From spring to autumn,

OCC invites you

to see each other

through art. 

Bravo·OCC (One Creative Community), located in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, is a cutting-edge creative landmark in Guangzhou and the creative park closest to the Pearl River New Town CBD. After the micro-transformation by Guangdong Bravo Group in 2016, the building has taken on a new look. Nowadays, as a community gathering creative people in Guangzhou, more and more fashion culture and creative enterprises have joined to further build the creative park into an art community. 

From Creative Park to Art Community

The traditional creative parks in Guangzhou are mainly office and the involvement level of art and artists is relatively low. What Bravo·OCC wants to distinguish itself from other creative parks is that here, art is not only appreciated, but also co-created, and much importance is attached to participation, interaction and practicality.

This art season is jointly planned by Fei Architects, Fei Arts Museum and Mapping Workshop. The integration of Art and Architecture (Artecture) has been a very important design concept of Fei Architects. Starting from “community” and combining the process of discovering visible from invisible as emphasized by Mapping Workshop, art becomes a means for space regeneration. This is also the original intention of the catch phrase of this art season: “Hey! Can you see me?”

Gdyby Group Project, Poland

Regeneration

From April to September 2017, Bravo·OCC held a series of joint local and international art activities in the park for 6 months consecutively, creating and invigorating the cultural and artistic ambience of the community with the public. The theme of this art season is “regeneration”. The transformation from creative park to art community is not only about regeneration of ideas, but also about regeneration of space.

We intend to endow new meaning to the space where OCC is located in an artistic way, and explore the possibilities of art creation and exhibition in creative space. Furthermore, this is an art stage for everyone to participate. This art season strives to establish a platform for art exchanges between artists and the public, and contribute to promoting local artistic atmosphere and invigorating the surrounding communities.

Artistic intervention is a strategy, and the energy obtained from the intervention is regeneration in its real sense. 

From Spring to Autumn

Themed on “regeneration”, this art season took six months as an experimental cycle and, through a series of art activities and events such as workshops, forum salons, art installations and exhibitions, more artists, residents in the neighborhood, park staff and tourists could actively participate in the creation of artistic atmosphere of Bravo·OCC, forging an art community that truly belongs to everyone. Art makes people energized!

Tactical City Art Installation Workshop

In April, the first event of the art season, Tactical City Art Installation Workshop was launched. Led by Australian artist Suan Weir, a group of teachers and students from South China Agricultural University made movable gardens as a means of art intervention in the construction of community. 

Art Season Opening Ceremony 

In April, the Art Season Opening Forum Salon opened the borders of art and life with the theme “Bringing art into life and making life art”, and launched the Art Season together with artists, scholars, designers, neighborhood residents and university teachers and students from different fields.

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Floating Colorful Umbrellas

In May, more artistic colors were added to the community through floating colorful umbrellas. All kinds of colors floating in the sky extended from the park to the outside world, attracting more people to join the event. 

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Exhibition Themed on Regeneration & Environmental Protection

In June, “Regeneration”, the theme of the art season, was further highlighted. The concept of environmental protection was promoted by means of space regeneration and material regeneration, and an exhibition themed on environmental protection was held to make the concept of regeneration deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and become a fashion. 

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International Art Installation Competition

In July, when summer vacation was ushered in, through art competitions, more young artists from different fields joined together, breaking regional boundaries, to create a larger art platform. 

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As September heralded the fall season of harvest and sharing, we shared with the public the “spiritual food” harvested through the previous 3 seasons by holding a community exhibition combining all the art installations in last 5 months, which was not only the summary of the art season, but also a new starting point for OCC. 

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