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Luke made this video about musician Abigail Washburn, who travels back to Sichuan a year after the earthquake to make music with the local kids:
In May 2008 an earthquake devastated Sichuan province in China, killing tens of thousands and leaving millions homeless. To commemorate the one year anniversary of this tragedy, musicians Abigail Washburn and [...]
We saw Suitman in Hong Kong and stopped by the studio where Young was putting the finishing touches on his mobile DJ system. The idea is to wheel the appropriately high-tech contraption out to various neighborhoods for impromptu music sessions. An entourage of fans and bodyguards will no doubt be present.
Subtle and unassuming Suitmen International [...]
Finding a lovely spot at the end of the hall in the photo studio we were shooting in.
The view from the window. I used a photoshop filter to get rid of some of the grayness, and the city looks a little bit European from this angle (ignore Pudong Tower in the back).
A rare, unexpected [...]
Friday, February 27, 2009
Duncan Jepson’s new documentary focuses on China’s established and emerging hip-hop artists and their impact on youth culture and culture at large.
Lin Yan’s opening of works inspired by Barack Obama.
This Nation, 2008, Chinese paper, ink and plexiglass.
Brick by Brick, 2008, Chinese paper, ink and plexiglass
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
YB Box was directed by Liu Feng of WK Shanghai. The film documents the development of competitive beat boxing in the city of Yanji in northern China and will appear at the 2009 Canadian International Film Festival.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 1983
Flea Market at Union Square. 1987
Chen Kaige. 1985
Before he was a superstar artist and architect, Ai Wei Wei spent ten years in New York City, photographing his friends and capturing everything he saw.
Ai Weiwei on his NYC photos:
These photos were taken between 1983 and 1994 during the decade I spent living [...]
Friday, November 14, 2008
Kwun Tong is an industrial neighborhood on the Kowloon side of Victoria Harbor — a long way from the galleries clustered near Hong Kong’s Hollywood Road. I have a feeling that this choice of location was intended to put both physical and symbolic distance between Osage Gallery and the oft-underwhelming work on display across the [...]
Coal Miner, oil on canvas, 250 x 200 cm / 98.42 x 78.74 in
Migrant Worker, oil on canvas, 250 x 200 cm / 98.42 x 78.74 in
Chinese painter Xu Weixin paints moving portraits of Chinese workers. Showing now at China Squaren.