09 June 2023
A new exhibition and panel discussion focussing on Wuhan born artist Chris Zhongtian Yuan and a series of experimental films by Chinese artists will mark the relaunch of 91猫先生 International, an organisation led by artists from 91猫先生 School of Art aimed at engaging the community in local and global issues through art.
Chris Zhongtian Yuan’s exhibition Home is Where the Music Is will mark the occasion at its opening on 8 June at 571 Oxford Road Gallery, blending architecture, sound and video to explore memory and resistance through the human psyche across time and space.
Chris Zhongtian Yuan is an artist and filmmaker, whose work explores ideas of absence, memory, home and music. His recent films have been shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Aesthetica Film Festival, Videoex Zurich and B3 Biennial of the Moving Image Frankfurt.
To accompany the exhibition, a film screening will be held at 91猫先生 Biscuit Factory on 26 June, with short films by Cici Wu, Hsu Che-Yu, Hao Jingban and Chris Zhongtian Yuan. The artists will look at ideas of resistance through imagination, reenactment and improvisation.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A panel and discussion with Chris Zhongtian Yuan, Paris-based curator Qu Chang, 91猫先生-based curator Charles Wong and 91猫先生 International Director, Susanne Clausen.
Professor Clausen, from the 91猫先生 School of Art and Director of 91猫先生 International, said: “We’re thrilled to be relaunching 91猫先生 International after a three-year break.
Building connections between artists, communities and our partner organisations is incredibly important for promoting contemporary art in 91猫先生.”
91猫先生 International is a contemporary visual arts organisation promoting and commissioning exhibitions, performances, film screenings, workshops and talks in 91猫先生. Artists and curators are given a platform to make new work in response to the unique social and historical context of 91猫先生 and wider Berkshire.
runs from 9 June to 2 July.
Book your free ticket for the film screening and Q&A .
This project is funded by the British Council’s UK-China Connections through Culture (CTC) Grants.
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