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Wang Dongling writing 'li 麗' in calligraphy, 250 cm × 240 cm, October 2005, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China. Courtesy of INKstudio.
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Xu Bing, Book from the Sky, 1987-1991
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Wang Tiande, Reposing in Changzhou 臥 游 長 洲 圖, 2020.
Conference
An interdisciplinary workshop on Chinese calligraphy and its transmedial imagination
13 Jul 2022
Regular hours
- Wed, 13 Jul
- 13:00 – 16:30
Timezone: Europe/London
Free admission
Online
- Language: English
- Join the event
The Future Story of Chinese Calligraphy: An Online Workshop.
Bringing together emerging scholars and artists from East Asia, Europe, and North America, this workshop seeks path-breaking approaches to the studies of Chinese calligraphy especially in transmedia contexts.
About
This is a free event organised by SOAS, University of London, that will take place virtually on Wednesday July 13 from 1 PM to 4:30 PM (London Time). Please register for the event here: https://bit.ly/3ELOxgn. A Zoom link will be sent to registered attendees shortly before the event starts.
FULL PROGRAMME:
1 PM to 2:30 PM, Panel 1: Calligraphy × Painting 書畫
Michael Cavayero, Tang Dynasty Finger Painting and Buddhist Connections: Records of Zhang Zao
Shuo Hua and Sarah Ng, Semiotic Scripts and Calligraphic Expression: Capturing the Spirit of Antiquity in Modern Chinese Paintings
Yuetong Wang, My Story about Calligraphy Practice and the Current Situation of Chinese Contemporary Calligraphy
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM, Panel 2: Brush × Movie 書幕
Xiaoyu Xia, Animating Calligraphy: Script Crisis and Interwar Chinese Cinema
Julia Keblinska, Calligraphy and the Television Screen in Honglou Meng
Linqing Zhu, Authentic Enstrangement: Artificiality and the Use of Chinese Characters in Jia Zhangke's Films
The workshop is convened by Dr. Panpan Yang with the assistance of Jennifer Fleming. It is generously supported by SOAS Seedcorn Fund, East Asian Research Seminar (EARS), Department of History of Art and Archaeology, and Centre for Creative Industries, Media and Screen Studies.
Register for the event here: https://bit.ly/3ELOxgn
