Temporal Shifts, in February 2013, was organized in conjunction with a residency at the Arts Research Center by renowned Taiwanese playwright/director/filmmaker Stan Lai (Lai Sheng-Chuan), who was on campus for two weeks as an Avenali Resident Fellow in January and February of this same year. This daylong symposium brought together scholars such as Guo-Juin Hong (Duke), artists such as choreographer nunu kong (China), and curators such as Hou Hanru (SFAI, Rome) to discuss questions of temporality as they are articulated in time-based art forms such as cinema, sound, dance, and theater across China and Taiwan. Timed to anticipate Shih Chieh Huang’s opening at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts as well as BAM/PFA curator, Philippe Pirotte’s exhibition of the video art of Yan Fudong, speakers considered how different art forms respond to changing political and economic conditions in China.
| Temporal Shifts: Time Across Contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese Art Practices
February 1, 2013 Temporal Shifts is being organized in conjunction with a residency at the Arts Research Center by renowned Taiwanese playwright/director/filmmaker Stan Lai (Lai Sheng-Chuan), who is on campus for two weeks as an Avenali Resident Fellow. This daylong symposium brings together scholars, artists, and curators to discuss questions of temporality as they are articulated in time-based art forms such as cinema, sound, dance, and performance across China and Taiwan. Pre-Symposium Events: Theatrical Engagement: Stan Lai in conversation with Wen-Hsin Yeh Observations on Chinese Contemporary Art: Thinking and Practice Choreography Showcase: nunu kong and Dai Jain Peach Blossom Land Screening with Stan Lai in person Symposium: Temporal Shifts: Time Across Contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese Art Practices
Friday, February 1, 2013 9:30am WELCOME/INTRODUCTION Julia Bryan-Wilson, History of Art, UC Berkeley; Acting Director, Arts Research Center 9:40am PANEL: LISTENING TIME Yen-Ting Hsu, sound artist, Taipei Moderated by Andrew Jones, East Asian Languages & Cultures, UC Berkeley 10:40am BREAK 10:50am PANEL: VIEWING TIME Jean Ma, Art History, Stanford Moderated by Weihong Bao, Film & Media Studies, UC Berkeley 11:50am LUNCH 12:50pm PANEL: MOVING TIME nunu kong, choreographer, Shanghai Moderated by Chia-Yi Seetoo, Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, UC Berkeley 1:50PM PANEL: ENACTING TIME Meiling Cheng, Dramatic Art/Critical Studies, USC Moderated by Xiaoyu Weng, Asian Contemporary Arts Consortium, San Francisco 2:50PM BREAK 3:00 PANEL: REMEMBERING TIME Xu Weixin, artist, School of Arts, Renmin University of China Moderated by Hou Hanru, curator and critic 4:00 CLOSING KEYNOTE: DREAMING TIME Stan Lai, playwright/director, Taipei Introduced by Shannon Jackson, Theater, Dance & Performance Studies and Rhetoric, UC Berkeley 4:45 RESPONSE AND REFLECTION Moderated by Shannon Jackson
The Time Zones series has been made possible by a generous grant from the Institute of International Studies; Temporal Shifts is co-sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies at UC Berkeley. Stan Lai’s Avenali Fellowship is made possible by the Townsend Center for the Humanities, the Institute of East Asian Studies, and the Center for Chinese Studies.
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