Director Xu Bing, one of the most famous fine artists in China, collected his imagery from online sites that stream surveillance cameras. He stitched them together with a fictional narrative about an ill-fated romance embedded in a chaotic and spectacular modern China. Xu's ambitious film explores the anxious borderlands between the real and the fictive, between direct experience and mediated life. - Dr. Markus Nornes, U-M Department of Screen Arts and Cultures
This screening is sponsored by the University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Confucius Institute, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, and Museum of Arts.
A reception will be held in the lobby starting at 5:30pm and a Q&A with the director will follow the film.
This is a free screening but registration is required. Please register here: https://goo.gl/39gySv