Run, China, Run 奔跑中国 22.06 - 06.07, 2012

On the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, in the year of the Dragon, the 2nd Chinese Visual Festival will open with the film "Dragon Boat". Will the traditional Chinese sport of dragon boat racing survive the gradual disappearance of rural China? Join us on 22nd June 2012, at the Free Word Centre in London.

龙年龙舟节前夜，第二届中国视像艺术节将以纪录片《龙船》拉开帷幕。
在城市化高速发展的中国，随着乡土社会的渐行渐远，一年一度的龙舟还能划多久？
2012年6月22日，Free Word Centre (London) 敬请关注！

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The 2nd Chinese Visual Festival (CVF) is planned to take place in London from 22nd June to 6th July 2012 in various central London venues. After the “Lost in Transformation” theme last year, this year’s CVF will be themed as “Run, China, Run” in the year of 2012 London Olympics. Hosting the 2008 Beijing Olympics has affected Chinese society profoundly, much more than just sports games would have. Besides construction of various stadiums and many Olympics related projects and events, China is racing forward as if it is in an Olympic game. In the pursuit for speed and applauds, what have we gained and what have we lost? This year’s CVF would like to address the “aftershock” of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and will introduce various related Chinese films and art to London.

第二届中国视像艺术节现定于2012年6月22日至7月6日在伦敦市中心举行。继去年探讨“转变与彷徨”后，第二届中国视像艺术节将呼应伦敦奥运会的举办时机，以“奔跑中国”为主题。举世瞩目的北京奥运会对中国社会的影响远远超出了一场体育赛事带来的效应。在兴建大型运动场馆、设立众多奥运相关项目、全民为之呐喊助威以外，中国如同在奥运竞赛中般奔跑向前。在这种对速度和掌声的追逐中，我们得到了什么，又失去了什么？ 2008年北京奥运会对中国社会和普通人生活的“余震”，是本届中国视像艺术节邀请各方共同关注和讨论的议题。

Featured Artists
  • University City Savages

    University City Savages 大学城野人

    The provincial government expropriated their land, brutally evicted them and demolished their homes. There are only two small shanty towns there now, inhabited by 'illegal' squatters who refuse to accept the government's meager compensation. Instead, they demand an apology and proper process of law. Some people call the squatters: The Savage

  • 《光棍》海报

    Bachelor Mountain 光棍

    In the forest of Heilongjiang Province, the top north of China, timber supplies have dwindled after a century of logging and most of the local men have lost their livelihoods . Meanwhile, the allure of better jobs in nearby cities has led to an outflow of local women, resulting in a “bachelor mountain” populated by legions of lonely, impoverished, single men.

  • Meishijie

    Meishi Street 煤市街

    MEISHI STREET shows ordinary citizens taking a stand against the planned destruction of their homes for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

  • 曾经的无产者海报

    Once Upon a Time Proletarian 曾经的无产者

    A subjective anatomy of contemporary China in the post Marxist era. With a dark, poetic and existentialist visual mind, the film shows people from different classes living in modern Chinese society.

  • August Beijing

    August Beijing 八月北京

    8 directors showed different lives in Beijing when the 2008 Olympic Games took place...

  • Dragonboat

    Dragon Boat 龙船

    Will the dragon boat remain the link between the villagers and their former homeland? Lianxi village's fate profoundly reflects the many ongoing encounters between native cultures and modernization in China today.