The curatorial team of the 2008 Shanghai Biennale have released the theme for this year’s event. Translocalmotion, they’ve called it. What’s all that about then? Well, they all got together and started thinking about people and their conditions in the dynamic urban space. They propose that this year’s Biennale reflects upon the socio-economic and cultural implications [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Shanghai’
April 1, 2008
wei hui: sex and drugs in shanghai
If it’s been banned and burned in China, you know it’s going to be good.
‘Shanghai Baby’ by Wei Hui is the story of a young urban woman, Coco, who waits tables by day and explores Shanghai’s intoxicating underbelly at night. She falls in love with an impotent but drug-addicted Chinese artist, but also begins a [...]
April 1, 2008
actually obsessed with the new creative china
Ni-hao ma. Wo jiao Hai Mai Lee. Wo Ai Ni, Zhongguo!
I should probably introduce myself in a more appropriate way. My name is Miss Ward, and my life happens to be consumed with an overwhelming obsession for China. I decided to make this website after noticing how easily my friends and family members eyes would glaze over once I started [...]
