Xu Tan

In the 1990s, I was in the Big Tail Elephant Group. My recent work combines art and research. In 2005, I initiated a research-based project Searching for Keywords. The project has evolved from Keywords School (2008) to Keywords Laboratory (2011). Keywords Schools were at the Venice Biennale (2009). I also worked with young Chinese-Americans in a special Keywords School in San Francisco Chinatown. Parts of the Keywords project have been shown in China, Japan, Europe, and the US.