tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41094463475119841522024-03-19T10:54:20.736-07:00ASA Cultural Studiesbringing Asian back...Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-74883723235758845512010-05-28T01:31:00.000-07:002010-05-28T01:32:41.770-07:00Do museums matter? Looking beyond cultural nationalism in Asia<h3 style="font-weight: normal;" xmlns:o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" xmlns:st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" xmlns:w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word"><span style="font-size: small;">Dr Hongnam Kim<br />
Wednesday 7 July<br />
Hochhauser Auditorium, Victoria and Albert Museum<br />
19.00-20.00</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/68011-large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/68011-large.jpg" /></a></div><div xmlns:o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" xmlns:st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" xmlns:w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word"><br />
</div><div xmlns:o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" xmlns:st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" xmlns:w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word">Dr Hongnam Kim, former Director of the National Museum of Korea and a leading thinker on cultural policy, gives a special lecture at the V&A. She will explore the changing role of cultural institutions in Korea and other Asian countries, as they respond to the challenge of demonstrating their value to their societies in the post colonial era. A drinks reception will follow the lecture at 20.00.<br />
<b>Free admission</b></div><div xmlns:o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" xmlns:st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" xmlns:w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word"><b> </b></div><div xmlns:o="urn:www.microsoft.com/office" xmlns:st1="urn:www.microsoft.com/smarttags" xmlns:w="urn:www.microsoft.com/word"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">(<a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/courses/lectures_talks_tours/friday_talks/index.html">link</a>)</span> </b> </div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-2029181009394831152010-02-28T02:45:00.000-08:002010-02-28T02:46:57.913-08:00Daiwa Foundation Small Grants<h3 style="font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="org fn">Next deadline: 31 March</span></span> </h3> Website: <a class="url" target="_blank" href="http://www.dajf.org.uk/">www.dajf.org.uk</a><br /><br />The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation offers grants from £1,000- £5,000 to individuals, societies, associations or other bodies in the UK or Japan to promote and support interaction between the two countries. Grants can cover all fields of activity, including educational and grassroots exchanges, research travel, exhibitions, and other projects and events that fulfil this broad objective. There are two application deadlines each year, 31 March and 30 September.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-47695279879135195652010-02-16T12:17:00.000-08:002010-02-16T12:19:09.229-08:00East Asia Forum Quarterly (EAFQ) – Invitation for Articles from Emerging Scholars<div class="photo_img"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4539824&op=1&view=all&subj=331521800201&aid=-1&auser=0&oid=331521800201&id=13753686041"><img src="http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs169.snc3/19632_320342581041_13753686041_4539824_1944763_a.jpg" /></a></div> The East Asia Forum (EAF), supported by The Australian National University (ANU) College of Business and Economics, is pleased to invite the submissions of articles from emerging scholars (35 years and younger) for publication in a special edition of the EAFQ. EAFQ seeks submissions from up-and-coming scholars on the issue of Asia’s economic and political challenges and how to deal with them. Articles may address this subject from a regional, sub-regional, national, or thematic perspective. Selected articles will be published in the special edition of EAFQ and online.<br /><br />The authors of submissions selected for publication will receive travel and expenses to attend a Roundtable of Emerging Scholars of Asia at the ANU, 12-14 July. The Roundtable will be held in conjunction with the China Update at the ANU.<br /><br />In addition, the article judged best and the article which receives the largest number of unique hits on EAF will receive prizes of AU$1,000.<br /><br />The closing date for submissions is 5pm, 2 April, 2010.<br /><br />For further information and submission requirements click here.<br /><a href="http://www.eastasiaforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/EAFQ_Emerging_Scholars.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this),"><span>http://www.eastasiaforum.o</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span><span>rg/wp-content/uploads/2010</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span><span>/01/EAFQ_Emerging_Scholars</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>.pdf</a>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-81624186103674355692010-02-14T15:56:00.000-08:002010-02-14T16:01:51.821-08:00Chiharu Shiota at Haunch of Venison<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDckstq_RNGw7wPXnvENqJw36mFI7SVIDjjyncNNb5bLxLpdPlx7hL0UEIBD9-IUKY4vWkKTooOQE0XaTYWyMMEoQoYHrzlNSXJ2IrrVcek385o1K592yhHKkI5YlAYKrNHbKXRf2FWc/s1600-h/Picture+38.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDckstq_RNGw7wPXnvENqJw36mFI7SVIDjjyncNNb5bLxLpdPlx7hL0UEIBD9-IUKY4vWkKTooOQE0XaTYWyMMEoQoYHrzlNSXJ2IrrVcek385o1K592yhHKkI5YlAYKrNHbKXRf2FWc/s320/Picture+38.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438253194731570610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">A Room of Memory, 2009<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">1000 windows<br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;">Installation view at 21th Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanzawa, Japan<br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;">© Chiharu Shiota 2009, Photography: Sunhi Mang</span><br /></div><br />West Galleries<br />19 February - 27 March<br /><br />From the gallery website:<br /><br />"Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota will present her first UK solo exhibition this winter at Haunch of Venison London, following her UK debut at the Hayward Gallery in 2009 in the group show Walking in my Mind.<br /><br />The exhibition will include a major installation made from over 400 found windows from East Berlin where the artist lives and works, collected over the years from deserted and dismantled buildings, construction sites, disused psychiatric hospitals and uninhabited apartments. Stacked ceiling-high, lit from the inside, the frames are layered and combined to create their own building or structure, the windows transformed into something nearly spiritual. Central to the artist's work are the themes of remembrance and oblivion, dreaming and sleeping, traces of the past and her childhood, and the dealing with anxieties. Several years ago Shiota started working on room-filling; impenetrable installations made of black thread which arose from the artist's desire to draw in the air, and the start of the artist's Trauma/Alltag and State of Being (Zustand des Seins) series. These disorienting cocoons of black yarn often enclose various household and everyday, personal objects, a burnt-out piano, a wedding dress, a lady's Mackintosh. Shiota will create a new installation especially for the Haunch of Venison exhibition, as well a series of smaller boxed thread works, holding children's clothing, toys, scissors or mirrors."<br /><a href="http://www.haunchofvenison.com/en/#page=london.current.chiharu_shiota"><br />Website</a>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-68491020604618715482010-02-14T15:50:00.001-08:002010-02-14T15:55:49.565-08:004482 Sasapari<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQaS0FYb65MG-T4uaZO0XzuduYIIhZvUNPpQkH-15vxqAePAXzyhEQbRTUgfCuqxMykO7LgH_vhB_WyJE3GR-wns9f5AT1NQRy517pkkNmTebgoWqwVePdc4Y0-ZLlYqdt6uhZseANRkc/s1600-h/2010poster.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQaS0FYb65MG-T4uaZO0XzuduYIIhZvUNPpQkH-15vxqAePAXzyhEQbRTUgfCuqxMykO7LgH_vhB_WyJE3GR-wns9f5AT1NQRy517pkkNmTebgoWqwVePdc4Y0-ZLlYqdt6uhZseANRkc/s320/2010poster.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438250847918054290" border="0" /></a><br /><br />25 - 28 February 2010<br /> Open Daily 11am - 6pm<br /> Private View: Thu 25 6-8 pm<br /> Admission Free<br /><br />An exhibition showcasing the work of 53 contemporary Korean artists living and working in the UK. Venue: Bargehouse, OXO Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, Southbank, London, SE1 9PH<br /><a href="http://www.4482.info"><br />Website</a>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-29651340479503269322010-02-14T15:44:00.000-08:002010-02-14T15:49:20.085-08:00Zhang Enli at Hauser & Wirth<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVEAXdvL_Gy_bMZMRcStazY1AeelYn1tYcS7172vsyYuaK1gV7EmjZfFXM8GhzGbhCWz2RSEp7O2kPpyE7D0ZxSt4iCJXzrGo9goKIdKqOP6rkoiDL4BhdZCo2atOwVvKPlNaW5xo96k/s1600-h/Picture+37.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVEAXdvL_Gy_bMZMRcStazY1AeelYn1tYcS7172vsyYuaK1gV7EmjZfFXM8GhzGbhCWz2RSEp7O2kPpyE7D0ZxSt4iCJXzrGo9goKIdKqOP6rkoiDL4BhdZCo2atOwVvKPlNaW5xo96k/s320/Picture+37.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438249965386114418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Sky</em>, 2009, Oil on canvas, 230 x 200 cm / 90 1/2 x 78 3/4 in </span></div><div id="mainColumn" class="item"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="content"><p><br /></p><p>15 January – 27 February 2010, Hauser & Wirth London, Piccadilly</p> <p>Hauser & Wirth is pleased to announce Zhang Enli’s first solo exhibition in London. Zhang Enli has created a new series of works that continue to invest life into the most common of signifiers from details of trees and lace curtains to bare mattresses and rubber tubing.<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hauserwirth.com/exhibitions/502/zhang-enli/view/">Hauser & Wirth</a><br /></p></div> </div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-84501468236931544212010-02-08T14:06:00.000-08:002010-02-08T14:08:09.000-08:00Dazed and Tiger celebrate the Chinese New YearDazed & Confused and Tiger Beer will be bringing in the year of the Tiger with four specially curated events in London's Chinatown. <h5> | Published 12 January 2010</h5> <div id="dv_Article_ctl00_pl_articleImg" class="articleImg"> <img id="dv_Article_ctl00_LargeImage" src="http://www.dazeddigital.com/TempStore/184715.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; width: 600px;" /> <br /> <i>Photography by Pixie Felton</i> </div> <!-- Article Image gallery --> <div id="panel_ArticleImages"> <h3> <a id="link_viewGallery" href="http://www.dazeddigital.com/ArtsAndCulture/gallery/22/6207/0/Dazed_and_Tiger_celebrate_the_Chinese_New_Year">Image Gallery</a> </h3> <div class="innerbox"> <a href="http://www.dazeddigital.com/ArtsAndCulture/gallery/22/6207/0/Dazed_and_Tiger_celebrate_the_Chinese_New_Year"> <img id="rpt_ThumbImages_ctl00_ThumbnailImage" src="http://www.dazeddigital.com/TempStore/184714.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; width: 65px;" /> </a> <a href="http://www.dazeddigital.com/ArtsAndCulture/gallery/22/6207/1/Dazed_and_Tiger_celebrate_the_Chinese_New_Year"> <img id="rpt_ThumbImages_ctl01_ThumbnailImage" src="http://www.dazeddigital.com/TempStore/184654.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; width: 65px;" /> </a> <a href="http://www.dazeddigital.com/ArtsAndCulture/gallery/22/6207/2/Dazed_and_Tiger_celebrate_the_Chinese_New_Year"> <img id="rpt_ThumbImages_ctl02_ThumbnailImage" src="http://www.dazeddigital.com/TempStore/185131.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; width: 65px;" /> </a> <div class="innerBoxMore"> </div> </div><!-- close innerbox --> </div> Dazed & Confused and <a href="http://tigerbeer.co.uk/yearofthetiger">Tiger Beer</a> will be getting together to welcome the year of the Tiger and celebrate Chinese New Year 2010 in style. With four special events all happening on Thursday February 11, we will be taking over some of London Chinatown's most well-known restaurants to showcase a new wave of exciting Chinese creative talent.<br /><br />We will be exhibiting a mix of post-apocalytic visions, melting landscapes and video installations by artists <a href="http://www.gordoncheung.com/">Gordon Cheung</a>, <a href="http://gaylechongkwan.com/">Gayle Chong Kwan</a> and <a href="http://www.sukichan.co.uk/">Suki Chan</a> at the New Loon Fung restaurant. The legendary Chuen Cheung Ku will play host to a trio of Chinese photographers; <a href="http://www.kaizfeng.com/">Kai Z Feng</a>, <a href="http://www.madiju.com/">Madi Ju</a> and <a href="http://www.liweiart.com/">Li Wei</a>. At the Prince Charles Cinema, we will be screening the award-winning feature debut <span style="font-style: italic;">She, a Chinese</span> by director and novelist <a href="http://www.guoxiaolu.com/">Xiaolu Guo</a>.<br /><br />Super producer Howie B who has travelled to China regularly will be DJ at our New World party along with a live performance from electronic duo <a href="http://www.myspace.com/whitebeijing">White</a> from Beijing. You can then pop along back to Prince Charles for a midnight screening of the classic <span style="font-style: italic;">A Chinese Ghost Story</span> starring Leslie Cheung.<br /><br />The Dazed February issue out next week will also come with a supplement with profiles of all participating artists as well as a mini-guide to the different Chinatowns in the UK.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Events Programme for Thursday February 11, 2010</span><br /><br />New World (<span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">1 Gerrard Place) </span></span>9pm-12pm, Live Music and Party: White (Live), Howie B(DJ Set)<br /><br />New Loon Fung (<span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">42-44 Gerrard Street)</span></span> 7pm-11.30pm, Art Exhibition: Gordon Cheung, SUki Chan, Gayle Chong Kwan<br /><br />Chuen Cheung Ku (<span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">17 Wardour Street)</span></span> 7pm-11.30pm, Photography Exhibition: Kai Z Feng, Madi Ju, Li Wei<br /><br />Prince Charles Cinema (<span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">7 Leicester Square)</span></span> 6pm Screening of <span style="font-style: italic;">She, A Chinese</span> (dir. Xiaolu Guo) and a midnight screening of a <span style="font-style: italic;">A Chinese Ghost Story</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">We are giving away 600 wristbands that will give access to all four events on the night. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Click </span></span><a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.dazeddigital.com/competitions/Tiger.aspx">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> for more details</span>.</span>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-47114518727656217182010-02-07T16:31:00.000-08:002010-02-07T16:34:05.378-08:00China: Birth and belonging<div id="Template_eventData_eventDataArea" class="titleSection"> <h1 id="Template_eventData_eventTitle"><br /></h1> <h2 class="last" id="Template_eventData_altDate">Performance Fri 26 Feb, 19.00-21.00. Talks and discussions Sat 27 Feb, 10.30-17.00.</h2> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="Photograph of figures on bench, single figure, and characters" title="Photograph of figures on bench, single figure, and characters" src="http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/events/idoc.ashx?docid=a1281d7a-da48-46cd-aff0-620a47148b97&version=-1" height="340" width="650" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">With a population of over 1.3 billion, China is the most populous country in the world. Chinese ideas of family and the individual differ dramatically from those we see in the 'Identity' exhibition. In various ancient philosophies, a person's essence is founded in their interaction with the world. Life does therefore not begin at conception, but at birth. In traditional medicine the body is influenced by inheritance, the environment and also Qi ('breath of life').</p> <p class="MsoNormal">How do these ideas influence an individual's sense of identity and belonging? By casting our thought to another nation, can we learn anything new about our own?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We have invited Sally Lai, Chief Executive Officer at the <a href="http://www.chinese-arts-centre.org/">Chinese Arts Centre</a>, to curate a special performance in Wellcome Collection on the Friday evening. There will also be an opportunity to see the 'Identity' exhibition and meet the curators.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">On Saturday an international panel of speakers will explore the complex nature of Chinese identity. There will be sessions on ancient ideas of the body, individualisms, the diaspora, and contemporary biomedical ethics and science - as well as plenty of time for audience discussion.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong>Tickets must be booked in advance.<br />£30 full price / £20 concession for both days, including refreshments and lunch.<br />Please call 020 7611 2222 to book.</strong></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">To accompany the <a title="Identity" href="http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/exhibitions/identity.aspx">Identity</a> exhibition.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Contributing artists:<br /></strong><strong>Yuen Fong Ling, Brendan Fan, Seaming To</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Speakers:</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Hugh Aldersey-Williams,</strong> Curator, 'Identity: Eight rooms, nine lives'.<br /><strong>Therese Hesketh,</strong> Professor of Global Health, UCL Centre for International Health and Development<br /><strong>Vivienne Lo,</strong> Senior Lecturer and Convenor of Asian Studies, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL<br /><strong>Rana Mitter</strong>, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, University of Oxford<br /><strong>Jack Price</strong>, Professor of Developmental Neurobiology, King’s College London<br /><strong>Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner</strong>, Reader in Anthropology, University of Sussex<br /><strong>Diana Yeh</strong>, Visiting Lecturer, University of East London</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Chair:<br /></strong><strong>Toby Murcott</strong>, science journalist, author and broadcaster</p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="Chinese Arts Centre logo" title="Chinese Arts Centre logo" src="http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/events/idoc.ashx?docid=d17dae95-8157-4edc-80e3-e7915be54df8&version=-1" height="144" width="149" /></p><p><a href="http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/events/china-birth-and-belonging.aspx">More information</a><br /></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-27772352193831244622010-02-07T08:49:00.000-08:002010-02-07T08:51:01.319-08:00Artist talk: Kimsooja at Tate Modern<h3>Kimsooja: Talking Art</h3> <table class="image_right" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="225"><img alt="Kimsooja, video still detail of Patan from A Needle Woman - Patan, Havana, Rio de Janeiro, N 'Djamena, Sana'a, Jerusalem, 2005" src="http://www.tate.org.uk/images/cms/small/20746w_02_kimsooja_aneedlewoman05_patan_01_cropped.jpg" height="149" width="225" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit_cell" width="225"> <div class="credit"><span class="nothing">Kimsooja, video still detail of Patan from A Needle Woman - Patan, Havana, Rio de Janeiro, N 'Djamena, Sana'a, Jerusalem, 2005<br />© Courtesy Kimsooja Studio</span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div class="text">Saturday 20 February 2010, 14.00–15.30<br /></div> <div class="text"> <p>Korean born artist <strong>Kimsooja</strong> is internationally known for her installations, films, photographs and performances. Her interest in fabrics references nomadic life in her trademark Bottari -bundles made of traditional Korean bedspreads, usually used to pack clothes. </p> <p>This sense of wrapping and framing is also at the base of her video works, of which her multi channel pieces <em>A Needle Woman</em> and <em>Mumbai: A Laundry Filed</em> are the most striking examples. She is in conversation with film historian Maxa Zoeller. </p> </div> <div class="text"><em>In collaboration with Art Monthly<br /><br /></em></div> <div class="text">Tate Modern Starr Auditorium<br />£9 (£5 concessions), booking recommended </div> For tickets <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/tickets/default.htm?performancelist.asp?ShowID=3884&Source=web"><strong>book online</strong></a><br /> or call 020 7887 8888Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-90537806075265180422009-11-30T06:16:00.000-08:002009-11-30T06:19:53.656-08:00Laughing in a Foreign Language<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpc5kDUJEcQw7c7lgG7glj-bagTBGpCjU8u5AMzHMxrlzTwNBoZP2ScqUhc26OobYU9Nh8iHVFjwkvazf1Jan0MplRINYTx95-f-wIp10sNXhV8uuUNFSAolfApDun4pYryg5I78K9i-8/s1600/mami.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpc5kDUJEcQw7c7lgG7glj-bagTBGpCjU8u5AMzHMxrlzTwNBoZP2ScqUhc26OobYU9Nh8iHVFjwkvazf1Jan0MplRINYTx95-f-wIp10sNXhV8uuUNFSAolfApDun4pYryg5I78K9i-8/s320/mami.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409901186094077506" border="0" /></a><br />by Mami Kataoka (Author), Simon Critchley (Contributor)<div class="publication-description"><p>Features Harry Dodge & Stanya Kahn </p><p>What is the role of laughter and humor in contemporary art? In a time of increasing globalization, this book questions whether humor can only be appreciated by people with similar cultural, political or historical backgrounds and memories, or whether laughter can act as a catalyst for understanding that which is not familiar. Do laughter and humor transcend difference and language, or are they dependent on inside knowledge and shared experience? Featuring illustrations of more than 70 video, photographic and installation works, this volume includes many artists who have relocated from their home countries, leading them to exploit the humor that arises out of everyday gaps in translation, or even to use humor to fill those gaps. Artists include Makoto Aida, Candice Breitz, Olaf Bruening, Marcus Coates, Cao Fei, Ghazel, Matthew Griffin, Taiyo Kimura, Peter Land, Julian Rosefledt, Shimabuku, Nedko Solakov, Roi Vaara, Martin Walde and others.</p><p>Published on the occasion of the exhibition <em>Laughing in a Foreign Language</em>, The Hayward, London, UK, 25 January - 13 April, 2008. </p></div> <p>Paperback: 152 pages<br />Publisher: Hayward Publishing (March 1, 2008)<br />Language: English<br />ISBN-10: 1853322660<br />ISBN-13: 978-1853322662</p><p><br /></p><p>(possible resource for our conference next year)<br /></p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-24751882467634716772009-11-30T04:44:00.000-08:002009-11-30T04:45:55.468-08:00SFIAAFF Student Delegate Program<i></i>The <a href="http://festival.asianamericanmedia.org/" target="_blank">San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival</a> is proud to continue its annual Student Delegate Program. Aimed to engage students with Asian and Asian American cinema, the program strives to cultivate the next generation of scholars, artists, administrators and activists invested in the field of Asian American media. <p>As part of the Student Delegate Program, participants have the opportunity to:</p> <ul><li>Participate in a structured program of screenings, events and meetings</li><li>Access other festival events, i.e. panels, talks and parties</li><li>Create online content for the SFIAAFF website</li></ul> <p>The program is open to both undergraduate and graduate students in colleges and universities. We encourage both non-film and film majors to apply. The most important qualities we seek in a candidate are a love for film and desire to share this passion, the ability to interact with other students and festival guests, and a willingness to follow a<br />rigorous program of screenings and discussions. </p> <p>With only 6 spots available, each student’s full commitment to the program is mandatory. In addition, students will be asked to write an article, blog or create a video during the festival, as well as complete a post-festival survey.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://festival.asianamericanmedia.org/files/2009/10/student-delegate-application_2010.pdf" title="student-delegate-application_2010.pdf">Download the Application here.</a><br />Deadline: Dec. 31, 2009</strong></p> <p>For more information about the Student Delegate Program, email <a href="mailto:christine@asianamericanmedia.org" target="_blank">christine[at]asianamericanmedia[dot]org</a>.</p>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-39507138591014850142009-11-29T06:01:00.000-08:002009-11-29T06:03:12.199-08:00To Gaza with LoveMonday Nov. 30, 6pm, Goldsmiths Cinema<br /><div><p>The true story a rag-tag team of international peace activists aboard two fishing boats, who decided to take on the might of the Israeli military and break the siege of Gaza. Refusing to be intimidated, only one thing could stop them; and that was themselves.</p> <p>Screening, 6pm Goldsmiths Cinema, Monday 30 Nov 2009</p><p>Trailer: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LINK//video/wab/vi2755068441/" style="color: rgb(54, 118, 156); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/<wbr>video/wab/vi2755068441/</a></p> <p>All Welcome</p></div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-23086319090614320532009-11-26T07:46:00.000-08:002009-11-26T07:48:30.789-08:00ASA Meeting: Dec. 2Our next meeting (and last for the year) will be this Wednesday, December 2, at 2pm, Graduate House, Goldsmiths. We'll be discussing next semester's seminars, workshop, as well as next Fall's conference and funding opps.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-91549394113475992972009-11-01T17:43:00.000-08:002009-11-01T17:48:37.045-08:00Cinema Typhoon: Waikiki Brothers- VENUE CHANGEJoin us again tonight at 6pm for a screening of Soonrye Yim's "Waikiki Brothers" (2001). Please note the change in venue: Room 309, Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths. The rest of the films this semester will still take place in the Cinema, RHB, Goldsmiths.<br /><br />See you this evening!Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-7347728618874080402009-10-10T14:59:00.000-07:002009-10-10T15:05:57.335-07:00Toshiba Lectures on Japanese Art<div class="csc-header csc-header-n1"><h1 class="csc-firstHeader">Toshiba Lectures in Japanese Art</h1></div> <!-- Header: [end] --> <!-- CONTENT ELEMENT, uid:782/header [end] --> <!-- CONTENT ELEMENT, uid:777/image [begin] --> <!-- Image block: [begin] --> <div class="csc-textpic csc-textpic-left csc-textpic-above"><div class="csc-textpic-imagewrap"><dl class="csc-textpic-image csc-textpic-lastcol" style="width: 439px;"><dt><img src="http://www.sainsbury-institute.org/uploads/pics/img-events-hed-2_02.gif" alt="" border="0" height="170" width="439" /></dt></dl></div></div><div class="csc-textpic-clear"><!-- --></div> <!-- Image block: [end] --> <!-- CONTENT ELEMENT, uid:777/image [end] --> <!-- CONTENT ELEMENT, uid:778/image [begin] --> <!-- Image block: [begin] --> <div class="csc-textpic csc-textpic-left csc-textpic-above"><div class="csc-textpic-imagewrap"><dl class="csc-textpic-image csc-textpic-lastcol" style="width: 285px;"><dt><img src="http://www.sainsbury-institute.org/uploads/pics/img-toshiba-2_02.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="385" width="285" /></dt><dd class="csc-textpic-caption">In the Floating World / Slash with a Knife by Nara Yoshitomo.</dd></dl></div></div><div class="csc-textpic-clear"><!-- --></div> <!-- Image block: [end] --> <!-- CONTENT ELEMENT, uid:778/image [end] --> <!-- CONTENT ELEMENT, uid:780/text [begin] --> <!-- Text: [begin] --> <h2>Lectures</h2> <p class="bodytext">13 November / 6.15 pm<br /><b>In Praise of Impurity: The Condition of Art and the End of Universalism</b><br />BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum<br /></p> <p class="bodytext">16 November / 6.15 pm<br /><b>Wounds, Happiness and Distance: Three Exhibitions about the Condition of Art</b><br />BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum<br /></p> <p class="bodytext">19 November / 6 pm<br /><b>Turkey, China and Japan: Three Case Studies in the Development of Modern and Contemporary Art</b><br />Blackfriars' Hall,Norwich </p> <p class="bodytext">All Welcome. Admission Free.<br /></p> <!-- Text: [end] --> <!-- CONTENT ELEMENT, uid:780/text [end] --> <!-- CONTENT ELEMENT, uid:779/text [begin] --> <!-- Text: [begin] --> <h2>About the Speaker</h2> <p class="bodytext">David Elliott (Artistic Director, 17th Biennale of Sydney) is a curator, writer, broadcaster and museum director primarily concerned with modern and contemporary art. Elliott was Director of the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, England from 1976-96, Director of Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden from 1996-2001, the founding Director of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan from 2001-06 and, in 2007 the first Director of Istanbul Modern, Turkey. From 1998-2004, he was President of CIMAM (the International Committee of ICOM for Museums and Collections of Modern Art) and in 2008, he was the Rudolf Arnheim Guest Professor of Art History at Humboldt University, Berlin. </p> <p class="bodytext">Elliott is a cultural historian whose main interests concern contemporary art, Russian avant-garde and the visual cultures of central and eastern Europe, Asia and the non-western world from the late nineteenth century. Beginning in the early 1980s, he formulated a series of pioneering exhibitions in one of the first programs to integrate non-western culture with contemporary art. He has published a large number of books, articles and catalogues on these subjects and has curated many exhibitions. He has also written extensively about the present-day role and function of museums and contemporary art.<br /><br />Exhibitions he has conceived or worked on include: 'Art and Power: Europe under the Dictators 1930?1945' (1995); 'Wounds: between democracy and redemption in contemporary art' (1998); 'After the Wall: art and culture in post-Communist Europe' (1999); 'Organising Freedom: Nordic art of the ?90s' (2000); 'Young Video Artists? Initiative' (2002); 'Absences' (2002); 'Happiness: a survival guide for art and life' (2003); 'Africa Remix: contemporary art of a continent' (2004); 'Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Where is Our Place?' (2004); 'Follow Me! Chinese Art at the Threshold of the New Millennium' (2005); 'Hiroshi Sugimoto' (2005); 'Tokyo-Berlin/Berlin-Tokyo' (2005); 'Bill Viola: Hatsu-Yume [First Dream]' (2006); 'From Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic' (2007); 'Time Present, Time Past: Highlights from 20 Years of the International İstanbul Biennial' (2007); and 'The Quick and the Dead: Rites of passage in art, spirit and life' (2009).<br /></p> <!-- Text: [end] --> <!-- CONTENT ELEMENT, uid:779/text [end] --> <!-- CONTENT ELEMENT, uid:781/text [begin] --> <!-- Text: [begin] --> <h2>Contact and Information<br /></h2> <p class="bodytext">T: 01603 624349 F: 01603 625011<br /><a href="mailto:sisjac@sainsbury-institute.org">sisjac@sainsbury-institute.org</a> </p> <p class="bodytext">Sponsored by the Toshiba International Foundation </p> In association with the Sainsbury Institute, The Japan Society and British MuseumKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-21491446258251287362009-10-06T03:59:00.000-07:002009-10-06T04:00:47.129-07:00MONITOR 6: New South Asian Film and VideoMONITOR 6: New South Asian Film and Video<br />DEADLINE: November 16, 2009<br /><br /><br />SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) invites submissions for its sixth annual experimental short film and video screening program, Monitor 6.<br /><br />Monitor 6 is dedicated to the presentation of experimental short films and videos by and/or about South Asians from Canada and around the world. We invite independent and innovative short films and videos that explore the aesthetic and form of the moving image and its relation to narrative. Monitor 6 encourages new experimental work that takes risks and beckons the viewer’s active engagement.<br /><br />Selected works will be screened at the sixth annual short film and video program, Monitor 6 on 24th March, 2010 at the National Film Board of Canada, Toronto. Monitor 6 will be curated by Toronto-based video artist and cultural critic Richard Fung in collaboration with a MONITOR Jury (TBC).<br /><br />Works must be under 20 minutes and produced between 2007 - 2009. Submissions from first time directors are welcome. Artists’ fees will be paid.<br /><br />Submissions should be sent on DVD (PAL, NTSC) enclosed with the following:<br />- Name artist or director<br />- Full contact information (address, phone, fax, email)<br />- Title of work<br />- Date of production<br />- Brief synopsis of the work<br />- Brief biography of the artist<br />- High-resolution production stills<br /><br />Send all materials to:<br />SAVAC – MONITOR 6<br />401 Richmond Street West, Suite 450<br />Toronto, ON Canada M5V 3A8<br /><br />Inquiries can be sent to info@savac.net<br /><br />All deliveries from international participants must be marked:<br />"NO COMMERCIAL VALUE" Please do not claim any monetary value over $50 on your package for insurance or otherwise or you will be charged customs, duties and taxes.<br /><br />All submissions must be sent prepaid. SAVAC will not accept collect or C.O.D. shipments and will not accept shipments incurring expenses for duties, taxes or customs brokerage. Submissions will only be returned with a self-addressed stamped envelope (in Canadian postage) or send a cheque payable to SAVAC for the return postage amount.<br /><br />For more information, please contact:<br />Srimoyee Mitra<br />Programming Co-ordinator<br />SAVAC [South Asian Visual Arts Centre]<br />Telephone: 416.542.1661<br />Email: info@savac.net<br />Website: www.savac.netKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-22031872371526171962009-10-05T01:34:00.000-07:002009-11-01T17:49:42.649-08:00Cinema Typhoon, Oct. 5-Nov. 23<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpHcYwEWfpwNIR33VBwwMie2rCrIEg48JjKWOzXCP7WeK0Wy1QWk-nkq4tNbtK0PU5MeFLxBD7XjMM5hR-QvP_La-kg4nDl4pshCVlFieDZPMxRi0Kh0j7_1Qiv2MmxSvr9ZR1cdE6V4/s1600-h/filmpcfront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpHcYwEWfpwNIR33VBwwMie2rCrIEg48JjKWOzXCP7WeK0Wy1QWk-nkq4tNbtK0PU5MeFLxBD7XjMM5hR-QvP_La-kg4nDl4pshCVlFieDZPMxRi0Kh0j7_1Qiv2MmxSvr9ZR1cdE6V4/s320/filmpcfront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389032522910758402" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:18pt;" ><b><o:p></o:p></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> Every Monday starting at 6pm in the Small Cinema (Richard Hoggart Building), ASA (Alternative Studies for Asias) presents films from different regions in Asia with music as a theme plus a special screening and Q&A of Ananya Chatterjee's "Understanding Trafficking." Supported by The Centre for Cultural Studies.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Location: Small Cinema, Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths, New Cross</p><p class="MsoNormal">Time: Mondays (Oct. 5-Nov. 23) starting at 6pm<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">All welcome. Free<br /></p><div style="border-style: none none solid; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext;"> <h2 style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Times;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></h2> </div> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Times;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--></span> <p class="MsoHeader" style=""><br /><span style="font-family:Times;"><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p>October 05<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><b>The Burmese Harp</b></span><span style="font-family:Times;"><span style=""> </span>(1956). Directed by Kon Ichikawa and written by Takeyama Michio. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">Based on a children’s novel written by Michio Takeyama, <i>The Burmese Harp</i></span><span style="font-family:Times;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Times;">is a tale of the Japanese Imperial Army regiment in Burma finding spiritual harmony through song despite harsh circumstances at the close of WWII. The film methodically presents music as a symbol of peace, highlighting its ability to transcend cultural and linguistic boundaries. Although the songs featured in the film represent uniquely Japanese sentiments, they were not originally written in Japanese. They are in fact European folk songs (“Dreaming of Home and Mother”, “Home, Sweet Home” and “Auld Lang Syne”) re-written and adapted by the Imperial Japanese government for educational purposes. This film captures the strong de/territorializing force of music and its power to assemble a milieu upon chaotic disjuncture (between feudal societies and the imperial nation-state).<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary by Masa Kosugi</span><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <div style="border-style: none none solid; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext;"> <h2 style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Times;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></h2> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Times;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Times;">October 12<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Times;"><b>Together</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Times;"> (2002). Directed by Chen Kaige and written by Xue Xiaolu and Chen Kaige.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Times;">This is a story is about a thirteen-year-old violin prodigy Liu Xiaochun who moves to Beijing from a small town with his father, Liu Cheng, to participate in a music competition. After winning fifth prize, Liu Xiaochun begins to take lessons from<span style=""> </span>Professor Jiang while his father works as a delivery man in the city. As Liu Xiaochun develops a crush on his neighbour, an urban young lady, and gains a second music teacher, the film implicitly shows the lives of young women in the big city, the father-son relationship between Liu Xiaochun and Liu Cheng, as well as the economic and educational gaps regarding class and commercialisation around arts and music.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary by Apple Cho</span></span><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-style: none none solid; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext;"> <h2 style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Times;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></h2> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Times;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Times;">October 19<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><b>All About Lily Chou-Chou</b></span><span style="font-family:Times;"> (2001). Written and directed by Shunji Iwai<span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">This film portrays juvenile problems (bullying, shoplifting, rape, etc.) in Japanese society by describing the real/virtual ambiguous relationships between a particular group of youths. While struggling socially, they turn to the music of the singer Lily Chou-Chou, and unwittingly connect with one another virtually on an Internet fan site. The original story for the film was based on an experimental site managed by Shunji Iwai to produce a participatory novel. In addition, the music of Lily Chou-Chou originally made for the film (performed by Japanese singer, Salyu) became popular among the fans of the film and Salyu. The film incorporates the real and the virtual on multiple levels while obscuring the borders of our real life and virtual worlds.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary by Kumiko Yamada</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-style: none none solid; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" > <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" ><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">October 26<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 12.75pt; page-break-after: avoid;"><span style=";font-family:Times;color:black;" ><b>Sleepwalking Through The Mekong</b></span><span style=";font-family:Times;color:black;" > (2007). Directed by John Pirozzi<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" ><i>Sleepwalking Through The Mekong</i></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" >, the documentary film featuring Dengue Fever, chronicles the journey taken by Los Angeles-based Khmer rock band Dengue Fever to lead singer, Chhom Nimol’s native Cambodia during the 2005 Water Festival. On arrival to Phnom Penh, the band performs on a TV program, as well as putting on gigs, recording new songs with Khmer master musicians, interacting with schoolchildren. The culmination is an open-air show in a shantytown. The band’s performances there marked the first time a Western band had performed classic 1960s and ‘70s Cambodian rock’n’roll in the country where it was created and nearly erased from existence by the brutal Pol Pot regime. At once a homecoming for Nimol and a reversal of roles for the other band members who have to depend on Nimol to navigate Cambodia, this documentary is a cross-cultural reflection and portrait of Cambodia’s music scene.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Summary by Karen Tam</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-style: none none solid; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext;"><h2 style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Times;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></h2> </div> <p class="MsoHeader" style=""><span style="font-family:Times;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">November 02- (VENUE CHANGE- Room 309, Richard Hoggart Building)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" ><b>Waikiki Brothers</b></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" > (2001). Directed by Soonrye Yim<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br />Waikiki had been regarded as one of the places most worth visiting among traditional Koreans who experienced the rapid Americanization of Korean society since the end of the Korean War. Now, any word associated with "Waikiki" is regarded as a symbol of the unenlightened due to its strong connection to the generation of old-timers. This quiet South Korean film is about the slow demise of a nightclub band, Waikiki Brothers. Set in the late 1980's in rural Corea, this is primarily a character piece centered on the band leader, the quiet and enduring Hae-il. Over the course of the film, there is a lengthy flashback to the Hae-il’s youth, which sets up and explains further events over the course of the film. The collapse of Waikiki Brothers is anticipated in the first scene, and the plot is about how each band member compromises with modernized and contemporary Korean society. The basic emotion of this film is nostalgia through an archaeological review of ancient cultural icons, rarely witnessed now. Nostalgia for the past can serve as a powerful resource for preparing for the future.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Summary by Sung Woo Park</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-style: none none solid; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext;"><h3 style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><o:p></o:p></h3> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <div style="border-style: none none solid; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" >November 09<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" ><b>Platform</b></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" > (2000). Directed by Jia Zhang-Ke.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" ><br /><br /><i>Platform</i></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" > as a movie in some ways offers another ‘’platform” to tell the stories of the 1980s in China. Under the economic boom and massive changes of society, <i>Platform </i></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" >focuses on two rural couples, showing their desires to the change and loss of love. The use of pop songs in the film also crystallises bittersweet memories of the country during that period. This film was banned by the Chinese government in 2000.<br /><span style=""> </span><br /><span class="apple-style-span">Director Jia Zhang-Ke's films always focus on the social fabric of daily life in present-day China.</span> <span class="apple-style-span">He is the most important 6<sup>th</sup>-generation director in China and is the winner of the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion (2006) and numerous international film awards. </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Summary by Ben Chiahung Lu</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" ><span class="apple-converted-space"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" ></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Times;" ><br /><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">November 16<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><b>Understanding Trafficking</b></span><span style="font-family:Times;"> (2009). Directed by Ananya Chatterjee Chakraborti.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-style: none none solid; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Times;">Legend goes, there is a magical line that Laxman drew around Sita, which no woman is supposed to cross. If any woman dared to cross the magical line, she would risk being kidnapped by Ravan the demon. Women have for centuries been discouraged to cross the line, to remain indoors, and within limits. The lines and limits of their existence have always been defined by patriarchy. So what happens if a woman does cross the line? By circumstances, through need, or just by a desire to dare the magical line?<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times;">November 23- End of series discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--><br /><img src="file:///Users/karentam/Desktop/Cinema%20Typhoon/filmpcfront.jpg" alt="" />Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-10500166856329696262009-09-24T05:17:00.000-07:002009-09-24T05:19:53.801-07:00Step Out Arts BEACDS Showcase<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeZLXZy9eZ6-hY8t8GHd6MmjZEGlPf_r8loSPmnhSBry1WC6xJeBSXDlt3A4mxvcIQyVnMxG9q_iPZ_VhozTiKpDu-O0o52M59c4UAiFb0SNA1gyRv4SBX5ihwlNN203ZFEUns5W913I/s1600-h/SOAPOSTER-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeZLXZy9eZ6-hY8t8GHd6MmjZEGlPf_r8loSPmnhSBry1WC6xJeBSXDlt3A4mxvcIQyVnMxG9q_iPZ_VhozTiKpDu-O0o52M59c4UAiFb0SNA1gyRv4SBX5ihwlNN203ZFEUns5W913I/s320/SOAPOSTER-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385007208004738562" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="postbody"><span style="font-weight: bold;">25 September 6.30pm – 8.30pm: University of Bedfordshire<br />02 October 6.30pm – 8.30pm: Greenwich Dance Agency</span><br /><br /><br />The two showcases are a celebration of performance work created by four British East Asian choreographers working in various dance forms. All four pieces will feature innovative and contemporary choreographic ideas that have been researched and developed as part of the British East Asian Choreographers Development Scheme (BEACDS) which is funded by Arts Council England. Each of the four choreographers were chosen to take part in the BEACDS after a nationwide selection process and have worked with a professional mentor to advance their choreography and dance practice.<br /><br />The showcases act as an opportunity for these new and emerging choreographers to present their considerable talents to an audience comprising both public and industry professionals. After the performances there will be a Q&A session to discuss issues raised by the pieces and the project as a whole – for example, issues of East Asian identity and diverse work in the UK dance/choreography scene. This also represents a chance for the choreographers to meet their peers and, in turn, Step Out Arts hopes that promoters and programmers will discover new artists they would like to work with in the future.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Artist details</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Annie Pui Ling Lok</span> is a British born Chinese contemporary choreographer and performer. Half Truths and Allegories is a work in progress exploring processes of translation/mistranslation and possibilities of storytelling and communication through verbal and abstract non-verbal languages.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chisato Minamimura</span> is a Japanese deaf dancer, tutor and choreographer. BEATS will focus on Chisato's ongoing exploration of what it is like to experience visual sound/music from the perspective of a deaf person.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Khamlane Halsackda</span> is a British Lao choreographer. Khamlane will stage a duet called ACT 1 – ‘Origin of Love’. The work is inspired by the moment he first fell in love. By exploring this period in his life with his former partner, and memories of his childhood, he questions the core of what love is to each of us.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quang Kien Van</span> is an established British Chinese professional dancer, and is currently focusing on developing his choreographic career. Patient 319 is a cautionary tale that highlights the dangers of social exclusion and cultural alienation.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Tickets are now available for both showcases, early booking is essential as capacity is limited.<br /><br />Ticket prices are £6 full/£5 concession<br /><br />To book your place telephone:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Greenwich Dance Agency Box office: 02082 939 741</span><br />Greenwich Dance Agency, The Borough Hall, Royal Hill, London SE10 8RE<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">University of Bedfordshire Box office: 01234 269 519</span><br />University of Bedfordshire, Bedford campus, Polhill Avenue, Bedford MK41 9EA<br /><br />For more information and a detailed timetable email Matthew Bamber at <a href="mailto:marketing@stepoutarts.co.uk">marketing@stepoutarts.co.uk</a><br /> </span>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-79381728256339941042009-07-21T13:18:00.000-07:002009-07-21T13:23:47.982-07:00Jazz Daimyo<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DyWg1jhKM_s&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DyWg1jhKM_s&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Year: 1986<br />Director: Kihachi OkamotoKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-77116864580019180622009-07-20T04:02:00.000-07:002009-07-20T04:07:16.873-07:00Future of Asian Contemporary Art discussion<embed src='http://www.asiasociety.org/files/Player.swf' height='380' width='480' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true' flashvars='image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asiasociety.org%2Ffiles%2Fimagecache%2Fthumb_preview_large%2Ffiles%2Fvideo_library%2Fthumbs%2Facaw_vidgallery.jpg&file=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.asiasociety.org%2Fvideo%2F090511_acaw_complete.flv&plugins=viral-1d'/></embed><br /><br /><br />Future of Asian Contemporary Art<br />NEW YORK, May 11, 2009 - As part of Asian Contemporary Art Week 2009, Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu, artist Lee Ming Wei and Documenta 13 artistic director Carolyn Cristoff-Bakargiev discuss the future of Asian contemporary art. (1 hr., 11 min.)Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-12006340475570690432009-07-09T13:18:00.000-07:002009-07-09T13:22:08.268-07:00Karaoke<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YeDlkR5wKd0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YeDlkR5wKd0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Year: 2009<br />Director: Chris Chong Chan Fui<br />Cast: Zahiril Adzim, Amerul Affendi,Hariry Jalil, Mislina Mustapha, Nadiya Nissa<br /><br />Set in a village estate of a Malaysian oil palm plantation … Betik returns home.<br /><br />During the day, Betik helps shoot karaoke videos, while at night, he lends a hand to his reluctant mother at the family’s karaoke joint. This is the place where he falls for Anisah. A job, a love and a family. His return home comes together quickly.<br /><br />But life isn’t so innocent. Everybody wants something. Subtle manipulations driven by self interest and personal desires seep through yet the songs continue to be sung. Unwavering.<br /><br />The home has changed. The oil palm trees have grown in endless symmetry. The landscape rusts and the nostalgia turns.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-41434098722230731782009-07-09T13:03:00.000-07:002009-07-09T13:06:40.018-07:00Saigon Love Story<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zdKY106O4_s&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zdKY106O4_s&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Year: 2006<br />Director: Ringo Le<br />Cast: Ngo Thanh Van, Hua Vy Van, Yen Vy, Chanh Tin<br /><br />"Saigon Love Story is Vietnam's first movie musical filmed entirely on location in Vietnam including Saigon and Phan Thiet. One of the first films independently produced outside of the Communist controlled film industry,overseas Vietnamese director Ringo Le decided to return to his birthplace to shoot his first feature film project. "Saigon Love Story" was highly acclaimed at VC FilmFest 2006. Thereafter, the film was an official selection into the Panorama selection at the Shanghai International Film Festival 2006 and was nominated for the "Winds of Asia-Best New Film Award" at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2006. Currently, the film has been traveling throughout the United States in sold-out roadshow tours to help bring attention to Vietnamese films and artists.<br /><br />The movie is set in Vietnam during the 1980s. Danh is a young boy growing up in Saigon. Though he should help his mother to sell noodles from a cart out of their home, he often sneaks out to buy cassettes.<br /><br />One day, he inadvertently stumbles into a mysterious beautiful street vendor named Tam, selling her cassette, Saigon Love Story. Intrigued about her music, Danh decides to buy the cassette, only to discover that it is blank. When Danh confronts Tam, he finds that she is penniless and unable to repay him, so she serenades him a song in her cassette. Enchanted, Danh finds a voice that has long been suppressed, a voice that is the ticket out of their impoverished life." (from Wikipedia entry)Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-53178729790919020842009-07-09T12:46:00.000-07:002009-07-09T12:49:32.958-07:00Hoedown Showdown<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFaIYvHiKDLc_QxE6k824OhxxCoqjsRqJXY2412b7D7U9RWWOt1H4w0hjmvFYtOLxbYoUjRuDVWB-uiiQldyfFTGFK6J0zKY4csHHCB2ShD5S6eeDubqKohhgqF3bp6pIdKsB9oUbeeg/s1600-h/hoedownshowdown.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFaIYvHiKDLc_QxE6k824OhxxCoqjsRqJXY2412b7D7U9RWWOt1H4w0hjmvFYtOLxbYoUjRuDVWB-uiiQldyfFTGFK6J0zKY4csHHCB2ShD5S6eeDubqKohhgqF3bp6pIdKsB9oUbeeg/s320/hoedownshowdown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356549624533687954" border="0" /></a><br />AKA: Monpleng Luktung F.M. <br /> Year: 2002 <br /> Director: Bhandit Thongdee <br /> Cast: Roong Suriya, Looknok Suphaporn, Koong Suthirath, Yodrak Salakjai, Sunaree Rachseema, Dao Mayuri, Chiya Mitchai, Apaporn Nakornsawan <br /> <br />"Over-the-top Thai musical featuring an all-star Luktung (Thai country music) cast. The plot is as conventional as they come, but fluffy performances and the ironic tone of the film make the experience enjoyable. Along with Molam and Thai-pop, Luktung (literally "music from up-country") is one of Thailand's most popular music genres. It's been influenced by pop, rock, electronica and obviously foreign music. But, one of the reasons of its success is that it always keeps a link to the past. Hoedown Showdown marks something new for Thai Cinema, as it's the first film completely dedicated to the Luktung industry, and features many of the biggest stars of the genre like Roong Suriya, Looknok Suphaporn, and Sunaree Rachseema." (from LoveHKFilm.com review)Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-51124599283526495362009-07-09T10:40:00.000-07:002009-07-09T10:42:14.695-07:00Check It Out, Yo!<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pq-1SUs7MU4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pq-1SUs7MU4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Japanese: Chekeraccho! <br /> Year: 2006 <br /> Director: Rieko Miyamoto <br /> Cast: Hayato Ichihara, Tasuku Emoto, Yuta Hiraoka, Mao Inoue, Ayumi Ito, Konishiki <br /> <br />Three high school kids try to form their own hip hop band with hilarious results in this intensely likeable, feel good teen comedy from director Rieko Miyamoto.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109446347511984152.post-29947367823197132662009-07-09T10:35:00.000-07:002009-07-09T10:38:56.876-07:00Perhaps Love<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xXzuBGr5k_w&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xXzuBGr5k_w&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Year: 2005 <br />Director: Peter Chan Ho-Sun <br />Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhou Xun, Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau, Ji Jin-Hee, Eric Tsang Chi-Wai, Sandra Ng Kwun-Yu<br /><br />Acclaimed director Peter Chan takes the helm for this lavish, award winning musical concerning the love triangle between a handsome actor, his beautiful co-star, and a talented film director. Lin (Takeshi Kaneshiro) and his ex-lover Sun (Zhou Xun) are shooting a movie for celebrated director Nie Wen (Jacky Cheung) when the flames of their former passion are gradually rekindled. A charismatic director who has poured his entire heart and soul into making a movie about a passionate love triangle, Nie finds his entire production about to collapse as Lin does everything in his power to win back the ravishing Sun.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419162566256677343noreply@blogger.com0