January 20, 2008: Exhibits at MCP
Continuing This Month
Pei Xue Hong
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Linda Butler
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Linda Butler
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Three Gorges + Curated by George Slade
November 17, 2007 to February 10, 2008
Artist Panel + Opening Reception:
November 17, 4:30 p.m. *scroll down for further information about the Artist Panel + Opening Reception*
This exhibit will feature work by Chinese and non-Chinese artists who have visited the Three Gorges site, where the building of the world's largest hydroelectric dam along the Yangtze River is taking place. The control of water is a universal story, but this exhibit will portray the drama specific to this time and this place in China. These photographs will portray what damming the Yangtze will mean to the environment, to the culture, and to the people.
Artists in the exhibition:
Jeffrey A. Austin (Minnesota)
Steven Benson (Michigan)
Edward Burtynsky (Ontario)
Linda Butler (Ohio)
James Whitlow Delano (Japan)
Clark Everett (Illinois)
He Chuan (China)
Chuck Koosmann (Minnesota)
Sze Tsung Leong (New York)
Luo Wen Da (China)
Pei Xue Hong (China)
Qin Wen (China)
She Daike (China)
Ian Teh (England)
Phyllis Uitti-Maslin (Washington)
Xiao Xuan An (China)
Yan Chang Jiang (China)
Zhang De Li (China)
Zhang Jin (China)
Zhang San You (China)
Zhang Xiao Wen (China)
Bill Zorn (Georgia)
Photography affords many ways of comprehending current events; through multiple perspectives of artists with varying life experiences and knowledge, it is possible to gain greater understanding of significant, life-altering phenomena. The photographers in this exhibition, who live in Asia, North America, and Europe, have all been drawn to record the enormous changes being wrought upon people and the earth by the Three Gorges Dam. The world's largest concrete structure, the most ambitious dam in the history of mankind, the Three Gorges Dam spans the Yangtze River in Sandouping, Hubei Province. With its reservoir, which stretches upstream as far as Chongqing (a distance comparable to the length of Lake Superior), the project has been said to affect the earth's rotation. The photographs in this exhibition look at some of the more perceptible changes at the site and upriver, and consider some of the socio-cultural costs, brought about by the project, which has permanently altered-erased, in many cases-some of the most picturesque, archaeologically significant, and historically revered landscapes in China.
Lecture and Book Signing
Looking for Asian America: An Ethnocentric Tour by Wing Young Huie
Friday, November 16, 7 p.m.
Wing Young Huie and Tara Simpson Huie
Admission: Free and open to the public
Three Gorges Artist Panel and Opening Reception
Saturday, November 17
Please join several Chinese and non-Chinese photographers for a discussion about the work in Three Gorges. Chinese photography historian Huang Yihuang will survey images from the region, and will lead a discussion of work by artists on the panel. The opening reception will follow the discussion.
Presentations begin at 4:30 p.m.
Opening Reception: 7-9 p.m. (directly after the panel)
Admission: Free and open to the public
Film Screening
Luo ye gui gen (Getting Home)
Tuesday, November 20, 7:30 p.m.
Heights Theater
3951 Central Avenue NE
Columbia Heights, MN 55421
Admission: $8; free for MCP members and students with current IDs
visit Heights Theater website
A black comedy by Zhang Yang, the director of Xiang ri kui (Sunflower), Zuotian (Quitting), and Xizao (Shower), this film tells the tale of a worker who fulfills a promise to a deceased friend to bring his body home to his birthplace along the Yangtze River in the Three Gorges. The narrative, based in part on a true story, conveys a stunning portrait of contemporary Chinese society, at turns ludicrous, touching, and unfathomable. Film released in 2007, presented in Chinese with English subtitles.
Second Tuesday Lectures
Barb Nei
Tuesday, December 11, 7 p.m.
Nei's installation in the Minnesota Projects Gallery deals with the issues of adopting Chinese babies.
Steven Benson: The Cost of Power in China: The Three Gorges Dam and the Yangtze River Valley
Tuesday, January 8, 2008, 7 p.m.
Admission: Second Tuesday lectures are free for MCP members and students with current IDs, $5 for non-members
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Chinese New Year Celebration
Thursday, February 7 (details to be announced)
