Witte de With is a leading Dutch contemporary art institution with a strong tradition of internationalism and discursive exhibition making. Situated in the heart of Rotterdam, it serves the local audiences of this historic port city by linking the public to leading international developments in cultural production and debate. Witte de With is also a partner of like-minded institutions in the Benelux Region and a founder of the Comité van Roosendaal, a regional (Benelux & Rheinland Westphalen) network of contemporary art institutions. With an invitation to develop a project for the Dutch Culture Centre from the Netherlands China Arts Foundation, Witte de With aims to connect meaningfully to the culture of Shanghai, Rotterdam's sister city. We see the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai as the first stage for forging a long-lasting and an experimental and intellectually stimulating dialogue with cultural institutions and individuals in China. For this occasion, and in an effort to share the full practice and methodology of our institution, Witte de With presents NETHER LAND, a dynamic exhibition that is the eigth act of the 2009/2010 program Morality. Nevertheless, the impact of such remote viewing on the diverse aesthetic and political values underpinning contemporary artistic practice in a global arena does come into sharper relief.

Witte de With当代艺术中心是荷兰著名的当代艺术机构，在策划及组织国际前沿展览方面拥有悠久的传统。Witte de With当代艺术中心坐落于鹿特丹中心城区，为这座历史悠久的港口城市开启了一扇了解最新国际文化与艺术发展动态、开展文化讨论与交流的窗口。Witte de With还积极与比荷卢地区其他艺术机构开展合作，并创建了Comité van Roosendaal——一个区域性（比荷卢及德国莱茵兰德—维斯特科伦地区）的当代艺术机构网络。应荷中艺术基金会之邀，Witte de With特别为荷兰文化馆策划了一个艺术文化项目，希望为与鹿特丹缔结姐妹城市的上海带来一场令人印象深刻的文化盛宴。我们相信，2010上海世博会将为展示荷兰的艺术与文化提供一个良好的平台，并让我们有机会与中国的文化艺术机构和艺术家进行交流，推动两国文化界之间概念层面的对话与探讨和实验性的创新合作。基于这一目的，同时也为了全面展现并与观众分享Witte de With当代艺术中心的理念与传统，我们此番为上海带来了充满活力与动感的“何国”（NETHER LAND）展览，这也将是2009/2010“道德”（Morality）项目推出的第八个活动。