上海当代艺术馆第六届《动漫美学双年展——叙事曲》（2017—2018）于5月26日开幕。
展览的序幕由艺术家宋陵特别为展览定制的一张张充满诗意的肖像绘画，以独特的言语叙述回望走过的来时路，从吴俊勇形态张扬的帝国异兽到马良的风格奇幻的非传统木偶剧 ；周啸虎、陆平原和徐敏，分别以光与影，录像和雕塑作为媒介的新媒体装置，动漫美学双年展，从当代的架上，雕塑到探索动画、漫画和游戏所塑造的虚拟与实境。以当代至未来的时间跨度为主线，结合数字化世界、生物工程、电子媒体及游戏交互等元素，谱写出远瞩未来新世纪美学发展、反映当下年轻世代文化的叙事曲。
MoCA Shanghai will hold the opening ceremony for the Sixth "Animamix Biennale—Ballade" on May 26. It will begin with a history of the past "Animamix Biennale." The unique concept introduced by artist Song Ling uses poetic portraits which were created especially for the exhibition. From Wu Junyong's abstract empires and rare beasts to Ma Liang's fantastic puppet show; Zhou Xiaohu, Lu Pingyuan and Xu Min present new media installations using light, shadow, video and sculpture as mediums. The exploration produced by Animamix Biennale ranges from contemporary paintings and sculptures to the virtual and real worlds created by animation, cartoon, and games. Spanning from the present to the future, the artworks created for the Ballade look to the development of the aesthetics of the future and reflect the contemporary social culture, featuring elements such as Digital World, Bioengineering, Digital Media and Interactive Gaming.

以游戏主题策划的“意识暂留区”是这次展览的另一个高潮，策展人沈楚楚、李政钟表示这也是对未来世界的臆想：““意识暂留区”，谱写的是一篇完整的叙事曲：2300年，地球崩塌，人类迷失。他们不得不抛弃有机躯体，将脑神经网络转为被计算机神经网络取代，人类意识进入“意识暂留区”。这一全人类向非有机生物工程领域转化的现象被称为“虚拟大迁徙”。直至2310年，“虚拟大迁徙”工程全面完成，有机生命体彻底消亡，“意识暂留区”上线活跃人数达所有人类数量的总和，升级成为“意识星球”。”“意识暂留区”由丰富的故事内容和独特的交互式设计为策展重点，观众在虚拟与实境中交错前行，为了颠覆以往的观展方式，策展人特别设计以轮椅代步观展，期待观众在改变传统的观展向度后，以全新视角及游戏感官惊艳“意识暂留区”。
Another highlight of the exhibition is the game themed, " Paused-Mind Zone”. Curator Shenchuchu and Li Zhengzhong regard it as the imagination of the future world: "' Paused-Mind Zone ' creates a complete Ballede: 2300, the Earth will collapse and mankind will be lost. People will have to abandon their organic human bodies, replace their neural network with the computer neural network, and their consciousness will into the ' Paused-Mind Zone.' This transformation of the human race into non-organic bioengineering is known as the "Virtual Migration." By 2310, the 'Virtual Migration' will be completed, organic life will be extinct, and the total online number of Paused-Mind Zone’ will match the total number of mankind. ' Paused-Mind Zone ' upgrades and becomes the 'Planet of Consciousness.' With its rich stories and unique interactive design, " Paused-Mind Zone " allows the visitors to travel between the virtual world and the real world. The curators incorporated wheelchairs into the viewing of the exhibition, in hopes of breaking the conventional viewing experience and inspiring a new take on the exhibition.

上海当代艺术馆馆长龚明光表示：“动漫美学双年展旨在以“传统叙事方法+当代故事内容”的视角为公众开拓动漫美学新概念，并通过丰富多彩的参展作品，打破观众对“动漫”习以为常的认知。我们非常感谢艺术家们特别为展览定制全新的作品，丰富了我们叙事曲的篇章”。
Gong Mingguang, director of the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, believes "the aim of the Animamix Biennale is to open up a new concept of Animamix for the public from the perspective of ‘traditional narrative method + contemporary story content.’ The exhibition also breaks the conventional idea of animation with its diverse artworks. We are very grateful to the artists who have enriched our narrative by customizing entirely new works for the exhibition."

为了更好的呈现年轻漫画家的创作，我们联动位于南京西路的上海当代艺术亭台，在这次动漫美学双年展里特设漫画作品展示单元，以鼓励更多的年轻艺术家、漫画人积极的参与新世纪的美学运动。
In order to better present the works of young cartoonists, MoCA Shanghai will the MoCA Pavilion (West Nanjing Rd.) to display cartoon works, encouraging more and more young artists and cartoonists come to join in the Animamix Movement of the new era.