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Title The enduring passion for ink : a series on contemporary ink painters / produced and directed by Britta Erickson
Published [place of publication not identified] : Britta Erickson, [2016]
San Francisco, Calif. : Kanopy Streaming, 2017
©2015
©2016

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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
Documentary-style films
Notes Title from title frames
In Process Record
Originally produced in 2015-2016
Credits Filmed and edited by Rick Widmer
Notes In Chinese and English with English subtitles
Subject Cui, Zhenkuan, 1935-
Chen, Haiyan, 1955-
Li, Huasheng, 1944-
Li, Jin, 1958-
Wang, Dongling, 1945-
Xu, Bing, 1955-
Yang, Jiechang, 1956-
Huang, Bingyi, 1975-
Zheng, Chongbin, 1961-
Liu, Dan, 1953-
SUBJECT Li, Jin, 1958- fast
Chen, Haiyan, 1955- fast
Zheng, Chongbin, 1961- fast
Yang, Jiechang, 1956- fast
Xu, Bing, 1955- fast
Wang, Dongling, 1945- fast
Liu, Dan, 1953- fast
Li, Huasheng, 1944- fast
Huang, Bingyi, 1975- fast
Cui, Zhenkuan, 1935- fast
Subject Ink painting, Chinese.
Art
Ink painting, Chinese
Art
Genre/Form documentary film.
Internet videos
Feature films
Short films
Nonfiction films
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
Internet videos.
Feature films.
Chinese language films.
Art
Documentaires.
Courts métrages.
Films autres que de fiction.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Form Streaming video
Author Erickson, Britta, film producer, film director
Widmer, Richard, director of photography, editor of moving image work
Cui, Zhenkuan, 1935- on-screen participant.
Chen, Haiyan, 1955- on-screen participant.
Li, Huasheng, 1944- on-screen participant.
Li, Jin, 1958- on-screen participant.
Wang, Dongling, 1945- on-screen participant.
Xu, Bing, 1955- on-screen participant.
Yang, Jiechang, 1956- on-screen participant.
Huang, Bingyi, 1975- on-screen participant.
Zheng, Chongbin, 1961- on-screen participant.
Liu, Dan, 1953- on-screen participant.
Kanopy (Firm), film distributor.
Other Titles Series on contemporary ink painters