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Xu Bing : Phoenix / a film by Daniel Traub ; an Itinerant Pictures production.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Xu, Bing, 1955- Phoenix.
- Xu, Bing.
- Phoenix (Mythical bird) in art.
- Installations (Art)--China.
- Installations (Art).
- Installations (Art)--Massachusetts--North Adams.
- Massachusetts--North Adams.
- China.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (17 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Phoenix
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2020]
- Language Note:
- In Mandarin with English credits, subtitles, and intertitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- A behind-the-scenes look at the creation and installation of "Phoenix," the sculpture by Chinese artist Xu Bing created from the construction debris of China. Xu Bing describes how the project originated and how he drew inspiration from the transformative nature of the migrant construction workers' efforts, the transformation of Chinese society, and the traditional elements of both Chinese folk art and folklore.
- Participant:
- Narrator: Xu Bing.
- Credits:
- Edited by Scott A. Burgess ; cinematography by Daniel Traub, Rick Widmer, Tian Li ; original music composed by Benjamin Kaplan.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Produced for the exhibition, "Nine Death's, Two Births: Xu Bing's Phoenix Project," April 27-September 2, 2013, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
- Originally produced by: Itinerant Pictures, [2013].
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 18, 2020).
- Publisher Number:
- if-xu Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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