Archive for January, 2009

About Everything by Philip Davenport

Published by david on January 28, 2009 in Events.

Phil Davenport

Book Launch
Friday 30 January 2009 7 -9pm

Philip Davenport’s new poetry book about everything will be launched on Friday 30 January 7-9pm at Chinese Art Centre. Refreshments will be served. The book will be on sale on the night for a special preview price of £9.99. Continue reading ‘About Everything by Philip Davenport’

Memento – Ed Pien

Published by david on January 22, 2009 in forthcoming.

Memento - Ed Pien

24 April – 4 July 2009

Preview Thursday 23 April 2009 5.30 – 7.30pm

Chinese Arts Centre is delighted to present Memento, a newly commissioned installation by Ed Pien based in Canada.

The work is a contemplation of the human condition: how we act and react to the inescapable forces that shape us. Memento has been developed out of research into the plight of illegal immigrants who often take great risks in the hope of living a more significant and meaningful life. Examples include ‘snakes’ or ‘ghosts’, those Chinese who remain hidden in society (the tragedy that beset the cockle pickers), the faujis, from India as well as the “burnt ones” young Moroccans, some, attempting to cross the Straight of Gibraltar, perish along the way. Continue reading ‘Memento – Ed Pien’

Valery Florkin – 501 Artspace Residencies, Chongqing

Published by david on January 3, 2009 in 501 Residencies Chongqing.

Valery Florkin -Students

@ 501 Artspace, Huang Jue Ping, Chongqing, China

November – December 2008 Continue reading ‘Valery Florkin – 501 Artspace Residencies, Chongqing’