Projects tagged
East Asia
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New Beijing, New Marriage: A Milestone Film in China’s LGBTQ Movement
Read more: New Beijing, New Marriage: A Milestone Film in China’s LGBTQ MovementNew Beijing, New Marriage is a documentary shot by Fan Popo, a Chinese gay rights activist in 2009. The film recorded that a gay couple and a lesbian couple, who were volunteers instead of real homosexual couples, were having their…
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fake tax case
Read more: fake tax caseIn June 2011, the Beijing Local Taxation Bureau demanded a total of over 12 million yuan (US$1.85 million) from Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd in unpaid taxes and fines, and accorded three days to appeal the demand in writing. According…
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Chinese Contemporary Artist Liao Guohe’s “Bad Paintings” on Exhibition in Nanjing
Read more: Chinese Contemporary Artist Liao Guohe’s “Bad Paintings” on Exhibition in NanjingLiao Guohe’s solo exhibition —-“Satisfaction Guaranteed”, the first-time all-round summary of his paintings in last 10 years, is held from November 14, 2014 to March 14, 2015 at Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing, China. As the only one of his…
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In China, Myths of Social Cohesion
Read more: In China, Myths of Social CohesionKASHGAR, China — They come for the camel rides, the chance to dress up like a conquering Qing dynasty soldier or to take selfies in front of one of the most historic Islamic shrines in Xinjiang, the sprawling region in…
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China’s Underground Hiphop
Read more: China’s Underground HiphopChina’s underground hiphop became an art movement since early 2000s. With characteristics of self-expression, localization and social criticism, Chinese hip hop music quickly gained popularity among students and working-class Chinese. Some notable music groups from Beijing include Yin Ts’ang (隐藏)…
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Performance Art Feminism in Beijing
Read more: Performance Art Feminism in BeijingXiao has organized and participated in a series of activities that combine performance art with a strong social message. Despite a well-known Chinese maxim expounding that women “hold up half the sky,” feminism has largely been an underground movement in…
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Poop Protest
Read more: Poop ProtestA mainland couple allowed their 2-year-old son to relieve himself by the road at Mangkok, Hong Kong and conflicted with local pedestrians who took photos of the child caused quite a stir among Chinese netizens. While the majority of mainland…
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Tibetan Self-immolation Portraits
Read more: Tibetan Self-immolation PortraitsBeijing-based artist Liu Yi is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects — men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive — have one thing in…
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Pandas on Tour
Read more: Pandas on TourGrangeon’s long-running traveling exhibit, Pandas on Tour, features 1600 papier-mâché pandas. That’s approximately one for as many as there are left in the world (recent estimates actually place the number slightly below that, at 1596). Each papier-mâché sculpture represents a…
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Cancer Baby’s Kimo Kawa House
Read more: Cancer Baby’s Kimo Kawa HouseLu Yang attempts to bring the negative notion of Cancer cell into a “Kimo Kawa” object of love and/or pain and hopes to open a dialogue that brings awareness to the acceptance and tolerance of living with cancer cells. Using…