Essay
Mehr als Mozart und Mao! Zum 50-jährigen Jubiläum der diplomatischen Beziehungen zwischen Österreich und China; in: Austrian Chinese Business Association Jahresbericht 2021; February 2022.
The Making of Xiong´an New Area 雄安新区
100 km südlich von Beijing befinden sich derzeit das größte Süßwasservorkommen im Norden Chinas, einige Fabriken sowie etliche Dörfer und kleine Ortschaften. Hier entsteht von Null auf die sogenannte Xiong´an New Area: eine Stadt, die vor allem der Planung und Steuerung der Metropolregion Jing-Jin-Ji dienen soll. Xiong´an soll eine chinesische Vorzeige- und Umweltmusterstadt des 21. Jahrhunderts sein, ein „showcase of China’s new urbanization model“: nachhaltig, smart, ökologisch, lebenswert und innovativ urban – 5G-Teststadt, Smart-City mit self-driving Testgebieten, umfassende Nutzung geothermaler Energie, etc. Research including fact finding mission: since 2019.
Lecture: Philosophy of Science in China
On the occasion of the 7th International Symposium „Philosophy of Science and Technology“, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 – 16 September 2018, Beijing. Interview with Alice Schmatzberger appeared in ChinaScienceTime (pdf), September 18, 2018.
Essay Green China
“Green China – Im Spannungsfeld von ökologischen, sozialen und ökonomischen Herausforderungen”; in: Austrian Chinese Business Association Jahresbericht 2018.
Exhibition “Stealing Heaven”
Artworks by SONG Jing, opening talk @ARCC.art Open Space, Wien Jänner 2018.
Chinese Arts & Crafts Tours
Special Interest Tour on traditional and contemporary art, culture, and crafts, Shanghai and Suzhou. Organised and realised in cooperation with Jasmin Ladenhaufen and SADTI Suzhou Art, Design & Technology Institute. October 2017.
Book release: Pictorial City
In her recent book Alice Schmatzberger analyses how urbanity, changes in the urban structure and societal transformations associated with this are reflected in contemporary Chinese photography.Available at thalia. 2017
Chinese Arts & Crafts Tours
Special Interest Tour on traditional and contemporary art, culture, and crafts, Shanghai and Suzhou. Organised and realised in cooperation with Jasmin Ladenhaufen and SADTI Suzhou Art, Design & Technology Institute. May 2017.
Green Development
Design and moderation of the „Bilateral Workshop Austria and China: Green Urban Development – Challenges in the fields of Air Quality and Waste Management / Circular Economy” on the occasion of the China delegation of Dr. Andrä Rupprechter, Federal minister for Agriculture & Environment. Austrian embassy in Beijing, November 2016.
Maker Faire Vienna 2016
“Makers & Entrepreneurs in China”: 1000 Mass Maker Spaces, Mass Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Insight into the Chinese Maker-Scene. Presentation April 2016.
Smart City
Cooperation partner in the project „Play City Sm-art C&V“, University of Applied Arts Vienna. Concept & management: Brigitte Prinzgau-Podgorschek. In cooperation with Organhaus, Chongqing. October 2015 – June 2016.
XING
Cooperation with XING-Magazin. September 2015 – March 2016.
Rethinking Technology Innovation – Factories, Fabrication & Design Research
University of Salzburg, Center for Human-Computer Interaction. Charing of the panel „Fabrication, Economic Transformation & China“. 8-30 September 2015.
The Art of Encountering IV – Performance Art from China
Art talks. Organizer: Im_Flieger. September 2015.
European Forum Alpbach: Beyond Clichés – China’s Political and Economic Strategies
Concept & designing of the panel. 3 September 2015.
Symposium ‘The datafication of the public sphere’
examines the implications of a rapidly increasing digitalization of society and questions the limits of participation. Lecture, Angewandte Innovation Laboratory. 8 May 2015.
Alpbach Talks „Das pazifische Jahrhundert“
Kann Europa der Konkurrenz durch Asien standhalten? Moderation. 19 March 2015.
China 21 Talk Extra on China´s Contemporary Art
Exhibition “The Future is the Past: In Search of a Chinese Portrait“. Event & art talks, in cooperation with Yellow Mountain Contemporary Art and artpartments. 27 November 2014.
Stiftungsinstitut China-Europa Beziehungen
ChinaCultureDesk is one of the partner organizations of Stiftungsinstitut für China-Europa Beziehungen. Conference “Clues. Search. Understanding”. 26-27 September 2014.
Chronus Art Center, Shanghai
Exhibition: Jeffrey Shaw and Hu Jieming. Development and realisation of the accompanying cultural public program in cooperation with Shi Hantao. May – November 2014.
Hallstatt
Report on Hallstatt in China, published in Wiener Journal, supplement of Wiener Zeitung. 12 September 2014.
Urban Development in China
University of Technology/Vienna, Lecture Series on International Urbanisation, Lecture: “The role of art & culture within urban development in China”. Vienna April 2014.
The Armory Show
Press trip, interviews, reviews for 21China.de. New York City March 2014.
Shanghai – Urban Culture
“Shanghai – Die Erfindung der Zukunft”, panel discussion focusing on the importance of mega-cities. Munich January 2014.
Contemporary Chinese Art
in cooperation with Austrian Chinese Business Association & Austrian Hong Kong Society. Concept, presentation, panel discussion. June 2013.