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Imaging the Avant-Garde Program IV: Taiwan’s Film Experiments in the 1960s

October 19, 2018 6:00 pm

Lightbox Film Center

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Program 4: Experimental Shorts from the 1960s This program includes five films by artists who were indirectly involved in the 1960s artistic experiments. Theatre Quarterly not only delivered the latest news regarding the Western art world, but also functioned as a platform for artists to present their new creations. In the 1960s, Macao-born, Hong Kong-based film critic Law Kar and Hong Kong’s renowned writer Xi Xi both served briefly as editor of Theatre Quarterly, while making experimental films. In addition, Tom Davenport, an American independent filmmaker, spent years studying the Chinese language and culture in Taiwan, and was commissioned by National Geographic to film there. This program includes his first documentary, T’ai Chi Ch’uan, in which he filmed the philosopher Nan Huai-chin practicing Tai-chi on Taiwan’s northeastern coast. The last two shorts provide an indirect view of the artistic achievements of Theatre Quarterly co-founder and experimental art pioneer Huang Hua-cheng. As none of Huang’s video works have survived, the video documentation of the 1994 seminar “Theatre Quarterly and I,” in which Huang played his 1967 film Experiment 002 in the original 8mm format, provides a glimpse of his own work, whereas The Prophet is a video remake of Huang’s first experimental theater piece.

Tickets: https://lightboxfilmcenter.org/series/imaging-the-avant-garde-taiwan-s-film-experiments-in-the-1960s

 

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