 |
 |
Apologies for cross-posting 'A turning away from debates that have not been concluded', Ting-Ting Cheng, 13 June 2019, 6pm, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Market Buildings, Thomas Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 1EU This is a FREE event, but booking via Eventbrite is recommended as there is limited capacity: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-turning-away-from-debates-that-have-not-been-concluded-tickets-62391380298 As part of her Archive & Library Artist Residency at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA), artist Ting-Ting Cheng is presenting a collaborative performative project 'A turning away from debates that have not been concluded' with Manchester based performers Edenamiuki Aigoubasinmwin, Praewa Bulthaweenan, Hanaa Cara and Naomi Sumner Chan. The performance revisits a seminar organised by Chinese Arts Centre (the predecessor of CFCCA) in 1998, titled 'A New Vocabulary for Chinese Arts?', which intended to redefine the terminology for Chinese Arts, raising the questions of 'who needs labels? And why? Is it for artists to identify themselves or for others to define them?' Without photos and audio recordings, the only documentation of the seminar is a textual report held in the CFCCA Archive collection (http://archive.cfcca.org.uk/index.php/Detail/library/3757). According to the report, there was a debate occurred at the end of the seminar, where the speakers and attenders together discussed the issues raised. Followed the information found on the report, Cheng interviewed the speakers and attenders of the seminar 21 years later, discussing the same questions in the current context. What has changed? Are we still facing the same situation? During the residency, Cheng invited four Manchester based performers of different backgrounds to discuss the topics. Combining the report, the interviews, the discussion with local performers, along with materials found in the archive collection as well as other related essays, Cheng has written a conversation, which would be enacted by the four performers. The re-staged debates are constantly evolving, growing and repeating. As the title suggests, it’s a debate that has never been concluded. Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra