systematic survey mapping the performance art ecologies of Southeast Asia — from early festivals in Singapore and Bangkok to recent editions in Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and the 2025 Chiang Mai Transcend Festival. Roaming the World — The Curator's Thrilling Experience is a curatorial memoir tracing two decades of platform-building, from the 1998 "Traces of Survival" through the Live Art Tour series to the 2026 "Rebirth of Flame" in Estonia. Both books are published by Live Art Studio. 蔡青近期完成两本双语新书。《行为艺术-东南亚》系统梳理了东南亚行为艺术生态——从新加坡、曼谷的早期艺术节，到近年缅甸、越南、老挝以及2025年清迈跨越艺术节的实践。《横行天下 —— 策展人的惊心动魄》是一本策展回忆录，回顾二十年平台构建之路，从1998年"生存痕迹"到Live Art Tour系列、再到2026年爱沙尼亚"烈焰重生"。两本书均由现场艺术工作室（Live Art Studio）出版。
Live Art Studio · ISBN 978-981-94-3524-0 / 978-981-94-3524-3 现场艺术工作室 · ISBN 978-981-94-3524-0 / 978-981-94-3524-3
Timeless Presence & Always Charming — Live Art Tour 10 in Paris 永恒的在场 & 永远迷人 —— Live Art Tour 10 巴黎系列活动
The 10th-anniversary edition of the international Live Art Tour platform was presented in Paris across two major moments. In June, the opening programme launched in partnership with five leading Parisian contemporary art institutions, featuring new commissioned performances, open archival presentations, student masterclasses and international academic forums. In October, the project extended into the context of Art Basel Paris, where artists created site-specific performances in front of the Eiffel Tower and on-site at the fair, exploring the place of non-Western performance practices within the international contemporary art ecology. 国际 Live Art Tour 平台十周年纪念版于巴黎分两个阶段呈现。6月，开幕项目与五家巴黎重要当代艺术机构联合举办，包括委托新作表演、开放档案展示、学生大师班与国际学术论坛。10月，项目延伸至巴塞尔艺术展巴黎展会语境，艺术家们在埃菲尔铁塔前和展会现场进行特定场域创作，探索非西方行为实践在国际当代艺术生态中的位置。
Paris, France · June & October 2025 法国巴黎 · 2025年6月及10月
Art Now Live Studio — Ongoing Updates 当下行为艺术工作室 —— 持续更新中
For the latest activities, exhibition documentation, workshop announcements, and real-time updates on Cai Qing's ongoing performance art projects, follow "Art Now Live Studio" (当下行为艺术工作室) on WeChat and Weibo. The studio serves as the primary platform for sharing Live Art Tour developments, curatorial reflections, teaching records, and international collaboration news — ensuring the audience can witness a continuously evolving artistic practice. 最新活动、展览记录、工作坊通知以及蔡青行为艺术项目的实时动态，请关注微信公众号和微博 "当下行为艺术工作室"（Art Now Live Studio）。该平台是分享 Live Art Tour 进展、策展思考、教学记录和国际合作新闻的主要渠道，让观众见证一个不断演进的创作实践。
Cai Qing & Chen Jin Open Dialogue: Xiazhou, Food and Estonia 蔡青&陈进 Open 对谈：霞洲、美食与爱沙尼亚
Cai Qing visited Chen Jin (founder of Open Performance Art Festival) at Xiazhou Art Village in Xiashu, Zhejiang. Their conversation ranged from the roots of culinary taste to the essence of performance art — embracing difference, celebrating diversity, and being fully present in the moment. 蔡青前往浙江下淤霞洲艺术村拜访陈进（Open行为艺术节创始人），两人从美食的味觉根基聊到行为艺术的本质——接纳差异、包容多元、用心感受当下。
Xiashu, Zhejiang, China · 2026.05.06 浙江下淤，中国 · 2026年5月6日
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2026.04 2026年4月
Two New Books Published: Performance Art in Southeast Asia & Roaming the World 两本新书发布：《行为艺术-东南亚》与《横行天下》
Publication of the bilingual survey Performance Art - Southeast Asia and the curatorial memoir Roaming the World — The Curator's Thrilling Experience, both released by Live Art Studio in 2026. 由现场艺术工作室于2026年出版双语文献《行为艺术-东南亚》与策展回忆录《横行天下 —— 策展人的惊心动魄》。
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2026.04.22 2026年4月22日
Lecture: Performance Art in Southeast Asia — Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts 讲座：东南亚的行为艺术 —— 广州美术学院
Cai Qing presented a lecture on Performance Art in Southeast Asia at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts University City Campus Art Museum a-cube Hall, hosted by Hu Bin, Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities. The event was part of the 2024 first-class course "Art Criticism", sharing the research from his new book on the development, key figures and contemporary landscape of performance art across the region. 蔡青在广州美术学院大学城校区美术馆 a-cube 多功能厅举办《东南亚的行为艺术》讲座，由艺术与人文学院院长胡斌教授主持。该活动为2024年一流课程“艺术批评”线下课程的一部分，分享其新书中关于东南亚行为艺术发展、关键人物与当代景观的研究成果。
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2026.04.28 2026年4月28日
Roaming the World — Introduction Talk, China Academy of Art 《横行天下》介绍 —— 中国美术学院公共艺术系
Cai Qing introduced his curatorial memoir Roaming the World — The Curator's Thrilling Experience to the Public Art Department of the China Academy of Art (Xiangshan Campus, Building 5, Room 208). Titled "Performance Art: A Creative Method in Contemporary Art", the talk traced two decades of curatorial practice and platform-building across China, Europe, Asia and the United States, followed by a group discussion with faculty and students. 蔡青在中国美术学院象山校区5号楼208会议室为公共艺术系师生介绍其策展回忆录《横行天下 —— 策展人的惊心动魄》，讲座主题为“行为艺术：当代艺术的一种创作方法”，回顾二十年来跨越中国、欧洲、亚洲及美国的策展实践与平台构建之路，并与现场师生合影留念。
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2026.04 2026年4月
Lecture: Performance Art in Southeast Asia 讲座：东南亚的行为艺术
Invited lecture as part of the Tropical Eye #Tide Project 5 series, presenting research on the development, key figures and contemporary landscape of performance art across Southeast Asia. 受邀在热带眼#潮汐项目5系列讲座中，呈现关于东南亚行为艺术发展、关键人物与当代景观的研究。
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2026.01 2026年1月
Crossing Latitudes — International Performance Art Exhibition, Singapore Art Week 跨越纬度 —— 新加坡艺术周国际行为艺术展
During Singapore Art Week, Cai Qing participated in the "Crossing Latitudes" international art exhibition and performance art programme, bringing together internationally recognised artists and galleries in one of Southeast Asia's largest contemporary art fairs. 在新加坡艺术周期间，蔡青参与了"跨越纬度"国际艺术展及行为艺术项目，汇聚国际知名艺术家与画廊，亮相东南亚最大的当代艺术博览会之一。
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2025.04 2025年4月
Keynote Speech at the International Performance Art Research Symposium 国际行为艺术研究研讨会主旨演讲
Invited keynote speaker at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg (HFBK), Germany, presenting on performance art as a mode of transcultural knowledge production. 受邀在德国汉堡美术学院（HFBK）国际行为艺术研究研讨会上发表主旨演讲，阐述行为艺术作为跨文化知识生产模式。
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2024.12 2024年12月
Body in Classroom — Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition 课堂中的身体 —— 广州美术学院展览
Cai Qing presented the live artwork "Destroying David" at the opening ceremony and exhibited "The Experimental Art Class of a Performance Artist" and "Cai Qing's Teaching Records", demonstrating how artistic practice, teaching and documentation function as forms of artistic research. 蔡青在开幕式上呈现了现场作品《摧毁大卫》，并展出了"一个行为艺术家的实验艺术课"和"蔡青教学记录"，展示了艺术实践、教学与文献记录如何共同作为艺术研究的形式。
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2024.11 2024年11月
Art is Everywhere — Live Art Tour 9 Closing Symposium 艺术无处不在 —— Live Art Tour 9 闭幕研讨会
The closing symposium of Live Art Tour 9 was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, bringing together participating artists, local community members and international researchers to reflect on the project's findings and discuss future directions for community-engaged performance art. Live Art Tour 9 闭幕研讨会在孟加拉国达卡举行，汇聚参展艺术家、地方社区成员与国际研究者，共同反思项目发现并讨论社区参与式行为艺术的未来方向。
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2024.09 2024年9月
Guest Lecture: Performance Art as Knowledge Production 客座讲座：作为知识生产的行为艺术
Invited guest lecture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, exploring how performance art functions as a distinct form of artistic research and knowledge production within contemporary art education. 受邀在北京中央美术学院举办客座讲座，探讨行为艺术如何在当代艺术教育中作为一种独特的艺术研究与知识生产形式发挥作用。
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2024.07 2024年7月
Cai Qing Performance Art Workshop — Taoxichuan, Jingdezhen 蔡青行为艺术工作坊 —— 景德镇陶溪川
A two-day intensive workshop at Taoxichuan Chuanshangxing Gallery, Jingdezhen, exploring inner intention, bodily awareness and site-responsive creation, followed by an exhibition at Taoxichuan Art Museum under the theme "Encounter · Dialogue". 在景德镇陶溪川-川上行画廊空间举办的为期两天的密集工作坊，探索内心意念、身体感应与因地制宜的创作，随后在陶溪川美术馆以"相遇·对话"为主题展出。