Classic of the Mountains and Seas

Dan
Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:05:48 +0000
Projects, historic, light, outdoor, projection, river, zone-a

Video projection based on Shan Hai Jing (Book of Ancient Chinese Geography), an important precedent for narrative by image from ancient China.

Shan Hai Jing, according to Wikipedia, “is a Chinese classic text that is at least 2,200 years old. It is largely a fabled geographical and cultural account of pre-Qin China as well as a collection of mythology.” It is also an important precedent of narrative by image. During the dinosaur extinction and and the rise of human civilization, an era in which old and new phase caused such a graphic narrative.

Shan Hai Jing, explores the power of magic and myth, and promoted the development of human civilization. It represents the ancient Chinese belief of the mountains and nature, which also records the symbols of the ancient myths, opened the human imagination and creativity.

The Yellow River originates from the ancient gods’ image. The Mississippi runs through two cities of industrial civilization. Animation and visual image narrative in Classic of the Mountains and Seas will re-constitute a collision of East and West. With rotating projector positions, mechanical movement, and visual integration in the outdoor space installation creates a contemporary visual chapter of this classic text.

Liu Xuguang

Vice-Professor, Ma supervisor in Beijing Film Academy

Vice-Director of Fine Art Department BFA

Director of New
Media Art Lab. BFA

2004, Graduate from Tsinghua University, PhD of Fine Art

1996, Teaching in Tokyo University of Art as tutor at Contemporary Art Studio

1995, Graduate from Saitama University, Tokyo University of the Arts, MA Fine Art

2010, group show, The 6th World Summit on Internet and Multimedia International Digital Arts Competition (WSIM-IDAC 2010), Shenyang China, Art work: “I” awarded “The Best Interactivity”

2010, group show, Great Abstract Arts from Celestial, National Art Museum of China, Beijing China

2009, group show, Encounters: The Past Reconfigured, Nash Gallery Regis Center for Art, University of Minnesota

2009, group show, Yipai–Century Thinking Contemporary Art Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing China

2007，group show, The Third Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Chengdu China

2006, solo show, 2006 Marks, Refined Nest Gallery, Shanghai Beijing