Chinese Arts Centre recently held a talk relating to the Liberation exhibition here at the Centre. We would like to thank all the guest speakers and participants who attended and created interesting topics and debates to ponder upon within the realms of social media, on-line networking and the very timely issue of freedom vs security of creating on-line identities. We will shortly be posting some short video clips of the days talk for everyone to check out – so please check back soon!
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Chinese Arts Centre will be hosting a screening and website project in the Jasmine Suite
Date: Saturday 24 July
Times: 13:00, 14:30 and 16:00pm
This is a free event, bookings can made via the link below:
http://asiaartarchive.eventbrite.com/
From Jean-Paul Sartre to Teresa Teng: Contemporary Cantonese Art in the 1980s
The 1980s was a seminal period in the history of contemporary art in China. However, the contribution and experimentalism of the art scene in South China, in particular, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, have generally been overlooked. But due in part to the proximity of Hong Kong, western ideas from translated books and articles as well as popular culture in the form of TV shows and Canto pop, flooded over the border to Guangdong at the end of the Cultural Revolution. This influx of new ideas and popular culture sparked great excitement, debate and experimentation in the arts.
Based on primary research, rare film footage and personal interviews with key artists, this documentary bears witness not only to the reading fever that gripped the Chinese art world in the 1980s. It also highlights also the experimentalism and verve of artists and critics in South China whose contributions to the development of contemporary art have been long lasting and deep.
Part of a major research and website project focusing on contemporary art in China in the 1980s, AAA will launch a comprehensive website in Spring 2010, as well as make available all of the material collected and produced for the project.
This project is made possible by the generous support of:
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation
W.L.S. Spencer Foundation
Ilyas and Mara Khan
Foundation for Arts Initiatives
Produced by:
Asia Art Archive
Jane DeBevoise, Claire Hsu
Phoebe Wong, Anthony Yung
Research Team:
Jane DeBevoise, Phoebe Wong, Anthony Yung
Carol Lu, Megan Connolly, Natalie Cheung, Doris Wong, Silas Fong
Interviewees (in alphabetical order):
Chen Shaoxiong 陈劭雄, Chen Tong 陈侗, Deng Jianjin 邓箭今, Feng Yuan 冯原, Hou Hanru 侯瀚如, Huang Xiaopeng黄小鹏, Li Zhengtian 李正天, Lin Yilin 林一林, Shao Hong 邵宏, Wang Du 王度, Wang Huangsheng 王璜生, Xu Tan 徐坦, Yang Jiechang 杨诘苍, Yang Xiaoyan 杨小彦
Shooting and post-production:
Siren Films
Special Thanks:
Librairie Borges /Librairie Borges Institut d’Art Contemporain
Mr. David Gleit
Mr. Shek Hon Kei 石汉基先生
Martina Koeppel-Yang
Guangdong Museum of Art
Late Night Opening 28th May
Our late night opening in May will coincide with Tasha Whittle’s artist reception evening. Feel free to come along on the 28th May from 6 till 8pm, where you can talk with the artist and listen to the music she listens to whilst creating work.
Tuesday 30 March 2010
Cube Gallery, Manchester
Exhibtion and Silent Bidding 12-5pm
Launch & Auction 6-9pm
www.haaa.salford.ac.uk
In response to the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti, the Greater Manchester contemporary fine art community is pooling its resources to stage a one-day exhibition and silent auction to raise money for UNICEF’s Haiti Earthquake Children’s Appeal.
Manchester artist Suzanne Smith is organising the event, with support from the Arts Programme at the University of Salford – the response from the art community has been fantastic. Over 40 contemporary fine artists from Manchester, Salford and further afield are donating artwork – many are also working incredibly hard behind the scenes organising the event. Graphic designers, printers and galleries are waiving their fees, and many arts professionals in the region are graciously (and enthusiastically!) volunteering their expertise.
This support will allow us to donate 100% of any proceeds raised to the charity.
Donated artwork ranges from drawings to video. With reserves from £20 bidders will have the opportunity to own contemporary artwork by established and emerging artists.
Please help us turn hard work and good will into money for the people of Haiti – they desperately need it.
You can help now by making a donation now, or on the day by bidding for artwork.
| Saturday 13th February 2010
Enjoy our Chinese New Year celebrations at Chinese Arts Centre providing festive activities from 12pm including: |
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.
Activities are free and open to all British East Asians aged 16-30 curious or interested in actor training. No previous experience necessary.
Round One – Taster Talks
In early 2010, Yellow Earth’s co-Artistic Director Jonathan Man and ALRA’s co-Director Clive Duncan will visit Belfast, Birmingham, London, and Manchester, to reveal secrets on how to get into the industry and provide a taste of what it really takes to be a successful professional actor. They will also introduce the work of both organisations.
Round Two – Audition Workshops
In Spring 2010, we return to Round One cities and offer a practical ‘taste’ of actor training through interactive workshops. Selected participants will be invited to the Acting Summer Camp.
Round Three – Acting Summer Camp
In Summer 2010, the successful participants will go to London to take part in an intensive week’s training. Free tuition and accommodation will be provided. Participants will work in classes with professional practitioners from Yellow Earth and ALRA, covering Movement, Voice, Acting and Mask.
Manchester
Taster Talk
Date & Time: Sat 20 Feb 2010, at 2pm
Venue: Chinese Arts Centre
Market Buildings, Thomas Street, Manchester M4 1EU
Audition Workshop
Date & Time: Sat 17 April 2010, 2-6pm
Venue: Contact Theatre
Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6JA
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To sign up please send an email to info@alra.co.uk stating your name, age and contact details.
To find out more, visit www.yellowearth.org / www.alra.co.uk or phone 0208 870 6475.
You can find us on Facebook at ‘Yellow Academy’.
Date: Thursday, 4 February 2010
Venue: Jasmine Suite, Chinese Arts Centre
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.
Schedule:
1:30 – 2:00 Registration
2:00 – 2:30 Welcome and introduction
2:30 – 4:00 Panel papers
Chair: Felicia Chan, University of Manchester
Visible Secrets: a model for collaboration?
Andy Willis, University of Salford
The Japanese Connection to Taiwan Cinema
Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley, University of Leeds
The Melbourne Controversy
Robert Hamilton, Manchester Metropolitan University
Six Chinese Cinemas in Search of a Historiography
Song Hwee Lim, University of Exeter
4:00 – 4:30 Q&A roundtable
Moderator: Felicity Colman, Manchester Metropolitan University
4:30 – 5:30 Dim sum reception
Sponsored by Sweet Mandarin
Attendance to the symposium is free but please note that places are limited.
RSVP r.hamilton@mmu.ac.uk for a reservation.
Symposium participants will also receive a complimentary ticket to the Chinese Film Forum UK launch screening at Cornerhouse. Tickets will be allocated on the day of the symposium.
Alternatively, tickets for the film may be purchased through Cornerhouse Box Office 0161 200 1500 or online www.cornerhouse.org
6:30 Film screening
Cornerhouse, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 5NH
If You Are The One/Fei Cheng Wu Rao (CTBA)
Dir Feng Xiaogang/CN 2008/130 mins/Mandarin wEngST
Ge You, Shu Qi, Alex Fong Chung-Sun, Vivian Hsu, Fan Wei
Middle-aged multimillionaire inventor Qin decides to put an end to his bachelor life with online dating. Following some failed matches he eventually meets the heartbroken Smiley. They decide to take a trip to Hokkaido and soon find themselves falling for one another. A smart and entertaining romantic comedy from leading Chinese director Feng Xiaogang.
Sponsored by:
Chinese Arts Centre
Confucius Institute, University of Manchester
Research Institute of Cosmopolitan Cultures (RICC), University of Manchester
Sweet Mandarin Restaurant
Broadcast @ 11.30am, 22nd December 2009
Listen out for a programme on the artist Li Yuan-Chia on Radio 4, First broadcast on 22 Dec, 11:30am presented by our Chief Executive Sally Lai and now available through BBC iplayer.
25 September 6.30pm – 8.30pm: University of Bedfordshire
02 October 6.30pm – 8.30pm: Greenwich Dance Agency
The two showcases are a celebration of performance work created by four British East Asian choreographers working in various dance forms. All four pieces will feature innovative and contemporary choreographic ideas that have been researched and developed as part of the British East Asian Choreographers Development Scheme (BEACDS) which is funded by Arts Council England. Each of the four choreographers were chosen to take part in the BEACDS after a nationwide selection process and have worked with a professional mentor to advance their choreography and dance practice.
The showcases act as an opportunity for these new and emerging choreographers to present their considerable talents to an audience comprising of both public and industry professionals. After the performances there will be a Q&A session to discuss issues raised by the pieces and the project as a whole – for example, issues of East Asian identity and diverse work in the UK dance/choreography scene. This also represents a chance for the choreographers to meet their peers and, in turn, Step Out Arts hopes that promoters and programmers will discover new artists they would like to work with in the future.
Artist details
Annie Pui Ling Lok is a British born Chinese contemporary choreographer and performer. Half Truths and Allegories is a work in progress exploring processes of translation/mistranslation and possibilities of storytelling and communication through verbal and abstract non-verbal languages.
Chisato Minamimura is a Japanese deaf dancer, tutor and choreographer. BEATS will focus on Chisato’s ongoing exploration of what it is like to experience visual sound/music from the perspective of a deaf person.
Khamlane Halsackda is a British Lao choreographer. Khamlane will stage a duet called ACT 1 – ‘Origin of Love’. The work is inspired by the moment he first fell in love. By exploring this period in his life with his former partner, and memories of his childhood, he questions the core of what love is to each of us.
Quang Kien Van is an established British Chinese professional dancer, and is currently focusing on developing his choreographic career. Patient 319 is a cautionary tale that highlights the dangers of social exclusion and cultural alienation.
Tickets are now available for both showcases, early booking is essential as capacity is limited.
Ticket prices are £6 full/£5 concession
To book your place telephone:
University of Bedfordshire Box office: 01234 269 519
University of Bedfordshire, Bedford campus, Polhill Avenue, Bedford MK41 9EA
Central Bedford Box Office
Greenwich Dance Agency Box office: 020 8293 9741
Greenwich Dance Agency, The Borough Hall, Royal Hill, London SE10 8RE
For more information and a detailed timetable email Matthew Bamber at marketing@stepoutarts.co.uk marketing@stepoutarts.co.uk
Crossing the Professional Threshold a 14 week course for creative writers of Chinese descent developed by University of Bolton in conjunction with Chinese Arts Centre.
SUMMARY
This 14-week course will provide an opportunity for new and developing writers to explore different forms of creative writing, to develop a personal project with professional supervision, and to locate their project within the writing industry.
STRUCTURE
The Course will begin in February 2010 with a five-day residential which will include taster sessions across the different forms. On the basis of their experience during the residential, participants will develop an outline for a personal project.
Over the next few weeks the project will be developed, through e-learning, to at least second draft stage. The course will conclude with a weekend event including a selection of speakers from across the writing industry and a showcase of students work.
WEEK ONE – THE RESIDENTIAL (22nd February – 27th February 2010)
The course will begin with a five day residential course at the Arvon Foundation’s Lumb Bank Centre near Hebden Bridge. Lumb Bank is located in a peaceful and attractive setting and offers writers a chance to focus entirely on their writing in the company of fellow writers, with the support of experienced professionals.
Accommodation and meals are provided.
During this time participants will be introduced to a range of creative writing. There will be taster sessions on writing prose, poetry, radio drama, short film, television drama and writing for the stage. Each session will include a writing exercise. Over the five days participants will develop three short complete pieces of writing. They will be given detailed feedback on each of these pieces and, with the help of their tutor, begin to formulate their own creative writing project.
WEEKS TWO~TO FOUR – DEVELOPING THE PERSONAL PROJECT
The writer can choose to write:
- A short film of up to 15 minutes/a number of short films totaling 15 minutes.
- A 15 minute radio drama or ten minutes of a 45 minute radio play and a scenario for the complete play
- A 15 minute stage play or ten minutes of an hour long stage play and a scenario for the complete play.
- A short story of up to 3000 words
- At least five complete poems’ lengths to be agreed with project supervisor.
An outline of the personal project should be submitted by Week Three and agreed with their supervisor by week Four.
WEEKS FOUR TO TWELVE – COMPLETING THE PERSONAL PROJECT
From Weeks Four to Eight the students will work on their personal project with e-supervision from their tutor. A first draft of the complete project should be submitted by Week Eight. An in-depth on-line tutorial will take place in Week Nine.
The second draft of the project should be submitted by week 12 for feedback in Week Thirteen.
WEEKS TWELVE TO FOURTEEN – INTRODUCTION TO THE WRITING INDUSTRY AND SHOWCASE OF WORK
During the final weeks of the course participants will plan with their tutor how their work might best be showcased; for example, through a reading by the writers themselves, perhaps with professional direction, or a reading by professional actors.
They will discuss with their tutors how to place their writing within the industry and be encouraged to consider the future progress of their writing.
The final residential weekend of the course will provide participants with a chance to meet representatives from across the writing industry, likely to include the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, Bolton Octagon Theatre, BBC Writersroom, an independent television company, a publisher and a literary agent.
Following this the participants work will be showcased at the Bolton Octagon Theatre in front of an invited audience.
The programme is highly subsidised with funding provided by the University, with the final course fee being only £186, it would be an excellent opportunity work to develop your career.
Places are limited, and deadline is 29th January 2010, therefore get in touch soon, if you are interested.
For more information click here or to book a place contact Rebecca – R.A.Albrow@bolton.ac.uk
