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Shanghai MoCA Envisage II , Butterfly Dream Group Exhibition MoCA, Shanghai Date: 09.09, 2008 - 11.09, 2008 Artists: ZHOU Tiehai 周铁海 | Venue: MoCA Shanghai Exhibition Period: September 9th to November 9th of 2008 Curators: Victoria Lu, Pan Qing, and Liu Chunfeng MoCA In-house Curator: Diana Freundl From Entry Gate to Butterfly Dream When Envisage was first imagined and set in motion, Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art had just embarked on its own journey. Two years later, arriving at the second Envisage exhibition, we find ourselves in a continuous process of dreams confronting reality. Because there is an increasing interest in Chinese Contemporary art from the international community, during the Shanghai Biennale the entire Shanghai art community produces their grandest and most magnificent exhibitions. The second Shanghai MoCA Envisage invites Victoria Lu, Pan Qing, Liu Chunfeng, and in-house curator Diana Freundl to come together and curate MoCA's large-scale Biennale exhibition. Our theme for this year's exhibition will be "Butterfly Dream" and will show from September 9th to November 9th of 2008. Why Butterfly Dream: Ancient China and Modern China Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn't know he was Zhuangzi. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Zhuangzi. But he didn't know if he was Zhuangzi who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuangzi. Between Zhuangzi and a butterfly there must be some distinction! This is called the Transformation of Things. Zhuangzi (莊子) 莊周夢蝶 Zhuang Zhou Meng Die (Ch.2, tr. Burton Watson 1968:49)