Hu Fang is an author and co-founder of Vitamin Creative Space. Lives and works in Guangzhou and Beijing.As a novelist and writer, Hu has published a series of novels including Shopping Utopia, Sense Training: Theory and Practise, and A Spectator. His recent publication is a collection of fictional essays calledNew Arcades (Survival Club, Sensation Fair, and Shansui.) His writing has appeared in Chinese and international art/culture magazines since 1996. His curatorial practices are widely engaged in different situations within Chinese and international contexts, he is coordinating editor of documenta 12 magazines, link curator of Singapore Biennial 2006 and a “player” of Lyon Biennial 2007, as well as the member of the curatorial team of Yokohama Triennale 2008.