Recently, the launch ceremony of the "Absolute Distance" contemporary art exhibition was held in Caochangdi International Art Village, Beijing. More than 300 guests participated in the celebration ceremony. "Absolute Distance" aims to explore the relationship between people and AIDS: including people's emotional and psychological reactions when facing AIDS, and the ways and methods of dealing with AIDS-related events. Zhang Bing, the curator of the art exhibition, explained that by holding this exhibition on the eve of the 23rd World AIDS Day, the organizers hope that the art works on display can reduce people's discrimination against people living with HIV.

“Art is a good way to express feelings and thoughts.” Ms. Morimoto Akie, Deputy Country Director of the United Nations Development Program in China, said, “Art is a window through which We hope that this activity can better explain this theme in a unique way and gain people's further support and understanding. We are willing to provide support to governments, social organizations, and artists. Build a unique platform with other groups that care about AIDS prevention and treatment to jointly respond to AIDS."

"Charity from noun to verb Chinese contemporary art curators teamed up with contemporary artists to go deep into the HIV-infected community for volunteer service practice." Starting in early 2010, artists went to Guangxi, Yunnan, and Shanxi to eat, live, work, and feel with local HIV-infected people from different regions, different infection routes, different genders, and different backgrounds, and deeply understood the HIV-infected people. and the real lives of their families.

Based on their experiences, these contemporary artists use their works to express the living conditions and discrimination faced by people living with HIV. The real living conditions and understanding of life and life of the infected group inspired the artist's desire to create art, and he created a number of art works related to the theme of AIDS from a new perspective. Today, the "Absolute Distance" contemporary art exhibition features seventeen works of art that reflect the artists' personal views and feelings.

Event partner Ms. Liu Liqing, chief representative of Marie Stopes International China Representative Office, said: "Although China is still in a low-prevalence state of AIDS, AIDS has not been completely eradicated. This challenge is not any What people and countries can face alone requires the active participation of every country and every person in the world. Through our work in the community, we hope that contemporary artists, exhibition planners and practitioners can build a healthier world. , a more harmonious and pluralistic society."

Zhang Wenkang, former Minister of Health and President of the China Association for STD and AIDS Prevention and Control, said: "I am deeply inspired. I am very happy to see a large number of artists going to the HIV-infected communities to use art. hands to arouse society’s attention to AIDS.”