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| 3rd Dashanzi International Art Festival |
| [2006-04-30] Dashanzi International Art Festival, held in Beijing since 2004, continues to uplift contemporary, cutting-edge art forms, crowned by the nuances of antithetic words. From the DIAF2004 theme, Light. Sound/Time, to the theme of 2005, Language/Fable, Beijing/Background completes the circle from human nature to knowledge and human nature". Beijing/Background becomes a theme that, as a precursor to the Olympics, binds human nature, art and the city. Igniting the flame, it illuminates the thoughts of the people of Beijing. "A speck of fire can set the prairie alight". Dashanzi Art District, which was in the throes of demolition, was transformed, as the Bauhaus architectural factory complex, the site of the festival, was saved. This fierce spark, bursting into flames, represents the intense rise of the strength of culture. Recently, Dashanzi has been selected by the government of Beijing as the foremost of six districts of cultural industry. Of these six regions, Dashanzi is the only art district that truly interacts with people and that has an independent organic style. From April 29 to March 21, the. DIAF2006 will attract an audience of around 150 000 to this grand contemporary meeting of people The domain of the art festival extends over Jiuxianqiao District, to Caochangdi East Art Distnct, Tango Club and Chaoyang House of Culture. Mutually, the-regions extend to convey the festival's freshness and liveliness. DIAF2006 brings passion. The opening of the festival on April 29, from afternoon to evening,will be accompanied by the sounds of drums, dancing and music. Spedal guest Jimmy Biala, will conduct the beats of SambAsia, as they offer an ode to the sounds of the city. The beats will continue as twenty young international musidans put together an exceptional and Unbridled DJ workshop in May. Top foreign DJs, Ges-E, Sam Zamam will dazzle the same stage fortwo blazing nights at Tango. DIAF2006 brings you even more impulse. The argument of how to define the border between documentary and fiction will be reopened as the Nordic Film Festival explores the documentary movement. Memories, personal revelations, political and tragic scenes, the odyssey of the city, love and growing up… in films from Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Will documentary ever find its role players in China? Other role players such as Ye Fu find their own means of expression in DIAF. DIAF2006 adds spirit. Photographers Ronrong and Inri subtly reflect the relationship between a man and a woman in 'Intimate Beijing', an exhibition that contrasts two different visions of public and private space. The public space offers the scene for the relationship. Marrigje de Maar will investigate intimate spaces like bedrooms, exploring the psychology of private spaces. DIAF2006 has soul. Huang Rui, the art director of DIAF, together with architect Neville Mars, Wu Hua and Cheng Lei, are launching 'Soldiers at the Gates', an encounter between architecture and art. Borrowing the catchphrase of the Eight power allied forces and applying it to the construction encroaching Beijing, the challenge of history and future, art and architecture will be captured, ultimately searching for the limit of the point of view human nature. A series of Chinese and well known foreign architects, artists and urban planners will come to Beijing from May 19-21 for an Open Forum. The motive is not only to approach Beijing from a building perspective but to emphasize the importance of considering art, culture and identity in the growth of the city. In these three weeks of the festival, more than One hundred galleries, organizations, studios will create over twenty different types of events: visual art, music, dance, movie, theatre. Around 100 international artists and more than 500 Chinese artists will gather. Every event will emphasize youth and dynamism through cutting-edge contemporary art: the foundation of a new Beijing, the reflection of its background.[From: CL2000.com] |