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San Yuan Li
''San Yuan Li'' () is a 2003 experimental independent Chinese documentary directed and produced by artists Ou Ning and Cao Fei. Focusing on the modern paradox of China's rapid economic growth and social marginalization, the film was shot in San Yuan Li, a rural village nestled in the industrial skyline of Guangzhou. The film examines the effects of development on traditional agrarian lifestyles. ''San Yuan Li'' was commissioned for and exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2003. Plot synopsis Armed with video cameras, twelve artists present a highly stylized portrait of San Yuan Li, a traditional village besieged by China's urban sprawl. China's rapid modernization literally traps the village of San Yuan Li within the surrounding skyscrapers of Guangzhou, a city of 12 million people. The villagers move to a different rhythm, thriving on subsistence farming and traditional crafts. They resourcefully reinvent their traditional lifestyle by tending rice paddies on empty city lots and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ou Ning
Ou Ning (; born 1969) is a Chinese artist, film maker, curator, writer, publisher and activist. He is the director of two films San Yuan Li (2003) and Meishi Street (2005), chief curator of Shenzhen and Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture (2009), founding chief editor of the literary bimonthly ''Chutzpah!'' (Tian Nan, 2011-2014), founder of Bishan Commune (2011-2016) and School of Tillers (2015-2016). He taught at GSAPP, Columbia University and worked as the founding curator of Kwan-Yen Project from 2016 to 2017. Early years Ou Ning started writing poems and publishing underground magazines from 1986 when he was a high school student, then got involved in the Chinese Avant-Garde Poetry Movement during the end of 1980’ and the beginning of 1990’. He co-found the poetry journal ''The Voice'' with the Hong Kong-based poet Huang Canran in 1992, later became a rotating editor of ''Modern Chinese Poetry'', an independent poetry quarterly found by Beijing mist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao Fei
Cao Fei ( zh, 曹斐; born 1978) is a Chinese multimedia artist born in Guangzhou, China, Guangzhou. Her work, which includes video, performance, and digital media, examines the daily life of Chinese citizens born after the Cultural Revolution. Her work explores China's widespread internet culture as well as the borders between dreams and reality. Cao has captured the rapid social and cultural transformation of contemporary China, highlighting the impact of foreign influences from the USA and Japan. Some of her work is owned and displayed by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. In 2021 she won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. Career Early years Cao received her B.F.A. from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2001. During her time there, Cao presented her first performance work, ''The Little Spark'' (1998), set in the affiliated Middle School of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. She then created her first film, ''Imbalance 257'' (1999), wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |