China Onscreen Biennial

Cong Feng: Stratum 1. Photo courtesy the artist.

Leslie Tai: The Private Life of Fenfen. Photo courtesy the artist.

Geng Yi: BARKING. Photo courtesy the artist.

Wang Haolin: Erdos Rider. Photo courtesy the artist.

Yang Mingming: Female Directors. Photo courtesy the artist.

Fan Popo: The Vachina Monologues. Photo courtesy the artist.

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“a rumination on ruins and the transformative roles of space and place in contemporary China.” – Yunfest

Co-presented with the UCLA Confucius Institute

Presented as part of the Jack H. Skirball Series

REDCAT is one of several L.A. venues for this three-week survey of voices that make China such a dynamic film and media environment. The biennial’s program ranges from the latest internationally-lauded auteur films to crowd-pleasing homages to major figures of Chinese cinema to experimental media. The Oct. 21 "Wild Women" program presents an array of women who disagree, with a good sense of humor, with the Confucian mold. On Oct. 24 the documentary-narrative mash-up of Barking (2013, West Coast Premiere) rounds out the Spectrum shorts, its roving camera ranging across a trash-dump world of migrants and stray dogs in the Beijing outskirts.

The China Onscreen Biennial is presented with the UCLA Confucius Institute in partnership with REDCAT, the UCLA Film & Television Archive, AFI FEST, and Pomona College.

The program at REDCAT is curated by Cheng-Sim Lim and Bérénice Reynaud.

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TUE 10/21 8:30 pm	$11	$9	$6
FRI 10/24 8:30 pm	$11	$9	$6

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REDCAT NEWS

REDCAT’s 16th Season: Vital Artists at a Crucial Time

REDCAT is a home for diverse artists and audiences who are interested in pushing the evolution of contemporary culture, and discovering new art forms for our complex and volatile world.

“Art is a mediator of the unspeakable,” wrote Goethe. Artists can open the mind and soul to help us comprehend beauty as well
as atrocity; vibrancy as well as anguish. Many artists at REDCAT this fall are finding creative and profound ways to do both.

In the gallery, more than 20 Iranian artists explore complex social issues, while using the rich cultural significance and beauty of flowers as a starting point. In the theater, Dutch art collective Hotel Modern, who came to REDCAT in 2015 with an astonishing performance addressing the horror of WWI, return with an acclaimed and meticulous piece commemorating the worst atrocities of WWII; choreographer David Rousséve celebrates the life of composer Billy Strayhorn, who was a gay, African-American activist more than 60 years ago, and wrote some of Duke Ellington’s most famous music; wryly funny German/UK ensemble Gob Squad works with local performers to probe definitions of “beauty” and the grace of aging; the bi-coastal trio My Barbarian finds
a way to confront economic injustice while making us laugh heartily and tap our toes to their band; and Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy merges cinema and theater to re-imagine
the themes of anguish, hope and love in Chekhov’s Three Sisters.

There is much more—ranging from adventurous music and multi-media events, to groundbreaking film and video programs. These are events you’ll want to experience, not just hear about.

We hope to see you here,
Mark Murphy
The Steven D. Lavine Executive Director of REDCAT

China Onscreen Biennial

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