ScribeMedia.Org's Alexandra Lerman explores context and meaning in Boy.Girl.
City., a short film set in St. Petersburg.
In it, Two potential lovers communicate via SMS en route to a rendezvous, raising the question of whether abbreviated, shorthand forms communicate at all. ( )
Incorporating Chinese dumplings, amateur rap music, and two art students, the Dumpling House Rap Video is a cross-cultural triangulation born out of work and love, love of work, love of dumplings, and working at making what you love the same as what you do. ( )
Andrei Bartenev mdash; showman, actor, set designer and one of the most paradoxical contemporary artist in Russia mdash; kicked off last summer's celebrated opening night of the Watermill Center in Long Island with this performance of Emily Likes the TV.
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Director Helga Landauer discusses how she juxtaposes Soviet propaganda films and Shostakovich's words and music to illustrate his life and singular artistic vision as it perseveres against life-threatening political forces. ( )
Wu Hung reflects upon a fundamental problem or dilemma in presenting contemporary Chinese art in the West: how to maintain the perception that the work is distinctly "Chinese" while also enabling its independence so it can enter the Global Salon. ( )
Xu Bing's work "The Book From the Sky" is one of the central and most important pieces of the exhibition.
Here, he talks about the meaning of texts when manipulated to absurdity. ( )
What historical role do text and the book play in Chinese culture? And is the relationship changing as China surges into the global arena?
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Gaps in cultural literacy surround the reception of Chinese art, and slippage of the artistic message often occurs.
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