SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 | 3:30-4pm
| PERFORMA07 and Long March Project present The Thunderstorm Is Slowly Approaching by artist Qiu Zhijie
Saturday, November 10, 3:30-4pm
The Thunderstorm Is Slowly Approaching by artist Qiu Zhijie
Saturday, November 10, 12- 2 PM in Chinatown at Columbus Park, 3 - 5 PM
at Asian Contemporary Art Fair
Beginning in Chinatown at noon, The Thunderstorm Is Slowly Approaching
will arrive at the Asian Contemporary Art Fair at 3 pm, taking the
traditional Chinese dragon dance as a starting point for investigating
the pressures to hide national identity within a 'host' culture. The
Thunderstorm is Slowly Approaching includes a ceremonial ten-member
dragon dance team wearing a costume made from camouflage.
Co-presented by PERFORMA, Long March Project and Museum of Chinese in
the Americas, as part of PERFORMA07, co- produced by Chambers Fine Art.
Curators: Lu Jie and David Ross
Associate Curator: Defne Ayas (PERFORMA)
ABOUT PERFORMA07
PERFORMA07 (October 27-November 20, 2007) is the second biennial of new
visual art performance biennial presented by PERFORMA, a non-profit
multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to exploring the critical
role of live performance in the history of twentieth century art and to
encouraging new directions in performance for the twenty-first
century.www.performa-arts.org
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