Projects tagged
East Asia
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Chinese ‘naked’ wedding celebrations focus on love – not money
Read more: Chinese ‘naked’ wedding celebrations focus on love – not moneyTen couples covered in body paint wearing only their underwear have celebrated their “naked weddings” at Hangzhou Paradise amusement park in Zhejiang province. The couples, some of whom have been married for many years, said they were rejecting modern Chinese…
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Ai Weiwei on the project that awoke his political voice – The Start podcast
Read more: Ai Weiwei on the project that awoke his political voice – The Start podcastIn 2008, an earthquake devastated Sichuan province in China, claiming the lives of more than 69,000 people. Following accusations from parents that substandard construction caused the collapse of schools across in the region, the artist Ai Weiwei set upon a…
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Campaign aims to make Hong Kong a key player in fight against slavery
Read more: Campaign aims to make Hong Kong a key player in fight against slaveryAt least three international companies have committed to join the fight against slavery in a campaign that aims to make Hong Kong the hub in Asia to tackle human-trafficking. The Slave Free campaign is being launched by Hong Kong law…
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Umbrella Man – Occupy Central Hong Kong
Read more: Umbrella Man – Occupy Central Hong KongThe pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have a new mascot: a roughly 12-foot-high figure of wood blocks holding a bright yellow umbrella in its outstretched right hand. The students call it Umbrella Man. Umbrellas emerged as a symbol of the…
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Gay Rights Activists in Beijing Protest for Their Russian Comrades
Read more: Gay Rights Activists in Beijing Protest for Their Russian ComradesA small group of gay rights activists gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Beijing on Valentine’s Day to protest Russia’s antigay laws. Behind a rainbow banner that read “To Russia with Love,” a dozen activists cheered as three couples puckered…
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All Eyes on ‘Sparrow’: Documenting the Dangers of Activism in China
Read more: All Eyes on ‘Sparrow’: Documenting the Dangers of Activism in ChinaNanfu Wang feels safe in New York. Surveillance, that essential preoccupation of the documentarian in America, is a chokehold from which she has been temporarily released. From her Brooklyn apartment, the Chinese filmmaker prepares for the release of her debut…
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Buses in Seoul install ‘comfort women’ statues to honour former sex slaves
Read more: Buses in Seoul install ‘comfort women’ statues to honour former sex slavesBuses serving several routes in central Seoul have acquired a new and highly controversial passenger: a barefoot “comfort woman”, wearing a traditional hanbok dress with her hands resting on her knees. Appearing on the front seat of buses in the…
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Video Art on China’s Demolished Urban Scenery
Read more: Video Art on China’s Demolished Urban SceneryRumba II: Nomad (3’24” excerpt) 2015 / video / 14mins 16secs Sound by Dickson Dee Commissioned by GUCCI The urban fringe of Beijing is the loosen bricks from fragmented land. A result of urban development. The dynamic and complex urban…
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“Say No to Pig Hand”: Anti Public Transport Sexual Harassment
Read more: “Say No to Pig Hand”: Anti Public Transport Sexual HarassmentLeilei Zhang was harassed on a public bus when a man gripped her hand, glared at her and refused to let go. With the determination to raise public awareness, Leilei began a crowd-funding campaign to raise money for what could…
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Wheel of Misfortune
Read more: Wheel of MisfortuneHong Kong’s Lunar New Year fairs draw thousands of visitors who stroll past stalls of potted narcissus, snack on fish balls and snap up the latest plush toys. In recent years, the largest of the fairs, at Victoria Park, has…