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This month we’re excited to launch our Autumn/Winter season celebrating UK-based artists of Chinese descent, starting with the launch of a new publication and the premiere of Interval II by Suki Chan. Read on for details of our diverse new programme of British Chinese arts…
Interval II by Suki Chan
10 October – 22 December
Preview Thursday 9 October 5.30 – 7.30pm
Artist Talk 5.30 – 6pm
Interval II is a beautiful video installation by Suki Chan exploring human traces within two contrasting types of architecture. Using time-lapse to capture the movement of light and shadows, Chan juxtaposes footage of a cast iron pier off the coast of northwest England and a traditional Hakka roundhouse in southwest China. This poetic film installation combines sound, moving image and light to transport the viewer to a place between reality and imagination, inviting us to slow down and contemplate our relationship to the built environment.
Join us for private view of Interval II by Suki Chan on Thursday 9 October
5.30 – 7.30pm
Refreshments served
RSVP info@chinese-arts-centre.org
21 : Discussions with artists of Chinese descent in the UK
The private view of Interval II is also the launch of a new publication by Chinese Arts Centre, 21 : Discussions with artists of Chinese descent in the UK, which profiles twenty-one outstanding artists (including exhibiting artist Suki Chan) and examines the development of British Chinese arts through the experiences of the artists and curators that have helped shape it. Join us and the artists on Thursday 9 October 5.30 – 7.30pm to celebrate this exciting new book and the work of artists of Chinese descent in the UK.
Breathe Artist Residency
Philippa Hadley Choy
3 October – 22 December
This month we welcome UK-based sculptor Philippa Hadley Choy for a Breathe residency at Chinese Arts Centre. Choy works in plaster to create sculptures which often reinterpret existing works. Recent series have explored the idea and form of mountains in paintings, Chinese mythology and the work of Baroque master Bernini. During her residency Choy will develop a new series responding to the conceptual surroundings of the Centre.
First Step Exhibition
Sin Yi Law
15 October – 14 January
Sin Yi Law’s delicate crayon drawings aim to express the beauty of food. The food objects are presented against a white background to emphasise their form with each mark designed to draw up the excitement in the preparation and enjoyment of food. A series of her works will be showing in the First Step space from 15 October.
More Chinese Arts Events
Hide & Seek – Urban Contemporary Asian Art Trail
Blackburn Town Centre
3 October – 7 December
Chinese Arts Centre is proud to support plAAy’s Hide & Seek, an exciting group show of contemporary Asian artists taking place in surprising non-art spaces around Blackburn town centre. Amongst the artists exhibiting are Hong Kong artists Luke Ching (who took part in the Pivotal Decade at Chinese Arts Centre last year) and recent Breathe resident artist Kongkee, and British Chinese artist Nina Chua. Pick up a map from Chinese Arts Centre or email plAAy co-ordinator Amy Cham for more information.
Buy Art Fair
Urbis
9 – 12 October
Chinese Arts Centre is a partner of Buy Art Fair, a new art fair for Manchester. Galleries from around the UK will be showing a range of paintings, ceramics, sculpture and photography from a whole host of different artists and genres. There will be something there to suit every budget. Come and see us on at stand 131 where we will telling people all about the artists we work with and selling lovely Chinese teas!
Water Memory & Untold Stories
Laing Gallery, Tyne & Wear
Until 19 October
Be sure to check out the two contemporary Chinese arts exhibitions currently at the Laing Gallery before they close on 19 October. Water Memory is an installation by renowned Chinese artist Song Dong while Untold Stories is an exhibition of experimental Chinese ink paintings.
100% Chinese House by John Dummett and Sophia Yadong Hao
Project Space, Norwich
Until 17 October
This intriguing collaboration project by Yadong Hao (a participating artist in Vital 06 & 07), 100% Chinese House, presents us with a hypothetical living room which is completely furnished with objects ‘made in China’. This hypothetical but possible room explores the tension between what we hold close to us and consider as home, its actual origins and the individuals involved in its manufacture. Email Project Space for more information.
Opportunities
Museum of London Chinese Art Commission – Call for Chinese Artists
Musuem of London is planning an ambitious new project to develop a stunning work of art working with London’s Afro-Caribbean, Gay and Lesbian, and Chinese community. This exciting collaborative work will reference the Chinese community past and present and will be housed in a special gallery yet to be built. The museum is calling for Chinese artists with experience of working with community groups to submit CV, ideas and images by 19 October. For more information email Valerie Chang
Call for submissions – Moving Interactive Art
Sanlun Yishu, Beijing
Sanlun Yishu are calling for artists in the spirit of collaboration for a non-profit, public and global art project to promote contemporary art-awareness. Works will be developed through dialogue and exchange for an exhibition and publication. Submitted works should touch on the theme of the urban experience. Visit Sanlun Yishu website for more information.
Script – Playwriting Workshop
Saturday 4 October
10.30am – 1pm OR 2 – 4.30pm
Script, the regional development agency for dramatic writers in the West Midlands, is inviting writers to submit a short (10 minute) play in response to the “Beijing Map Games” exhibition at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. Five plays will be selected and performed at the Museum, in front of the exhibition, on Saturday 22nd November 2008. As part of the project, Script is offering free 2½ hour writing workshops for British Chinese writers to provide an introduction to playwriting. Places are limited, so to book your place or for more information, please email catherine.edwards@scriptonline.net
