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"Yellow Signal: New Media in China" Opening Reception.
Photographer: Michael R. Barrick, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
Date Shot: April 26, 2012
Processing: Michael R. Barrick, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
Location: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
University of British Columbia
1825 Main Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia
Show Info:
Yellow Signal: New Media in China
Geng Jianyi, Huang Ran, Zhang Peili
April 27 – August 19, 2012
Opening reception: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 8 – 10 pm
Artist's talk: Artist Zhang Peili with Curator Zheng Shengtian
Saturday, April 28, 2012, 1:30 - 3 pm
Works of art in this exhibition are also presented at:
Walter C. Koerner Library
May 11 - August 19, 2012
The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery is pleased to present the work of Geng Jianyi, Huang Ran, and Zhang Peili as part of the city-wide project, Yellow Signal: New Media in China. Initiated by Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, this series of exhibitions and programs is the first comprehensive presentation of contemporary Chinese new media and video art in Canada. It showcases a selection of leading new media works by internationally acclaimed Chinese artists.
This project is compelling for its portrayal of current political circumstances faced by many artists in China. “Yellow Signal is a metaphor for the communal state of ambiguity in Asian countries,” explains Zheng Shengtian, BC-based artist, curator, and internationally recognized scholar and expert on contemporary Chinese art. He further explains, “Yellow Signal is about limitation and possibility, choice and chance, confusion and self-confidence. Feelings that many Asian artists experience, but that artists everywhere may also relate to in their creative practice.”
Huang Ran
This exhibition features a video by Huang Ran titled Blithe Tragedy (2010), a work that questions the relationship between beauty and horror and the power of images. The video presents scenes of intense struggle, emotion, and violence. At the same time, the attention to detail in the costumes, the slowly tracked footage, and the editing of the scenes create highly aesthetic, beautiful imagery that draw the viewer into complex, open-ended narratives. The viewer is prompted to wonder about the power of the visual, despite its obvious fantastical or beautiful elements, to obscure the underlying realities of the narratives and of contemporary society.
Huang Ran (b. 1982) is one of the most interesting young artists to emerge in China. Since graduating from Goldsmiths College, University of London (2007), he has participated in many international group and solo exhibitions. In 2011, Huang received the Credit Suisse Today Art Award from the Today Art Museum in Beijing. Huang Ran lives and works in London and Beijing.
Geng Jianyi
Presented at the Belkin Art Gallery and Walter C. Koerner Library, Excessive Transition (2008) by Geng Jianyi is a series of large and small black-and-white photographs of everyday objects from the artist’s life. Geng uses techniques to create semi-transparent, abstract, and eerie subtle effects that have been equated with ideas about the withdrawal of the individual. He also employs methods such as mark-making and frottage to manipulate the idea of what is evidenced in photographs. Though Geng’s work is not easily defined, Excessive Transition follows his concerns of self-effacement and the dissolution and disappearance of identity in a culture that is undergoing change.
Geng Jianyi (b. 1962) is a foundational figure in contemporary Chinese art and was part of the artistic collective known as Chi She (Pool Association) and a major participant in the ’85 New Wave Movement. Using a wide range of media, his work is often known for its stark simplicity and concerns about personal identity and individuality in the context of a larger collective.
Zhang Peili
Zhang Peili’s large-scale, multimedia installation A Gust of Wind (2008) is a meditation on the unpredictable forces that threaten ideas of the stability of middle-class domestic life. We see a living room in ruin and the process of its destruction is seen from multiple perspectives on large video screens. It starts with a curtain that flutters in a breeze that steadily swells into a crescendo and tears apart the interior, toppling the shelves and upending the furniture until eventually the roof collapses. A Gust of Wind brings up ideas about the life cycle of disaster and renewal and the fickle nature of economic progress.
Considered the most important video artist in China, Zhang Peili (b. 1957) was a member of the ’85 New Wave Movement and his work has been concerned with prompting emotional responses from the viewer as a way to generate many interpretations. He is known for the use of lengthy stationary shots that focus on acts that are seemingly devoid of any particular significance and on repetitive human gestures that are often taken for granted. Recently, Zhang’s interest has been to distort the messages of war and propaganda film by editing found footage of dying communist heroes and celebration ceremonies.
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Yellow Signal: New Media in China is initiated by Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art and Zheng Shengtian, in collaboration with Charles H. Scott Gallery at Emily Carr University, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Pacific Cinémathèque, Republic Gallery, Surrey Art Gallery, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
We thank Walter C. Koerner Library at the University of British Columbia for participating in this exhibition.
A special issue of Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Asian Art will accompany the project Yellow Signal: New Media in China. It will include images of the works in the exhibitions, essays, and interviews by Daina Augaitus, Britta Erickson, Diana Frendl, Gao Shiming, Alice Ming Wai Jim, Barbara London, Karen Smith, and Zheng Shengtian.
We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of JNBY Art Projects, the Canada Council for the Arts, and our Belkin Curator’s Forum members.
Mary Gerber, the Senior Producer at WFWA PBS39, is producing a documentary on the restoration of the historic Bass Mansion. This beautiful structure is located on the University of Saint Francis campus in Fort Wayne. I was very fortunate to be a part of the crew as Mary and Production Assistant Zeke shot an interview with a local historian. This is a long term project and won't air until sometime later this year. More images showing the inside of this gorgeous building will soon follow.
Madame Hawa.
The following is an interview conducted by Rachel Bates from the US, who was also a volunteer in 2006.
Hawa’s Story
Hello. My name is Faustina Hawa. I grew up in Ghana. When I was a teenager my father left to farm in the Ivory Coast. Eventually, he sent for me and my family. I remember we had a girl living with us at the time. One day a man came by our home and wanted to take her as his wife. My family didn’t agree with the marriage. So, my father said no and sent her to live with her uncle in the city.
One day, a young man came to ask for my hand in marriage. I didn’t know him, but I agreed to the proposal anyway. We courted for awhile, and I soon realized I was engaged to a monster. He would beat me regularly and severely. I was frightened and young. I changed my mind. I didn’t want to spend my life with that man. I told my family “I won’t marry him. He hits me.”
My mother supported me. But my father was angry. He wanted me to keep the commitment. My parents fought and fought for weeks over my future, but eventually my father demanded I marry him. So I was forced into the arrangement.
Those years were terrible. He would leave me for months at a time and leave me no money with which to eat or feed our two baby girls. When he was home, he would beat me and deny me and our children food and money. Our neighbours and landlord took care of us so we wouldn’t starve.
One day, when my husband had been gone a long time, I got a job and worked very hard. I made enough money for my transportation to Ghana. I couldn’t bring my daughters then, it wasn’t safe. I left them in the care of my landlord, promising I’d be back.
For two years, I worked very hard, saving nearly everything I earned. I tried to open a canteen, but after awhile I realized I was only going into debt. So I worked on the farms as a labourer, doing weeding.
Then I returned for my daughters. It’s been eight years now, and my husband has never tried to find us. We live in the village peacefully.
Life is very hard for me. I have to work very hard and still take care of my children. I have to borrow money if they get sick to pay for the medicine. I make 15,000 cedis a day. (That’s about US$1.50.) I am always in debt. I had to send my youngest daughter away to live with my family in Takoradi. My daughter, Patience, still lives with me and is very bright and beautiful. There are others with similar stories...
This interview was conducted by Rachel Bates from the US, who was also a volunteer in 2006.
Further to this, this poor woman has had further tragedy since this interview.
In 2007, a man attacked her with a cutlass (machete), and due to this she lost her left eye,however she was lucky that she and her then infant son Rashid survived as just earlier in the night the man attacked and killed the brother of the then chief.
Since then life has been even harder for Madame Hawa, with expensive operations and recovery, while still trying to care for her infant son, but her daughter Patience was a great help.
Adding to this, her son Rashid died soon after I left in 2008. Plus just last weekend I heard some more very bad news about Madam Hawa's health.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio sits for an interview with NY1's Errol Louis in Brooklyn Bridge Park during City Hall In Your Borough on Monday, August 20, 2018. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
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The wonderfully great Amy over at PikaLand asked me sometime ago to be part of their PikaPackage for December which I was quite humbled and honored to do. She then recently asked me a few questions for her fantastic site PikaLand. It was great to be apart of such a great site! Thanks Amy it was fun!
Here is a link to the full interview:
Photographer James Robinson has been keeping a most delightful blog which features interviews with other photographers.
Happily, I was asked to participate
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Q1: Why did you start label?
A1: upitup records started out in 2003 as the musical baby of a few guys from rome (italy) and stuttgart (germany) who met each others during a student-exchange. we initially just wanted to make our sounds accessible to the public. the idea was to create an open platform for sharing ideas and staying/getting in contact with people. until now, upitup remains completely uninfected by commercial interests.
Q2: Why is the label called Upitup? What's behind the name of the label?
A2: the slogan "upitup" can be seen as a battlecry of digital culture . unless you "up something up to the network", it stays where it is, unshared (in your brain, on your pc etc.). to "up it up" equally means to "go for it", to "make it hot".
Q3: What tune/genre has label released?
A3: upitup has released mostly electronic music. in terms of genres - phew - many... acid rap, future polka, hobby house/jewish disco, bump 'n' bass... just to name a few...
Q4: What do you think the main difference between Net Label to Real Label?
A4: with a non-commercial netlabel you are not bound to release economically promising stuff. you can virtually put out anything without running the risk of going under. the only thing you have to pay for when running a netlabel is webspace. there are a lot of factors that make you much more flexible than a commercial label.
Q5: What do you think of Radiohead's online album, his experiment, and result?
A5: concerning the band's popularity, it was clear that the concept would work out. this doesn't reflect the situation of musicians that were not massively promoted by labels before. in these dimensions it doesn't make a lot of difference whether people pay a dollar just for one song or for the whole album, so the conclusions that can be drawn by political or economical respects remain exclusive to those that have already been promoted by traditional methods. as far as i know they are now selling the album as a nicely designed digipack with lots of gadgets included. it would be interesting to investigate the importance of such artifacts to the consumer compared to a purely digital product.
Q6: What do you think the music industry become in the future?
A6: if the majors want to stick to selling decomposing digital rights managed compact discs at profit margins that lost touch with reality, we kiss their fat asses goodbye. anyway, they won't be able to keep up their strategies since nowadays the real bucks are made with playback technology - and content of course. obviously in this system the musician will take the last place again…
Q7: What is the most important thing about Net Label?
A7: netlabels helped to put a different view on sharing digital files and music distribution. most netlabels don't provide solutions for the future of the music industry, but all of them are aware that digital sound and the internet are having a huge impact on society, art and economy. netlabels are just anarchically surfing on the wave of this power.
Q8: What is the pleasure of the management of Net Label? A8: see above
Q9: What's the next step for you and label?
A9: make the djs happy and release some funky ass vinyl records.
Q10: Please send a message for Japanese Music Fans!
A10: こんにちは日本! if you make electronic music, send us your demo - if you like electronic music, visit our page and drop us a message! 会う希望 @ upitup.com
Viet Fashion Week 2015
The Red Carpet
The evening will begin with a 1 hour red carpet event for our VIP guests to pose for photos with the press.This exclusive hour allows our VIP guests time to arrive early; have photo opportunities with the press; network with other VIPs; take a sneak peek behind-the-curtains and meet the designers, models, and stylists; enjoy some complimentary hors d’oeuvres; and get situated before the arrival of the general audience.
Fashion Show
The Rose Center in Westminster, CA will be transformed into a model’s dream runway showcasing almost 200 of the latest looks from 8 Vietnamese designers over a 2 day period. Vocal artists Andy Quach and Helena Ngoc Hong will be performing their latest hits.
After Party
Guests are invited to Bleu Lounge for the after party celebrating Viet Fashion Week’s kick-off. Guests will have the opportunity to take photos with the designers and models. Opportunity for networking and socializing to connect designers with buyers, editors, and others in the fashion industry.
International Exposure
Viet Fashion Week will be aired on Vietface TV – Direct TV channel 2076 nationwide and Vietface TV – OC channel 57.2 for Orange County in a series of episodes airing each week. The weekly series will showcase each designer and will include clips of the behind-the-scenes leading up to the main event, highlighting the models’ auditions, designer fittings, stylist consultations, dress rehearsal, VIP guests arriving on the red carpet, backstage preparations, post-mixer, and exclusive interviews with designers, models and sponsors.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist John Hubbe is interviewed by a local reporter about the Burning Biomass Observation Project (BBOP) campaign. Hubbe manages the G-1 payload and other aircraft payloads used by the ARM Aerial Facility (AAF) for airborne research.
From June to October 2013, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility deployed the G-1 research aircraft above wildfires in the U.S. Pacific Northwest region, near Little Rock, Arkansas and in the vicinity of Memphis, Tennessee, as part of the Biomass Burning Observation Project (BBOP). The aircraft flew through smoke plumes from forest fires and agricultural field burns—types of “burning biomasses”—to measure various properties of aerosol particles soon after they form and as they change over time.
Terms of Use: Our images are freely and publicly available for use with the credit line, “Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility.”
Image courtesy of Eric Francavilla, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
1-Como foi a sua infância?
Kamui: Tranquila... A minha família era bem unida nessa época...
2 - Se você pudesse voltar no tempo e mudar alguma coisa, o que seria?
Kamui: Eu não teria namorado o Micchan...
3 - Quanto você pesa?
Kamui: Acho que 62Kg
4 - Alguma vez você já amou e perdeu?
Kamui: Sim... mas não no sentido de morte...
5 - O que você faz para ganhar a vida e por quê?
Kamui: No momento eu ajudo aqui na pensão, mas eu estou procurando um emprego :3
6 - Que tipo de música você gosta?
Kamui: Músicas que não me deixam deprimido...
7 - Quantos anos você tem?
Kamui: 18 anos :3
8 - Qual é a coisa mais irritante do mundo?
Kamui: O Sebastian-sempai me chateando...
Sebastian: Quem mandou você vir pra cá... U.Ú
9 - Qual é a sua palavra favorita?
Kamui: Macarrão.... Acho que é por que eu gosto de macarrão...
Eu: =.='''''
10 - Você tem algum hobby interessante?
Kamui: Eu gosto de cuidar de animais, principalmente os abandonados ^w^
11 - Qual é a coisa mais romântica que alguém já fez por você?
Kamui: Nada ¬¬ Ninguém que preste fez algo romântico por mim...
12 - Como você relaxar no final de um longo dia?
Kamui: Sentar no sofá e tomar chá...
13 - Você tem obsessões?
Kamui: Acho que não...
14 - Qual é a sua nacionalidade?
Kamui: Eu nasci no Japão, mas aos 4 anos eu fui morar na Inglaterra com a minha família. :3
15 - Que idiomas você fala?
Japonês, Inglês e Português.
16 - Se você pudesse ter qualquer animal de estimação no mundo, o que seria?
Kamui: Eu gosto de qualquer animal, mas os meus favoritos são os ursos *u*
17 - Qual é a coisa mais aleatória que você se encontrar fazendo todos os dias?
Kamui: Brigando com o Sebastian-sempai...
18 - Favoritos, rápido, vai! Livro, filme , jogo, bebida, cor?
Kamui: A imperatriz dos etéreos, Frozen, RPG, chá mate com açúcar, bordô.
19 - Qual é a coisa mais sentimental que você possui e por quê?
Kamui: Não tenho nada disso...
20 - Você está em um relacionamento?
Kamui: Não...
21 - Qual foi a sua pior lesão?
Kamui: acho que ser estuprado pelo meu ex namorado e ser espancado pelo meu pai...
22 - O que te assusta mais?
Kamui: Me apaixonar...
23 - Algo que a maioria das pessoas não sabe sobre você?
Kamui: dizem que eu falo enquanto durmo... '-'
24 - Você tem algum animal de estimação?
Kamui: Animais da rua que eu trouxe pra cá *u*
25 - O que você acha desta entrevista?
Kamui: um pouco dolorosa, mas interessante...
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