๐ญ๐ผ๐ฒฬ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐๐ก๐ is an art writer, researcher, poet, curator, and translator. She obtained her PhD degree from the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ACSA), University of Amsterdam. Being part of the European Research Council (ERC) funded research project, her PhD project focused on non-oppositional criticality of socially engaged art in contemporary China.
๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ is an alternative family initiated by Miaozi and her friends in Guangzhou. In the spring of 2019, Miaozi found herself accidentally pregnant, and soon her boyfriend left her. Miaoziโs mother demanded her to abort the baby, and her father demanded her to marry her ex-boyfriend before the babyโs birth. She struggled against both demands. When winter came and Miaoziโs belly
Sampson Wong is an artist, independent curator, academic and urbanist based in Hong Kong. He is currently Lecturer of General Education at The Chinese University of Hong Kong teaching. He engages in art-making, curatorial practice, teaching, research and writing, and sees them as intellectual means exploring issues about urbanism, space, power and freedom. His projects focus on emerging โpublicnessโ and critical creativity.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐ต๐ผ๐ฒ is an artist, author and teacher. He studied contemporary art in Belgium and the Netherlands. He is an alumni of the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. His art practice spans a wide range of media ranging from drawings, photographs, videos and installations.
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐พ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐น-๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ (๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ), initiated in 2015, is located in a historical working-class neighbourhood with a vibrant migrant population in Shanghai. It is a self-organised collective, sharing a shanty town space for living, learning, proposing, reflecting, organising and creatively working together. By repositioning the labor of art and knowledge, it pursues the potential for alternative relational imaginations of the society through the practice of mutual-aid.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ผ๐ถ (๐ฆ๐๐ง) is a platform-dependent and synergic project initiated in 2016, officially founded in 2017. It stems from the needs of artists for mutual perception/practice space, and this requirement has been tested in the โBanyan Travel Agencyโ project.
*๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด: ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ โ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ*
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐น๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ต)
by Chao Family
China | 80โฒ | colour | Subtitles: English
'The Ultra Clan Wedding Collection' (2019) is edited documentation of the wedding and a video essay on the entanglements of a relationship breakup, the psychological and emotional wear of social movements, the oppression of traditional family values, and finally, an invitation to join the new Chao Family.
*๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด: ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ โ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ*
๐๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ (๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ญ-) โ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ: ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ
by Li-Ren Chang
Taiwan | 80โฒ | colour | Subtitles: English
Taiwanese artist Li-Ren Chang creates video installations, conceptual projects, and animations. In his works, he aims to construct a virtual world situated between reality and imagination by means of narration. His ongoing animation project Battle City (2011-) currently consists of two episodesโEpisode 1: The Glory of Taiwan and Episode 2: Economic Miracle. The artist spent several years building solitarily a small-scale city constructed on the basis of his impressions of cities and his memories as a child. Through compelling storytelling techniques, Battle City playfully addresses the geopolitical histories and contemporary realities of Taiwan.
*๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด: ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ต ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ โ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ*
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ (๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ต)
by Sungyeon Jeon
South Korea | 84โฒ | colour | Subtitles: English
'The Fearless And Vulnerable' closely follows the lives of the members of Femidangdang, an activist group that was part of this momentum. The film revolves around their struggles in forming solidarity and presents a candid depiction of how fearless activism and individual vulnerability co-exist. The event is FREE and has limited spots.
*๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด: ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ โ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ*
๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ (๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ต)
by Hing Weng Eric Tsang
Hong Kong | 15โฒ | colour | Subtitles: English
'A Thousand Sails' is a short tale about the poignant separation between city and village, mother and son, life and death. With long shots and sophisticated art direction, Eric TSANG Hing-weng compellingly captures the actorsโ performances, especially that of Professor CHOW Po-chungโs surprising debut. The event is FREE and has limited spots.