The exhibition will be on view September 15, 1998 to January 3, 1999.
PERFORMANCES
(Performance Art)
by Zhang Huan and Ma Liuming
Sunday, 18 October 1998 @ 4 pm, P.S. 1
Zhang Huan is acclaimed for his Chan endurance pieces
while Ma Liuming explores issues of gender and sexuality.
(Teahouse Series)
September to December
Three intimate concert events of music, dance,
theater, spoken word, and performance art.
TOILET, formerly known as A LIFE OF LIVING TOGETHER
September 18th, 19th @ 8 pm
Choreographer Wen Hui and independent filmmaker Wu Wengguang
perform TOILET, an intensely personal narrative using movement
and image, which confronts many issues that remain taboo in
Chinese society.
JOURNEY TO THE EAST
October 2nd, 3rd @ 8 pm
Evening of theater and music featuring the works
of two provocative theater directors - Danny Yung
of Hong Kong's Zuni Icosahedron and Zhang Xian
of Theater Z from Shanghai - and composer/author/singer
Liu Sola, whose performances feature a blend of Chinese
vocal styles influenced by African American blues and jazz,
in a duet with pipa virtuoso Wu Man.
THE FINAL TEAHOUSE features artists from Taiwan.
December 4th and 5th.
(World Premiere)
EMPTY TRADITION / CITY OF PEONIES
October 27th to November 1st
Choreographer Yin Mei, Indonesian composer Tony Prabowo,
and installation artist Xu Bing create a dance theater work
about human experience amidst chaos.
Performers include the New Jakarta Ensemble and
martial artist Shi Hengxin.
RELATED PROGRAMS
A varied series of public programs will focus on the
dynamic cultural, political, economic, and social changes
taking place in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan today.
(Symposium)
PUSHING BOUNDARIES: NEW DIRECTIONS
IN CHINESE ARTS (Part 1)
Friday, 18th September @ 10 am - 6 pm
Taipei Theater
Call (212) 517-ASIA for a complete agenda.
PUSHING BOUNDARIES: NEW DIRECTIONS
IN CHINESE ARTS (Part 2)
Saturday, 19th September @ 10 am - 6 pm
Asia Society
(Artists' Roundtable)
Sunday, 20th September @ 3 pm
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
Selected artists in Inside Out: New Chinese Art
talk about their work with guest curator, Gao Minglu,
and Karen Smith, CourtYard Gallery, Beijing.
(Meet the Author)
Thursday, 15th October @ 6:30 pm
Jonathan D. Spence, "The Chan's Great Continent:
China in Western Minds." The latest book
from award-winning author and historian reveals
the diversity of Western thought on China.
Asia Society Members Only Program.
(Film)
Wednesday, 18th November @ 7 pm
Reception @ 6 pm
TUG OF WAR: THE STORY OF TAIWAN
A special preview of a new documentary film
produced by WGBH Boston traces the little known
history of Taiwan.
(Panel Discussion)
Saturday, 5th December @ 2 pm
BETWEEN THE SHEETS: UNDERSTANDING THE U.S.-CHINA
RELATIONSHIP THROUGH POPULAR CULTURE
An afternoon of screenings and discussions on popular culture
in the U.S. and China and its influence on our attitudes and
policies toward one another.
Commentators include Daryl Chin, writer; Perry Link,
Princeton University; Rachel Meyer, actress;
Sheldon H. Lu, University of Pittsburgh; and others.
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Asia Society
725 Park Avenue @ 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
(212) 288-6400
http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/insideout
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
22-25 Jackson Avenue @ 46th Ave.
Long Island City, NY 11101
(718) 784-2084
Hours:
Wednesday to Sunday, noon to 6 pm
Closed on Monday and Tuesday
Inside Out Shuttle Bus Service
Bus transportation from the Asia Society to P.S. 1
will be available on Sundays from September 20th through
January 3, 1999 on a first-come, first-served basis.
The bus departs from the Asia Society every hour
on the 1/2 hour beginning at 12:30 pm and ending @ 4:30 pm.
The bus departs from P.S. 1 every hour on the hour
beginning @ 1 pm and ending @ 6 pm.
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IN XOCHITL IN CUICATL, Nahuatl for poetry.
Literally it means Flower Song,
or flowers and songs;
a double metaphor to name poetry,
which is essentially a metaphor.
OMETEOTL (OME, two, TEOTL, god):
"Two Gods," or "Two-God" was the Supreme Being,
conceived as the Masculine-Feminine principle.
And poetry was the manifestation of God
on earth and a means to reach Him/Her,
the Supreme Metaphor, the Supreme Poetry ...
... Poets: give up the pulque of war !
by Ernesto Cardenal (b. 1925)
Translation from the Spanish by Carlos & Monique Altschul.
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" A naked lunch is natural to us,
we eat reality sandwiches.
But allegories are so much lettuce.
Don't hide the madness. "
-- Allen Ginsburg (1954)
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