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Whose Utopia? 谁的乌托邦

Date:
Jan 1 2005

Whose Utopia? was made by the Chinese artist Cao Fei and filmed at the OSRAM lighting factory in Foshan in the Pearl River Delta in southern China during 2005 and 2006. It was commissioned as part of a project entitled…

Ladies’ Room 洗手间 (2000)

Practitioner:
Cui Xiuwen 崔岫闻

Date:
Jan 1 2005

Ladies’ Room, lasting fewer than six and a half minutes, offers a behind-the-scenes look at a women’s washroom in a nightclub located in a Beijing hotel. A male patron of Cui Xiuwen’s studio first took her there, and she acknowledges…

Embarking on a journey through a sea of theater

Practitioner:
CGTN

Date:
Jan 1 2005

China’s only seaside theater festival has been held in the resort town of Aranya in north China’s Hebei Province. Artists from around the world traveled there to take deep dive into the world of dramatic performance. For theatergoers, there were…

Heritage loss and the Importance of the Past

Practitioner:
Ai Weiwei

Date:
Jan 1 2005

Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn (1995) by Ai Weiwei is a highly provocative work of art. This series of three black and white photographs portray the artist holding a 2,000-year-old Han dynasty urn that, frame by frame, he drops, it…

Chinese Artists Protest Against Japan’s Nuclear Wastewater Release Through Visual Arts

Practitioner:
Chinese Artists

Date:
Jan 1 2005

Japan has begun discharging nuclear wastewater into the ocean four times a year, each time lasting 17 consecutive days. Under their 30-year plan, it is estimated that approximately 1.34 million tons of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant will…

what is missing?

Practitioner:
Maya Lin

Date:
Jan 1 2005

“What Is Missing?” is a multi-sited memorial created by Maya Lin to raise awareness through science-based artworks about the present sixth mass extinction of species, connect this loss of species to habitat degradation and loss, and emphasize that by protecting…

ACTS OF RESISTANCE: PHOTOGRAPHY, FEMINISMS AND THE ART OF PROTEST

Practitioner:
South London Gallery

Date:
Jan 1 2005

Photography has long been associated with acts of resistance. It is used to document action, share ideas, inspire change, tell stories, gather evidence and fight against injustice. This group exhibition at the SLG, organised in collaboration with the V&A, brings together works by international…

‘Can You Hear the Screams?’ Physician Says Western Leaders Complicit in Israeli Attacks on Gaza Hospitals

Practitioner:
Dr. Mads Gilbert

Date:
Jan 1 2005

A Norwegian physician who has volunteered in Gaza for decades said Friday that Western leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden, are complicit in Israel’s intensifying assault on the Palestinian enclave’s hospitals, which are overwhelmed with airstrike victims and displaced people…

Instantaneous ownership

Practitioner:
China News, Zou Yaqi

Date:
Jan 1 2005

“Why should I play a celebrity and live in Beijing for 21 days without spending money?” From May 1st to May 21st, 2021, I spent 21 days in Beijing without spending money, and I was as elegant as a celebrity.…

“Citizen K”/“Občan K”: Idendity Swap

Practitioner:
Ztohoven

Date:
Jan 1 2005

On 17 June 2007, a horrific vision was offered to the viewers of the Czech morning program Panorama: instead of idyllic hills, the image of a mushroom cloud was broadcast by a weather camera installed in the Krkonoše mountains, which…