GECCA mapped

GECCA mapped is a pilot project that visualizes and provides geo-referential metadata of sixty exhibition entries collected in the larger GECCA data base (more than 700 entries). The exhibition sample is limited to Western, i.e. Western European and Northern American group exhibitions, and excludes bi-/ triennials. With the support of the HRA (Heidelberg Research Architecture), GECCA mapped allows the user to trace the exhibition sample implemented in Google Earth. The GECCA mapped logo indicates the place where a particular exhibition was staged and is scaled according to the number of participating artists. A click on the logo opens a pop-up window presenting more information on the exhibition. The Google Earth timeline enables the user to follow the exhibition development in any chosen geographical area in the period from 1982 (earliest exhibition entry) to 2009 (latest exhibition entry). Group Exhibitions of Contemporary Chinese Art (GECCA): The medium of (group and panoramic) exhibitions has played a fundamental role in creating a global context for Chinese art within and outside of the People's Republic after the end of the "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" (1966-1976) and since the political reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping in 1978/79. In economic, discursive, aesthetic and institutional terms, the Western reception of these shows was very influential for the establishment of a certain international canon of artworks, artists and curators. This particular canon in fact came to be considered representative of the whole of Chinese artistic production, although it actually tends to exclude large parts of the overall artistic activity such as "national ink painting" (guohua), conventional or conservative academic oil painting, as well as those works involving political or consumption oriented subject matter, including mass-produced decorative and popular artworks. With 60 exhibitions entries, the data that GECCA mapped visualizes is a comparatively small sample of the database GECCA - which contains more than 700 exhibition entries. The data was individually researched and includes information on the location, institution, dates, exhibition topic, participating artists and curators. The sources for the data stem from exhibition catalogues, museum websites, archival documentation of public art libraries and other archives. A typical use of the kmz-file that visualizes GECCA mapped is Google Earth.

GECCA mapped 是一项试点项目，旨在可视化并提供收录于更大规模 GECCA 数据库（内含逾700条展览记录）中的60条展览记录的地理参照元数据。该展览样本限定于西方范畴，即西欧与北美地区的群展，且排除双年展与三年展。在海德堡研究架构（Heidelberg Research Architecture，HRA）的支持下，GECCA mapped 可让用户在谷歌地球（Google Earth）中追踪该展览样本的地理分布。GECCA mapped 的标识会标注对应展览的举办场地，其尺寸将根据参展艺术家的数量进行缩放。点击该标识即可弹出窗口，展示该展览的详细信息。依托谷歌地球的时间线功能，用户可追踪1982年（最早收录的展览记录）至2009年（最晚收录的展览记录）期间，任意选定地理区域内的展览发展脉络。

当代中国艺术群展（Group Exhibitions of Contemporary Chinese Art，GECCA）：在"无产阶级文化大革命"（1966-1976）结束后，自1978/79年邓小平启动政治改革以来，（群展与全景式）展览媒介在为中华人民共和国境内外的中国艺术搭建全球语境的进程中发挥了基础性作用。在经济、话语、审美与制度维度，西方对这些展览的接纳，对确立一套特定的艺术作品、艺术家与策展人国际标准体系产生了深远影响。这套特定标准体系事实上被视作中国整体艺术创作的代表，但实际上它往往排除了大量艺术创作活动，例如"国画"（guohua）、传统或保守的学院派油画，以及涉及政治或消费导向主题的作品，包括批量生产的装饰性通俗艺术作品。

GECCA mapped 所可视化的60条展览记录，仅是拥有逾700条展览记录的 GECCA 数据库中规模相对较小的样本。该数据经由独立调研整理，涵盖展览地点、主办机构、举办日期、展览主题、参展艺术家与策展人等信息。数据来源包括展览画册、博物馆官方网站、公共艺术图书馆档案及其他档案馆藏。用于可视化 GECCA mapped 的 KMZ 文件（KMZ-file），其典型使用场景为谷歌地球（Google Earth）。