On 27th September 2014, the second
China UK Arts meeting will take place in London, hosted by Natasha Phillips and
Kunjue Li in collaboration with the Goldsmiths Confucius Institute for Dance
and Performance. This will be a 3-hour event in which artists from different
disciplines, academics, and art producers and representatives of institutions
will come together and look at artistic exchanges between the two countries, understand and communicate industry practices and
formal practicalities, and exchange intercultural creative ideas and working
methodologies through the sharing of resources.
- There is a lack of concrete foundations that are successful in support and facilitation of cross-cultural creative projects and talents.
- It is catered to tackle specific issues that often result in the unfulfilling utilization of resources in both the UK and China.
- We want to bring together a community of knowledge and resources that will contribute to the ever-growing amount of opportunities that are being offered and sought after within the industry.
The speakers and topics we have presenting at
this meeting are:
'A cross-cultural dialogue of cultural, linguistic and
artistic understandings between UK and China artists and organisations.'
1) The difficulties and obstacles for
bringing work into the international market. [Lindsay Liu, news and radio
presenter and documentary producer]
Lindsay Liu is a news and
radio presenter and a documentary producer. Lindsay has worked in the media
industry for around ten years in both the UK and China and is currently the TV
presenter, director and producer of Interactive Media Britain (http://www.im-britain.com/). She used to be the News Anchor of Phoenix TV station, Radio
Presenter of China National Radio station where she interviewed various of
celebrities, stars, diplomats and reported on many important events as well as
hosted hundreds of important events. Her credits include- Commercial videos:
"Non-stop Plan from Beijing to Birmingham"
(Producer), Documentaries: "Chinese Designers" (Director),
"The only one Chinese Lady in Savile Row" (Director), "The
Chinese architect in London Olympic Games" (Director).
2) The Transcultural Curator: The
successes and problematics of developing a platform for Chinese contemporary
culture. [Rachel Marsden, Curator and
cultural producer, Founder of The Temporary, Arts Writer]
Rachel Marsden is a curator,
art consultant, PhD researcher, arts and culture writer, and avid blogger in
the field of contemporary art, music and visual culture, specifically East
Asian and Chinese contemporary visual culture, since 2010 living between UK and
Shanghai (China). In January 2014, she founded ‘The Temporary’, a new
transcultural exchange platform examining “temporary” and ephemeral experience
in art, architecture, design, music, sound, performance and culture between the
UK and China. She is also Coordinator (part-time) for the Centre for Chinese
Visual Arts (CCVA) (Birmingham (UK) and China) and worked as Research Curator
(October 2012-April 2014) for the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (UK).
3) Propose solutions that address
misunderstandings and challenge commonsense ideas
about Chinese identity and customs. [Dr. Diana Yeh,
Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Winchester]
Diana Yeh is senior Lecturer
in Sociology, University of Winchester. A former Fellow of Sociological
Review, she also teaches on the MA Culture Diaspora Ethnicity at Birkbeck
College, University of London and in Sociology and Psychosocial Studies at the
University of East London. Her research interests lie in race/ethnicity,
diaspora, migration and culture. Her book The Happy Hsiungs: Performing
China and the Struggle for Modernity was published with Hong Kong
University Press in 2014. She has presented her research on BBC Radio Four, and
at institutions such as the Royal Geographical Society, the Wellcome Trust,
National Portrait Gallery and Tate Britain.
4) Talk about your own experiences
and explorations with your work as an international artist, specifically in
China. Communicate the challenges, successes, pitfalls and loopholes and give
advice to artists and companies. [David
Tse, China Town Arts Space]
David K.S. Tse 謝家聲 is an actor, writer, theatre director and
filmmaker, developing the British Chinese / East Asian (BCEA) arts sector
to improve intercultural understanding. As consultant Creative Director
for CAS (chinatownartsspace.com),
he engaged artists from China / UK during the Five Circles festival 2008;
toured to Beijing / HK with Piccadilly Revisited; secured
a Cultural Olympiad Chinese commission for New Music 20x12;
and in 2014, will unveil a new sculpture commission for Chinatown
and develop artists' / youth arts talent during Autumn Moon. He was
Founder-Artistic Director of YellowEarth.org, where for 13 years, he led the
company to become the UK’s only revenue-funded BCEA
theatre, touring across UK / China.
Tickets are £11.00 (with a £1.31 booking fee)
and can be purchased tickets here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/uk-china-arts-tickets-12751657551
Note:
China is here considered as both the broad Chinese speaking world (so as to
include Singapore for instance) and the nation state so as to include all
ethnicities and languages within PRC.
This is a series of
meetings designed to stimulate ideas and discussion and consolidate
UK and Chinese arts networks. Further events will take place in 2015.