Nobody is interested in the future at all. I think the future has been annexed into the present. Occasionally a futuristic image is trotted out, ransacked like an image of the past and absorbedinto the ongoing continuum that represents present-day life.
J.G. Ballard, Myths Of The Near Future, 1982

In collaboration with Shanghai eARTS Festival and CTM.10, transmediale.10 presents a night of performance and music examining China as one of the motifs of FUTURITY NOW!. Featuring four artists who represent a new wave of Chinese practitioners working beyond the constraints of social, political or geographical identity, Myths Of The Near Future will open up an axis between China and Berlin, exploring a future dialogue based on shared values of experimentation, digital practice and cultural exchange.

The climax of the evening features Auditorium performances from Feng Mengbo, FM3_Zhang (Zhang Jian) and aaaijiao (Xu Wenkai). Having been invited to Documenta in 1997 and 2002, Feng Mengbo is recognised as one of China's leading media artists. With FM3, Zhang Jian has gained exposure all over the world as the creator of the Buddha Machine and pioneer of electronic music. aaajiao (Xu Wenkai) is an international blogger and the creator of we-need-money-not-art.com.

Presented by transmediale and CTM in cooperation with eARTS Festival Shanghai