Keyword results: China

Focus on Johnnie To

29th Oct 08
Format: Cinema
Mood: Rad

In Hong Kong, Johnnie To's films are such blockbusters that he's credited with single-handedly keeping their entire film industry afloat. But here? Any film that's not in English gains a weird arthouse sheen, and you'll have to head to ACMI's latest retrospective to see what the fuss is about.

There are twelve examples on show from Johnnie To's prolific career, but maybe start with the trailer to 2001's Fulltime Killer.

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Xing Danwen, duplication/disCONNEXION

11th Jan 06
Medium: Photography
Drink: Herbal tea

With all the warmth of a forensic investigation, acclaimed Beijing photographer Xing Danwen explores the impact of modernity on an increasingly global China in her back-to-back exhibition duplication/disCONNEXION.

Duplication, looking like toyshop genocide, shows doll's heads en masse, a tangle of golden hair with beady eyes peering out from underneath.

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