The Long March is a historical re-creation of the historic event in the formation of communist China; the artists retraced the route taken by the communist party that ultmately led to the victory of the Communist Party. The Long March is a performative  intervention and critical examination of the historical, social and political ramifications of the Communist Party in China. Lu Jie presented his project The Long March in the ISEA 2006 opening keynote speech. For four years, Jie's on going project has been examining the strange space that exists between the historical event and the mediated memory (or materiality and ideology).The presentation was followed by a short inteview with Joel SLayton and a converstaion with the symposium participants.

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