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Turning up the volume on
modern China
CHINA NOW is the largest festival of Chinese culture ever to take place in the UK.
It is a UK-wide celebration of a vibrant, dynamic and fast-evolving nation – a captivating showcase of the very best of modern China.
‘I welcome CHINA NOW as a valuable and exciting idea to help bring our countries closer together and further develop and strengthen our relationship.’
Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister
‘CHINA NOW will strengthen the understanding and friendship between China and the UK. We must work together to make the festival a success.’
Wen Jiabao, Premier of the People’s Republic of China.
It is a UK-wide celebration of a vibrant, dynamic and fast-evolving nation – a captivating showcase of the very best of modern China.
‘I welcome CHINA NOW as a valuable and exciting idea to help bring our countries closer together and further develop and strengthen our relationship.’
Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister
‘CHINA NOW will strengthen the understanding and friendship between China and the UK. We must work together to make the festival a success.’
Wen Jiabao, Premier of the People’s Republic of China.
What's New
CHINA NOW’s Evenings with…Book Readings and Discussions at Southbank
CHINA NOW is celebrating Chinese literature with a series of discussions and book readings with Chinese authors at Southbank Centre in May. Offering an intriguing insight into current issues in China today, the sessions will involve authors reading excerpts from their books, some of which have been banned in China, as well as discussing their personal experiences of life in China as authors.
Featured guests include Ma Jian on 8 May, Yan Lianke on 18 May, and Chris Patten, Ha Jin, and Zhu Wen on 19 May. Make sure not to miss out - book your tickets now!
CHINA NOW is celebrating Chinese literature with a series of discussions and book readings with Chinese authors at Southbank Centre in May. Offering an intriguing insight into current issues in China today, the sessions will involve authors reading excerpts from their books, some of which have been banned in China, as well as discussing their personal experiences of life in China as authors.
Featured guests include Ma Jian on 8 May, Yan Lianke on 18 May, and Chris Patten, Ha Jin, and Zhu Wen on 19 May. Make sure not to miss out - book your tickets now!
02/05/08
Shui On Land Limited CHINA NOW Urbanisation Conference
Shui On Land's Urbanisation Conference "Realising the Dream" is being held today. Examining both the future of China’s cities as well as the newly-formed modern aspirations of over a billion Chinese people, the conference looks at how the greatest wave of urbanisation to date will play out at a time when the natural resilience of the planet seems at last to be limited. Speakers include Sunand Prasad (RIBA, President & Penoyre & Prasad, Senior Partner), Peter Bishop (Design for London, Director), Austin Williams (Future Cities Project, Director), Vincent Lo (Shui On Land Ltd, Chairman & CEO), Lord Donald Hankey (ICOMOS, UK President and GHK, Founder) and Professor Fulong Wu (Professor of East Asian Planning & Development, Cardiff University).
Shui On Land's Urbanisation Conference "Realising the Dream" is being held today. Examining both the future of China’s cities as well as the newly-formed modern aspirations of over a billion Chinese people, the conference looks at how the greatest wave of urbanisation to date will play out at a time when the natural resilience of the planet seems at last to be limited. Speakers include Sunand Prasad (RIBA, President & Penoyre & Prasad, Senior Partner), Peter Bishop (Design for London, Director), Austin Williams (Future Cities Project, Director), Vincent Lo (Shui On Land Ltd, Chairman & CEO), Lord Donald Hankey (ICOMOS, UK President and GHK, Founder) and Professor Fulong Wu (Professor of East Asian Planning & Development, Cardiff University).
25/04/08
CHINA INCIDENTAL
Exploring how sounds influence perceptions of space and sight, China Incidental is a sound art project in two parts that evokes moments of everyday life in contemporary China.
Beginning today, both the fixed sound installation ‘Production Consumption Interpretation’ at the Southbank Centre until 28 April, as well as the mobile ‘(Un)familiar Territories’ headphone walks in Manchester from 24 May to 22 June are a part of CHINA NOW.
Click here to find out more about the project.
Exploring how sounds influence perceptions of space and sight, China Incidental is a sound art project in two parts that evokes moments of everyday life in contemporary China.
Beginning today, both the fixed sound installation ‘Production Consumption Interpretation’ at the Southbank Centre until 28 April, as well as the mobile ‘(Un)familiar Territories’ headphone walks in Manchester from 24 May to 22 June are a part of CHINA NOW.
Click here to find out more about the project.
18/04/08
CHINA ART NOW
Today, CHINA NOW launches the UK’s largest ever exhibition trail with over 400 pieces of contemporary Chinese art including
· 60 ft site-specific exterior neon sign
· Groundbreaking sound installations
· Mao Suit and Scholar’s Rock sculptures
· Video and digital art
· Painting and photographic exhibitions
The CHINA ART NOW programme sees art from China’s leading contemporary artists such as Cao Fei, Xu Bing, Xu Tan, Zhang Xiaogang and Sui Jianguo appear in exclusive venues including the Saatchi Gallery, Serpentine and the National Museum of Scotland amongst others.
Revealing the depth and diversity of contemporary Chinese art nationwide, the art trail includes sound installations, neon signs, video art, sculptures, paintings, drawings and digital multimedia.
The works being produced in China now reflect the amazing changes that have taken place in this country over the past five decades. Contemporary Chinese art is intimately connected to the growing contradictions and tensions caused by old-new, traditional-modern, East-West, individual-state and the never ending search for an identity that has yet to be formed.
Today, CHINA NOW launches the UK’s largest ever exhibition trail with over 400 pieces of contemporary Chinese art including
· 60 ft site-specific exterior neon sign
· Groundbreaking sound installations
· Mao Suit and Scholar’s Rock sculptures
· Video and digital art
· Painting and photographic exhibitions
The CHINA ART NOW programme sees art from China’s leading contemporary artists such as Cao Fei, Xu Bing, Xu Tan, Zhang Xiaogang and Sui Jianguo appear in exclusive venues including the Saatchi Gallery, Serpentine and the National Museum of Scotland amongst others.
Revealing the depth and diversity of contemporary Chinese art nationwide, the art trail includes sound installations, neon signs, video art, sculptures, paintings, drawings and digital multimedia.
The works being produced in China now reflect the amazing changes that have taken place in this country over the past five decades. Contemporary Chinese art is intimately connected to the growing contradictions and tensions caused by old-new, traditional-modern, East-West, individual-state and the never ending search for an identity that has yet to be formed.
08/04/08
CHINA NOW launches nationwide film tour
Today sees the launch of the widest reaching tour of Chinese films ever seen in the UK. Bringing Chinese mainstream films to UK cinemas, the nationwide film tour includes premieres of box office hits including Cannes Festival Award Winner Luxury Car, Crazy Stone and Delamu (Angel of Peace).
The CHINA NOW UK film tour aims to expose the UK audience to mainstream Chinese box office hits and popular films, offering a unique look at the social changes that have taken place in China over the past 20 years.
The tour will visit 17 film houses across the UK and will show 11 films. Check out the Events Listing for full details of the films and to see what’s playing in your area.
Films: Delamu, Luxury Car, Crazy Stone, Sunflower, A Battle of Wits, The Birthday, Isabella, Still Life, Farewell My Concubine, Not One Less and Horse Thief.
Tour stops: Aberdeen, Aberystwyth, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Exeter, Belfast, Brighton, York, Nottingham, Swansea, Hereford, Oxford, Ludlow, Cambridge, Warwick, Brixton and Sheffield.
Today sees the launch of the widest reaching tour of Chinese films ever seen in the UK. Bringing Chinese mainstream films to UK cinemas, the nationwide film tour includes premieres of box office hits including Cannes Festival Award Winner Luxury Car, Crazy Stone and Delamu (Angel of Peace).
The CHINA NOW UK film tour aims to expose the UK audience to mainstream Chinese box office hits and popular films, offering a unique look at the social changes that have taken place in China over the past 20 years.
The tour will visit 17 film houses across the UK and will show 11 films. Check out the Events Listing for full details of the films and to see what’s playing in your area.
Films: Delamu, Luxury Car, Crazy Stone, Sunflower, A Battle of Wits, The Birthday, Isabella, Still Life, Farewell My Concubine, Not One Less and Horse Thief.
Tour stops: Aberdeen, Aberystwyth, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Exeter, Belfast, Brighton, York, Nottingham, Swansea, Hereford, Oxford, Ludlow, Cambridge, Warwick, Brixton and Sheffield.
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