Song Tao, From Last Century, 2004-6 (34minutes, 7seconds)

Song Tao, From Last Century, 2004-6 (34minutes, 7seconds)

September 28, 2013 to December 31, 2013

Artist Song Tao’s three-part video (34 min.) humorously and poetically engages the dynamic cityscape of Shanghai, China’s largest metropolis. The artist and his cast transform public wastebaskets, crowded bus stops, wide boulevards, and sprawling high rises into spaces of play and personal reflection. Incorporating field recordings and experimental music, the video highlights quixotic details of everyday life in one of the world’s most rapidly developing cities. This exhibition is linked to an upcoming group show of contemporary Chinese photography at UO’s White Box Gallery in Portland in 2014. The JSMA will host a related conference on contemporary Chinese art and globalization on October 5, organized by Art History Professor Jenny Lin and sponsored by the Confucius Institute, CAPS, Oregon Humanities Center, School of Architecture & Allied Arts, and the Department of the History of Art & Architecture. Made possible in part by an Academic Support Grant.