Wang Jun
20th January – 23rd April 2010
Open Studio: – 15 – 22nd April
The focus of Wang Jun’s work is the evolving nature of the Chinese as they adapt to dramatic shifts in the social framework. Wang makes works from the perspective of microscopic studies of the minutia of the everyday in an attempt to recover the unique qualities of the Chinese community.
During his Breathe Residency, Wang Jun will visit the homes of Manchester artists. Working in collaboration, he wishes to observe the traits and features of social spaces within the home. He hopes to collate these dialogues into a curatoral project that brings together artists from Manchester and Chongqing, juxtaposing the work from the two cities. The project attempts to discuss the inherited social codes that connect an individual to their own culture and social groupings.
Based at 501 Artspace in Chongqing, Wang Jun is an artist who works across a variety of media. On a daily basis Wang Jun will make paintings, drawings and photographs. The influence of his new environment will resolve into a specifically created installation or performance for the open studio at the end of the residency.
Presented with Support from Visiting Arts and British Council.
Yellow Academy 2010 is an exciting new initiative between Yellow Earth (UK’s leading East Asian* theatre company) and ALRA (The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts). Outreaching to Belfast, Birmingham, London, and Manchester through February to May 2010, we will be bringing together a group of enthusiastic and curious young people down to London for a free week of acting training in Summer 2010. 
The Chinese Film Forum UK is a network based in Manchester that exists for the research and promotion of transnational Chinese film. The network includes Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Salford, The University of Manchester, Confucius Institute, Chinese Arts Centre and Cornerhouse.
