798 Station
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Release Date
15 March 2011
15 March 2011
Story:
798, an old factory built with the aid of the former East Germany in the 1950s. After the reform and opening up, with the transformation and restructuring of state-owned enterprises, a large number of workers in this old factory were laid off. 798 has become a world-renowned and controversial art park due to the entry of contemporary art. Who has completed the conceptual conversion of 798 from a factory number to an art district? With the rise and fall of 798, how has the destiny of these characters changed? In the cracks between artistic expression, political constraints, commercial temptation and brutal management, does the spirit of contemporary art still exist? 798 staged today's Chinese culture "Surfing the River on Qingming Festival".
798, an old factory built with the aid of the former East Germany in the 1950s. After the reform and opening up, with the transformation and restructuring of state-owned enterprises, a large number of workers in this old factory were laid off. 798 has become a world-renowned and controversial art park due to the entry of contemporary art. Who has completed the conceptual conversion of 798 from a factory number to an art district? With the rise and fall of 798, how has the destiny of these characters changed? In the cracks between artistic expression, political constraints, commercial temptation and brutal management, does the spirit of contemporary art still exist? 798 staged today's Chinese culture "Surfing the River on Qingming Festival".
Cast
ZHENG Kuo
Director
Director :
ZHENG Kuo
Runtime :
105 minutes
Language :
Mandarin, Chinese and English subtitles
Reference :
Festivals&Awards
2010 5th Beijing Independent Film Festival Screening
2011 Yunzhinan Documentary Video Exhibition Screening
2011 8th China Independent Imaging Annual Exhibition Screening
2012 Hong Kong Film Cultural Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University, Radio Hong Kong "Record China" special screening
Director Statement
798 is so lively now! Government intervention, business management, fashion attention, tourists are weaving, and squandering is gradually becoming charming. I can't relate it to the place full of weeds in 2002.
In this era, nothing cannot be consumed. Some people speak dryly, while others can only shut up. Art is just McDonald's, and we all wish we were stupid.
I decided to record the truth, a small part of the truth. It took me more than two years to complete this task, and I interviewed nearly 100 artists and people in the art world. Thanks to everyone who doesn't want to shut up.
Festivals&Awards
2010 5th Beijing Independent Film Festival Screening
2011 Yunzhinan Documentary Video Exhibition Screening
2011 8th China Independent Imaging Annual Exhibition Screening
2012 Hong Kong Film Cultural Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University, Radio Hong Kong "Record China" special screening
Director Statement
798 is so lively now! Government intervention, business management, fashion attention, tourists are weaving, and squandering is gradually becoming charming. I can't relate it to the place full of weeds in 2002.
In this era, nothing cannot be consumed. Some people speak dryly, while others can only shut up. Art is just McDonald's, and we all wish we were stupid.
I decided to record the truth, a small part of the truth. It took me more than two years to complete this task, and I interviewed nearly 100 artists and people in the art world. Thanks to everyone who doesn't want to shut up.
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Cast
ZHENG Kuo
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