Thursday 6 October Keynote & Exhibition Opening, Chelsea College of Arts Friday 07 & Saturday 08 October Conference, Tate Britain, Clore Auditorium BOOK TICKETS This two-day conference will address the understated connections and points of contention between Black-British artists’ practice and the work of art’s relationship to Modernism. An urge to reassess the legacies of … Continue reading
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VIENNALE International Film Festival – 20 Oct-2 Nov 2016
V’16: OCTOBER 20 – NOVEMBER 2, 2016 The Viennale is Austria’s most important international film event, as well as one of the oldest and best-known festivals in the German-speaking world. Every October, the Viennale takes place in beautiful cinemas in Vienna’s historic center, providing the festival with an international orientation and a distinctive urban … Continue reading
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THIRD TEXT Review – Return of the Condor Heroes – August 2016
Return of the Condor Heroes and Other Narratives by Beccy Kennedy Third Text, August 2016 Review of susan pui san lok’s recent exhibition, ‘RoCH Fans & Legends’ at Derby’s QUAD Gallery (19 September – 15 November 2015) and Manchester’s Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (3 June – 3 July 2016) Download PDF Continue reading
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YISHU Article – Wuxia Makes Me Nervous – Henry Tsang – July/Aug 2016
Wuxia makes me nervous Yishu Volume 15, Number 4, July/August 2016 by Henry Tsang Henry Tsang’s reflection on susan pui san lok’s RoCH Fans and Legends project and wuxia as a transnational cultural phenomenon. Related Keywords Henry Tsang, susan pui san lok, RoCH Fans and Legends, identity, Hong Kong diaspora, Chineseness Image: susan pui san … Continue reading
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YISHU Article – RoCH Redux – Alice Ming Wai Jim – July/Aug 2016
RoCH Redux Yishu Volume 15, Number 4, July/August 2016 by Alice Ming Wai Jim Issues of identity arise through perspectives from the Hong Kong diaspora as expressed in the reflections of Alice Ming Wai Jim on the recent new media work of susan pui san lok and her dynamic video montage emphasizing the magic and … Continue reading
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DOUBLE NEGATIVE Interview – RoCH Fans & Legends – Ends 3 July 2016
“Martial arts heroes, swordplay and fantasy: artist susan pui san lok speaks to Linda Pittwood about translating arguably Hong Kong’s most beloved epic into the gallery space…” The Double Negative, June 2016 // LAST FEW DAYS 30 Years of CFCCA: susan pui san lok RoCH Fans & Legends Exhibition: 3 June – 3 July 2016 CFCCA, Market Buildings, … Continue reading
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RoCH Fans & Legends – CFCCA Preview – 2 June 2016
PRESS RELEASE 30 Years of CFCCA: susan pui san lok RoCH Fans & Legends Exhibition: 3 June – 3 July 2016 Preview: Thursday 2 June 2016, 6-8pm CFCCA, Market Buildings, Thomas Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 1EU susan pui san lok, Trilogies, 2015 (installation view) // 30 Years of CFCCA: susan pui san lok – RoCH Fans & Legends … Continue reading
TRAILERS – at the 62nd Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen – Opens Today!
62nd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 5-10 May 2016 Full Programme Full List of Selected Films Latest festival trailer with excerpts from competitions. With more than 500 films from 55 countries, the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen is presenting more films than ever in 2016. Nearly half the competition films are world premieres, another record – … Continue reading
‘HERE WE ARE’ – Frieze 179 – May 2016
Here We Are BY EN LIANG KHONG What does ‘Chinese’ mean as an artistic category in Britain today? In London recently, I sat through a public panel discussion between a mainland-born Chinese artist and a British curator, held for the benefit of those interested in investing in the Chinese art market. The curator repeatedly urged the artist … Continue reading
KUNG FURY – Martial Arts Cinema Symposium, Birmingham City University – 1st April 2016
Kung Fury: Contemporary Debates in Martial Arts Cinema In the media-congested world of YouTube, Vimeo, Netflix and other digital platforms, it is perhaps surprising that Kung Fury, a 30-minute martial arts action comedy short which pays tribute to the culture of the 1980s, could have raised $630,000 via Kickstarter, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, … Continue reading
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