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“Pointing To The Sky, Cursing The Earth”– Zhou Yongyang (周永阳)
„ÄÅ On August 15, Beijing-based performance artist Zhou Yongyang (周永阳) published the latest version of his work: “Pointing To The Sky, Cursing The Earth.” (“指天骂地”) He organized more than one hundred...
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Troupe of Disabled Performers Aim to Surpass Limits
In Beijing, where one million people are disabled, only seven percent have gainful employment and few have promising futures. However, a performance troupe of 88 deaf and disabled dancers, musicians,...
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The Amazing Pictures of Li Wei
Britain’s Daily Mail takes a look at the work of performance artist Li Wei: “My work and artistic experience are characterised by a unique specificity and particularity,” says the 37-year-old artist...
View ArticleGao Brothers: “Never-Ending Construction of Building Number Four”
The Gao Brothers (Gao Qiang, Born 1962 in Jinan, Shandong, China; Gao Zhen, Born 1956 in Jinan) are a pair of artist brothers based in Beijing, and authors of several published works, including “How...
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Poem: Blogging is My Performance Art – Zhang Daozheng 张道正
The “grass-mud horse (草泥马)” has now become the icon of online resistance to censorship. It seems that everywhere the “river crabs (河蟹)” go, the “grass-mud horses” grow in numbers. Here is another...
View ArticleBeijing Art Show Excludes Earthquake Pieces
The Beijing Biennale is now on, though some of the more controversial exhibits have been canceled. From CBC: Under the joint artistic direction of Zhu Qi and Marc Hungerbühler, the giant show focuses...
View ArticlePerformance Art: Zhou Yongyang (周永阳) “Apologize to the People”
Beijing’s Songzhuang arts district recently held the “Accidental Phenomenon Arts Festival” for local artists to exhibit their work. During the festival, the performance that garnered the most attention...
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Performance Artist Confronts Chengguan Officers in Kunming
A performance artist in Kunming put a yoke around his neck – a punishment for prisoners in ancient China – and covered his clothes with 100 yuan notes on a public street. During the performance, he was...
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Chinese Performance Artist Silently Protests Forced Eviction by Becoming...
Ministry of Tofu translates an articles from Global Times about performance artist Liu Bolin, who paints himself to be camouflaged with his surroundings: Each of his photos requires long hours of...
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Want! Want!! Want!!! Streaking for Freedom
He Guoqiang performing “Want! Want!! Want!!!” in 2002. Guangdong artist He Guoqiang posted this blog entry on November 1, 2009, recalling his provocative performance art piece in honor of the opening...
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Translation: Blanket Censorship of Performance Art Piece Protesting Beijing...
A performance art piece by a student who sat in a cage to protest a draconian lockdown of the Beijing Film Academy (BFA) recently went viral, and was censored just as quickly. Like many other Chinese...
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Duo Use Performance Art to Prevail After Eviction for Opposition to...
Following the deadly bus crash in Guizhou that killed 27 people, injured 20, and triggered fierce debate about China’s zero-COVID policy, two performance artists in Hebei successfully opted out of...
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International Women’s Day: An Inspirational Pop-up Store, a Feminist Taobao...
This year’s United Nations theme for March 8 International Women’s Day (IWD) is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality,” highlighting gender gaps in STEM education and careers, as...
View ArticleFolk-rock Band “Slap” Melds Ming Dynasty Fiction with Shrewd Social Satire
A performance video of “Red Child’s Eighteen Wins,” a January 2023 song by the folk-rock band Slap (耳光乐队, Erguang Yuedui), has been attracting much attention lately on Chinese social media and Chinese...
View ArticleInterview: Margaret Hillenbrand on Her Books “On the Edge” (2023) and...
Margaret Hillenbrand, professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture at the University of Oxford, joined CDT to discuss her two latest books: “On the Edge: Feeling Precarious in China” (2023) and...
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