This special issue is guest edited by Biljana Ciric and explores the art systems and artist-initiated projects as they have evolved in mainland China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Signapore, Thailand, and India. Texts contributed by Biljana Ciric, Nikita Yingqian Cai, Patrick D. Flores, Sanjay Ghosh, Nur Hanim Khairudden, Carol Lu, Narawan Pathomvat, Richard Streitmatter-Tran, and Eugene Tan.
Institution for the Future is now a topic more important than ever and this special issue of Yishu provides a perspective from a particular region of the world that has comparatively little infrastructure in place yet is in an opportunistic position to explore and provide new and innovative ideas about the ways that artists can function in society.
While Yishu is a publication devoted to contemporary Chinese art, it is also interested in discussing China in relation to other parts of the world. Most often, that discussion takes place in respect to the West, but, with Institution of the Future, China will be explored in the context of its neighbouring nations.