The Body at Stake : Experiments in Chinese Contemporary Art and Theatre

Main description: This publication enquires into the role and treatment of the body in the visual culture of contemporary China. What meanings are assigned to the body in artistic practice, what does it represent and what (hi)stories does it refer to? Considerable importance is ascribed to the body as a means of orientation and placement; as an arena and medium of social experience. 19 Chinese artists, theatre practitioners and theorists describe their personal experiences, put their thoughts and views up for discussion and explore how art can shed light on the individual and collective experiences that emerge in the wake of historical change and the anticipation of a newly won freedom Content Preface The Genealogy of the Politics of the Body in Contemporary Chinese Culture Fragments of the Body in Chinese Contemporary Art The Politics and Poetics of the Body A Talk with Xiang Jing Portrayal, Definition and Reconstruction of “The Body” in Contemporary Chinese Photography Caught in Art’s Haze Physical Odyssey The Physical Body on the Grass Stage Physical Rebels Female Memory Begins with the Body Theatre: Memory in Progress The Body as Strategy for Action in the Taiwanese Cultural Field Three Stages of Practice and Progress, from Martial Law, Abrogation, to the Post Martial Law Period Edges of the Modernist Framework and Beyond The Lifework of Hsieh Tehching, Hsieh Ying-Chun, Wu-Chong-Wei,Graffitist Huang, Dino and Tsai-Show-Zoo Picture Essay Twelve Flower Months A Talk with Jin Feng Discussing the Works of Xi Ya Die and Yan Xing My Art and the World An Interview A Concept of Beauty The Authors Ludwig Mies van der Rohes frühe moderne Architekturentwürfe und Hans Valhlngers Philosophle des Als Ob : Modellbildung als Technik der Invention -- Paul Weber Filmkümpfer Mies -- Lutz Robbers Zur Klärung des Wohnwillens : Ludwig Mies van der Rohe und die Strategien des Zeigens auf dem Stuttgarter Weissenhof -- Theres Rohde Die deutsche Seidenindustrie als Auftraggeber der Moderne -- Christiane Lange Reflexionen im Spiegelglas -- : Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson und die Glashäuser : eine kulturgeschichtliche Betrachtung -- Ole W. Fischer Die An- und Abwesenheit der Villa Tugendhat im Kontext der tschechischen Architektur -- Vendula Hnídková Baukunst und Zeltwille : die Nachkriegsarchitektur der BRD im Lichte Mines'scher Architekturethik -- Arne Schmitt Duschen mitMles : zu Jeff Walls Morning Cleaning -- Anselm Wagner-- Autorlnnen und Autoren. This publication enquires into the role and treatment of the body in the visual culture of contemporary China. What meanings are assigned to the body in artistic practice, what does it represent and what (hi)stories does it refer to? Considerable importance is ascribed to the body as a means of orientation and placement; as an arena and medium of social experience. 19 Chinese artists, theatre practitioners and theorists describe their personal experiences, put their thoughts and views up for discussion and explore how art can shed light on the individual and collective experiences that emerge in the wake of historical change and the anticipation of a newly won freedom. With contributions by Cao Fei, Yang Fudong, Zhang Hong, Gao Shiming and others. Art,Theatre,China,Culture,Body,Visual Culture,Arts,Image,Asian Art,Theatre Studies,Fine Arts Long description: Die Arbeiten von Mies van der Rohe haben bis heute nicht an Aktualität verloren. Dieser Band versammelt Beiträge, die würdigend auf die Arbeiten des Architekten blicken und sich auf innovative Weise mit ihm auseinandersetzen. Hierbei erweitern die Autoren mit ihren Positionen bestehende Forschungsansätze und greifen Fragen der Entwurfstechnik und der Rezeptionsästhetik auf. Darüber hinaus deuten sie Mies van der Rohe als Medienstrategen, umreißen seine Tätigkeit für die Industrie und projizieren seine Impulse auf Folgegenerationen. Der Diskurs, der von etablierten Forschern bis hin zu Nachwuchswissenschaftlern geführt wird, erstreckt sich über Philosophie, Bildende Kunst, Architekturtheorie sowie Kunst- und Mediengeschichte.; Review quote: Besprochen in: Bauhaus, 6/1 (2014)

This publication enquires into the role and treatment of the body in the visual culture of contemporary China. What meanings are assigned to the body in artistic practice, what does it represent and what (hi)stories does it refer to? Considerable importance is ascribed to the body as a means of orientation and placement; as an arena and medium of social experience.19 Chinese artists, theatre practitioners and theorists describe their personal experiences, put their thoughts and views up for discussion and explore how art can shed light on the individual and collective experiences that emerge in the wake of historical change and the anticipation of a newly won freedom.