Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (131 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences |
Contents |
Master Cui's riddle (2016, 11 min.) -- Chen Haiyan's dreams (2015, 18 min.) -- Li Huasheng's ambivalence (2015, 10 min.) -- Li Jin's feast (2016, 12 min.) -- Wang Dongling's lines of performance (2016, 8 min.) -- Xu Bing's semiotics (2016, 17 min.) -- Yang Jiechang's gu and qi (2016, 13 min.) -- Bingyi's madness and magic (2015, 14 min.) -- Zheng Chongbin's process (2015, 14 min.) -- Liu Dan's perfection (2016, 14 min.) |
Summary |
The Enduring Passion for Ink: A Project on Contemporary Ink Painters (or the "Project") is an exhibition, book, and film series designed to introduce the viewing public to the burgeoning field of contemporary ink painting in China today. The key to the exhibition lies in a series of documentary films, one for each featured artist, and planned to be shown adjacent to that artist's works. The films will address the fundamental artistic choices confronting the ink artist: Why did s/he choose ink as a medium? How is ink's expressive range distinct from that of other artistic media? How does the artist go about creating an ink work? How does the artist approach issues such as tradition, creative innovation, and personal expression? Each film will feature the artist addressing these questions and show him or her at work in the studio in the process of creating a work of art. Through time-lapsed photography, the film will also show that same painting's evolution from start to finish. If deemed a success by the artist, the painting captured on film will be included in the exhibition ... Because of the real-time performance aspect of setting ink into an absorbent ground, film is a particularly fitting means to not only demystify the ideational process of the artist but to enthrall the viewer in the physical act of painting with ink. In this respect, The Enduring Passion for Ink: A Project on Contemporary Ink Painters is absolutely unique; as a means to re-introduce this ancient art language to international audiences today, it is nothing less than essential |
Analysis |
Asian Studies |
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Documentary-style films |
Notes |
Title from title frames |
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In Process Record |
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Originally produced in 2015-2016 |
Credits |
Filmed and edited by Rick Widmer |
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In Chinese and English with English subtitles |
Subject |
Cui, Zhenkuan, 1935-
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Chen, Haiyan, 1955-
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Li, Huasheng, 1944-
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Li, Jin, 1958-
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Wang, Dongling, 1945-
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Xu, Bing, 1955-
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Yang, Jiechang, 1956-
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Huang, Bingyi, 1975-
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Zheng, Chongbin, 1961-
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Liu, Dan, 1953-
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Li, Jin, 1958- |
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Chen, Haiyan, 1955- |
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Zheng, Chongbin, 1961- |
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Yang, Jiechang, 1956- |
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Xu, Bing, 1955- |
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Wang, Dongling, 1945- |
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Liu, Dan, 1953- |
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Li, Huasheng, 1944- |
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Huang, Bingyi, 1975- |
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Cui, Zhenkuan, 1935- |
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Ink painting, Chinese.
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Art
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Ink painting, Chinese
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Art
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Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Internet videos
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Feature films
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Short films
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Nonfiction films
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Documentary films
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Documentary films.
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Short films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Internet videos.
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Feature films.
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Chinese language films.
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Art
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Documentaires.
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Courts métrages.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Erickson, Britta, film producer, film director
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Widmer, Richard, director of photography, editor of moving image work
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Cui, Zhenkuan, 1935- on-screen participant.
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Chen, Haiyan, 1955- on-screen participant.
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Li, Huasheng, 1944- on-screen participant.
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Li, Jin, 1958- on-screen participant.
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Wang, Dongling, 1945- on-screen participant.
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Xu, Bing, 1955- on-screen participant.
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Yang, Jiechang, 1956- on-screen participant.
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Huang, Bingyi, 1975- on-screen participant.
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Zheng, Chongbin, 1961- on-screen participant.
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Liu, Dan, 1953- on-screen participant.
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Kanopy (Firm), film distributor.
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