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The Body at Stake Experiments in Chinese Contemporary Art and Theatre Jörg Huber, Zhao Chuan
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Image (Transcript (Firm)) ; volume 49.
- Image
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art.
- Theatre.
- China.
- Culture.
- Body.
- Visual Culture.
- Arts.
- Image.
- Asian Art.
- Theatre Studies.
- Fine Arts.
- Local Subjects:
- Art.
- Theatre.
- China.
- Culture.
- Body.
- Visual Culture.
- Arts.
- Image.
- Asian Art.
- Theatre Studies.
- Fine Arts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Huber/Chuan (eds.), The Body at Stake Experiments in Chinese Contemporary Art and Theatre
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Biography/History:
- Jörg Huber is Professor for Cultural Theory and Aesthetics at the Zurich University of the Arts and Head of the Institute for Critical Theory (ith). His research areas include aesthetics and the theory of the political in a transcultural context. He has been travelling to China for more than 20 years.
- Zhao Chuan is a writer, theatre worker and art critic. His publications include fiction, non-fiction and works on contemporary art history. He is the founder and director of Grass Stage, a leading Chinese theatre company.
- Summary:
- This publication enquires into the role and treatment of the body in the visual culture of contemporary China. What meanings are assigned to the body in artistic practice, what does it represent and what (hi)stories does it refer to? Considerable importance is ascribed to the body as a means of orientation and placement; as an arena and medium of social experience.19 Chinese artists, theatre practitioners and theorists describe their personal experiences, put their thoughts and views up for discussion and explore how art can shed light on the individual and collective experiences that emerge in the wake of historical change and the anticipation of a newly won freedom.
- »For patient and careful readers this collection of textual and visual materials will not only provide an inspiring and refreshing insight into contemporary Chinese art but also an invitation to rethink and reposition artistic production in a globalized world.«
- Contents:
- 1 Content 5 Preface 7 The Genealogy of the Politics of the Body in Contemporary Chinese Culture 17 Fragments of the Body in Chinese Contemporary Art 29 The Politics and Poetics of the Body 43 A Talk with Xiang Jing 53 Portrayal, Definition and Reconstruction of "The Body" in Contemporary Chinese Photography 67 Caught in Art's Haze 87 Physical Odyssey 99 The Physical Body on the Grass Stage 113 Physical Rebels 121 Female Memory Begins with the Body 131 Theatre: Memory in Progress 135 The Body as Strategy for Action in the Taiwanese Cultural Field 145 Edges of the Modernist Framework and Beyond 157 Picture Essay 183 Twelve Flower Months 209 A Talk with Jin Feng 217 Discussing the Works of Xi Ya Die and Yan Xing 231 My Art and the World 245 An Interview 257 A Concept of Beauty 263 The Authors 271
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783839423097
- 3839423090
- OCLC:
- 885022152
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