MCLC: Performing China series

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: xin zhou <xin.zhou66 at gmail.com>
Subject: Performing China series
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My name is xin zhou 周昕, a second-year cinema studies ma student at nyu
tisch. i attached the eblast of a film/media-related exhibit i put
together for the wooster group, an experimental ensemble theater in
downtown new york. the program consists of three programs. the first one
touches on chinese experimental film/video works under the title of 'ruin
tourism,' which discusses about personal and/or traumatic memory in
relation to the nation. the second one is a feature-length film on the
cultural revolution directed by painter/visual artist/filmmaker xu ruotao,
and the third one is a feature-length experimental documentary by dance
and choreographer wen hui, plus a short video by shanghai-born
brooklyn-based artist miao jiaxin.

best,
xin

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Source: The Wooster Group
http://thewoostergroup.org/twg/twg.php?the-performing-garage-presents>

Garage Cinema
PERFORMING CHINA: CONTEMPORARY CHINESE FILM & MEDIA
<http://theperforminggarage.org/?p=643>
A film series curated by Zhou Xin
September 20, 25 & 27 @ 7:00 pm ~ The Performing Garage ~ Make a
reservation» <http://theperforminggarage.org/?p=643>

 <http://theperforminggarage.org/?p=643>

On September 20, 25 & 27, The Wooster Group will present Performing China:
Contemporary Chinese Film and Media, a film series featuring recent works
by independent film and media makers in China.

Program One: Ruin Tourism
<http://theperforminggarage.org/events/performing-china-contemporary-chines
e-film-and-media-program-1/>
Friday, September 20, 7:00 PM

Gu Tao: On the Way to the Sea. 2009, 20 min., digital video.
The filmmaker returns to his home in Sichuan in the aftermath of the
catastrophic 2008 earthquake.

Xu Ruotao: Building Archaeology (aka. A Study of Architecture). 2011, 15
min., digital video.
An examination of the personal and political histories connected to three
spaces: an artist’s studio, an abandoned hospital for SARS patients, and a
prison cell.

J.P. Sniadecki, Xu Ruotao, Huang Xiang: Yumen. 2013, 65 min., digitial
video.
An experimental documentary that uses a variety of forms to explore Yumen,
a once-flourishing boom town in China’s northwest.

Program Two: Performing the Cultural Revolution
<http://theperforminggarage.org/events/performing-china-contemporary-chines
e-film-and-media-program-2/>
Wednesday, September 25, 7:00 PM

Xu Ruotao: Rumination. 2009, 104 min.
An exploration of the Cultural Revolution that depicts both its chaotic
later years – through the story of a squad of Red Army guards running amok
in the countryside – and its continuing legacy in today’s China.

Program Three: Body as Archive
<http://theperforminggarage.org/events/performing-china-contemporary-chines
e-film-and-media-program-3/>
Friday, September 27, 7:00 PM

Wen Hui: Listening to Third Grandmother’s Stories. 2011, 75 min., digital
video.
Based on Wen Hui’s great aunt’s reminiscences about love, everyday life,
and the political reforms that have shaped the People’s Republic of China,
this documentary experiments with embodied memory, sensory transmission,
and the passage of time in performance.

Miao Jiaxin: Chinaman’s Suitcase. 2011, 7 min., digital video.
A video documentation of a public performance that Shanghai-born,
Brooklyn-based artist Miao Jiaxin performed in New York’s Chinatown and
Zucotti Park.

PERFORMING CHINA: CONTEMPORARY CHINESE FILM AND MEDIA
<http://theperforminggarage.org/?p=643>September 20, 25 & 27, at 7:00 PM
The Performing Garage
33 Wooster Street, New York City
Suggested donation $10. Make a reservation online»
<http://theperforminggarage.org/?p=643>


The Performing Garage Presents is supported by The Lower Manhattan
Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development
Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;
Booth Ferris Foundation; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs;
the New York State Council on the Arts; and the Foundation for
Contemporary Arts.

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zhou xin 周昕
cinema studies 
new york university
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