The Revolution Will Not Be Air-conditioned (2022)
Inventory of the Week
Curated by Anca Rujoiu
Organized by Solitide Project and the National Center for Dance Bucharest
19:00 Tuesday 09.05.2023
Sala Omnia, Bucharest, Romania
Non-Fiction Journal Issue #5:
The Obsolete and The Resurrected: Archaeological Cinema in Asia
Edited by Pan Lu and Bo Wang
In the form of video essay, scholarly research and diary-like writings, the authors in this edition respond to the tensions between the old and the new in cinematic media in the context of Asia in both 20th and 21st century.
Non-Fiction #5 The Obsolete and The Resurrected: Archaeological Cinema in Asia features contributions from Timmy Chen, Kao Chung-li, Qin Dao, Rosalia Engchuan, Ruby Hsieh, Shota T. Ogawa, Ma Ran, Kim Soyoung, John Torres, Bo Wang, Pan Lu and Yu Araki.
Non-Fiction is a journal from Open City Documentary Festival.
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An Asian Ghost Story (2023)
★★★ New:Vision Award, CPH:DOX 2023 ★★★
“The winning film is a story told about presences haunting a city for its complex cultural, economical and sociopolitical histories that resonate in the city today. The wig becomes a phantom limb, an amputated part of the body that exists beyond human life and, unlike many people, has the privilege of traveling across borders, and living multiple lives. Exploring the liminality of the living and the dead, the film stages various oral histories, from factory stories to therapy sessions to karaoke. Impeccable, sophisticated and with great wit, the film we give the New:Vision Award to is ‘An Asian Ghost Story’, by Bo Wang.”
- Jury Statement
Upcoming screening:
Marker Program, curated by Jesse Cumming, Hot Docs
Friday April 28th, 2:30pm, TIFF Bell Lightbox 4, Toronto
An Asian Ghost Story (2023)
New:Vision Competition
CPH:DOX
16:45 22.03.2023 Cinemateket, Copenhagen
18:30 24.03.2023 Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
TERRAINFORMING
The 12th Seoul Mediacity Pre-Biennale II
Curated by Rachael Rakes
Dec 10-11, 2022
Sat Dec 10, 20:10-30:30, Mountain and Water: Divergent Memories of Duman
SeMA Seosomun 3F Project Gallery, Seoul
Solo Exhibition:
The Revolution Will Not Be Air-conditioned
Presented by LUX & Open City Documentary Festival
Sep 7 - Oct 15, 2022
LUX, London
Closing Event: In Conversation with George Clark, 4pm Sat Oct 15 2022
The Revolution Will Not Be Air-conditioned
Program: Songs from the Vacant Lot
Curated by Ip Yuk-Yiu
Image Forum Festival
Tokyo: シアター・イメージフォーラム 9/19(MON) 11:00、9/21(WED) 21:00
Kyoto: 京都みなみ会館 10/12(WED) 13:30
Fellows
Curated by Wang Yiquan
Aug 7 - Sep 25, 2022
SNAP, Shanghai
Counter-Archives – Bo Wang in conversation with Tiffany Sia
Open City Documentary Festival,
Festival Hub, 11am Sat Sep 10, 2022
Lonely Vectors
Curated by You Mi, Kenneth Tay, Joella Kiu
Singapore Art Museum
Jun 3 - Sep 4, 2022
Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore
An Asian Ghost Story (2022)
a new commissioned work as part of:
Spinning East Asia Series II: A Net (Dis)entangled
Curated by Weiwei Wang
April 2 - Aug 7, 2022
Centre for Heritage, Arts & Textile, Hong Kong
The Excerpts
Curated by Call Again (Henry Heng Lu, Weibin Wang, and Winnie Wu)
Images Festival, Toronto
July 12, 5:00 am - 11:00 pm (EDT)
The Revolution Will Not Be Air-conditioned (2022)
a new commissioned work as part of:
Lustrous like plastic
Curated by Junni Chen
with Heman Chong, Christopher K. Ho, Bo Wang, and WangShui
April 2 - May 29, 2022
Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson NY, USA
Kathmandu Triennale
Curated by Cosmin Costinas, Sheelasha Rajbhandari and Hit Man Gurung
Feb 11 - Mar 11, 2022
Kathmandu, Nepal
Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings: A Screening with Bo Wang
Some recent works related to Canton trade followed by a conversation with Matthew Shen Goodman
Hosted by Triple Canopy & Asia Art Archives in America
Jan 30, 1-2:30pm EST, 2022
Many Undulating Things (2019)
International Competition, Twilight Zone
Arkipel - Jakarta International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival
Nov 28 - Dec 6, 2021
Online & Offline
I Could Not Recall How I Got Here
with Musquiqui Chihying, Bo Choy, Lee Kai-Chung, Bo Wang, Chris Zhongtian Yuan
Nov 5 - Dec 20, 2021
Tabula Rasa Gallery, London
Many Undulating Things (2019)
The Body and the City
Organized by Goethe Institut & Hong Kong Arts Centre
Sep 9, 20:00, 2021
Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings (2017)
Stories from the South
SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA OPEN AIR | CRITICAL CONDITIONS
Curated by Rosalia Namsai Engchuan
July 17, 21:30, 2021
bi'bak, Berlin
Murmuring Debris and Leaves Silently Fall (2019)
The May 18 Democratic Uprising special program
DMZ Docs On-line theater, Darak
May 14 - 28, 2021
Traces of an Invisible City: Three Notes on Hong Kong (2016)
Space and Place
Taiwan Int'l Documentary Festival
May 4, 5:40pm & May 8, 6:50pm
SPOT Huashan A2
Screening: Tumen Shan-shui (Work-in-progress), co-directed with Xiaoxuan Lu
Elemental Relations: Thinking Ecologically through Artist Films and Videos
Part II: Transnational Histories and Element
Curated by Lukas Brasiskis, Weixian Pan and Xin Zhou
April 14th, 6-8pm with Q&A, 2021
The Happiest Place on Earth
HOTEL ASIA PROJECT 2021
U Trativodu 184 (Prague, Czech Republic)
Ruang MES 56 (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
GALLERY SOAP (Kitakyushu, Japan)
February 7 - 21, 2021
Murmuring Debris and Leaves Silently Fall (2019)
Chinese Language Competition II
Beijing International Short Film Festival
Dec 9, 5pm, 2020
Goethe Institut, Beijing
Everything You've Ever Wanted Is On the Other Side of the Planet
Curated by Hitomi Hasegawa
Dec 7 - Dec 26, 2020
The Angewandte Innovation Laboratory, Vienna, Austria
2020 On The Road
Nomination Exhibition of Chinese Young Artists & Forum of Young Critics
Dec 5 - Dec 16, 2020
Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Many Undulating Things (2019)
Thursday Cinema
SALT, Istabul
7pm, Nov 12- Nov 15, 2020,
Online Screening accessible within Turkey
Many Undulating Things (2019) + Becoming Alluvium (Thao Nguyen Phan, 2019)
Reframe: The (In)Hospitable World
Curated by Kiu-Wai Chu
Asian Film Archive
Nov 20, 2020, 8:00pm
Oldham Theatre, Singapore
Garden of Six Seasons
Curated by Cosmin Costinas
May 15 - Nov 15, 2020
Para Site, Hong Kong
Opening: May 15, 7-9pm
Visuality and Spacetime: Art and Image Practice as Methods
Lecture Series: Contemporary Art Research in Global Perspectives
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
Moderator: You Yang; Lecture Series organized by: Song Xiaoxia
Nov 5, 2020 18:30-21:30 (Beijing time)
Please email for Tencent Meeting number
An Impulse to Turn
Curated by Huang Wenlong, Qian Mengni & Sun Gaorui
Jun 6 - Oct 8, 2020
Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing
Opening: Jun 6, 2pm
Live Conversation with Pan Lu & Huang Wenlong
Jun 20, 3:30pm CST, Tencent Room # 508 895 756
Many Undulating Things (2019)
New Narratives Film Festival
Oct 9, 2020, 7pm
Bopiliao Historic Block Screening Room
Ln. 173, Kangding Rd., Wanhua Dist., Taipei
Screening:
The Exhibition (2015) & Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings (2017)
Sep 12, 2020, 8pm
Aotu Space, Beijing
Post-screening conversation with Pan Lu
Golden Flow
Curated by Yang Zi
Beijing Contemporary Art Expo 2020
Aug 8 - Sep 6, 2020
Chao Art Center, Beijing
Summer Screening II:
The Exhibition (2015) & Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings (2017) & Murmuring Debris and Leaves Silently Fall (2019)
Aug 15, 2020, 3pm
Asia Art Center, M50, Shanghai
Post-screening conversation with Zhou Xin
Summer Screening:
China Concerto (2012) & The Wangs (2016)
Aug 8, 2020, 3pm
Asia Art Center, M50, Shanghai
A rose is a rose is a rose
Curated by Zhou Xin
Dec 20, 2019 - Jul 19, 2020
How Art Museum, Wenzhou
Opening Forum: Friday Dec 20, 6-8pm
Panelists: He An, Shi Yong, Bo Wang, Yao Dajun & Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
moderated by Wu Yan & Zhou Xin
Many Undulating Things (2019)
Top Docs, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Thessaloniki, Greece
Online Exhibition: May 19-28, 2020
Many Undulating Things (2019)
Sundays for Hong Kong II, Berliner Festspiele
Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Online Exhibition: Apr 9-May 7, 2020
2141
FAS Annual Group Exhibition x Rongyi Art Museum
Curated by Huang Kui & Song Xi
Dec 13, 2019 - Feb 20, 2020
Rongyi Art Museum, 4F, No.371 Gaojing Rd, Shanghai
Opening: 4pm, Dec 13, 2019
The Orbit (2019)
State of Motion
Short Film Programme 1: The People We Revisit
Asian Film Archive, Singapore
Feb 1, 2020, 8pm, Oldham Theatre
Murmuring Debris and Leaves Silently Fall (2019)
Wait & See, Perspectives
International Film Festival Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Jan 24, 2020, 2:00pm, Kino 2
Jan 31, 2020, 1:30pm, Kino 2
Murmuring Debris and Leaves Silently Fall (2019)
Here Lead to All Roads
Dec 21-25, 2019
Chaoyang Cultural District, Beibei, Chongqing
The Orbit (2019)
A+ Contemporary @ 2019 Nanjing Art Fair International
Dec 14-17, 2019
Nanjing International Expo Centre Hall 2
300 Jiangdong Middle Road, Jian'ou District, Nanjing
Hong Kong Premiere
Many Undulating Things (2019)
Doc: Asia - Truth & Testaments
Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
Sun Nov 3, 2:25pm, Broadway Circuit
Fri Nov 15, 7:20pm, IFC
Sun Dec 8, 1:00pm, Broadway Circuit
Hot Flows: Pearl River Delta Arts Retrospective in Guangzhou
Curators: Hu Bin, Noah Ng
Program Researcher: Qu Chang
Nov 8 - Dec 3, 2019,
University Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou
Opening Reception: Nov 8, 10am
Immortality, The 5th Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art
curated by Xiaoyu Weng
Sep 12 - Dec 1, 2019, professional preview: Sep 10-11,
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Many Undulating Things (2019)
Asian Perspectives
Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
Thu Nov 21, 1pm, with Skype Q&A
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Life and Dreams: Contemporary Chinese Photography and Media Art
May 13, 2018 - Nov 18, 2019
The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm, Germany
Traces of an Invisible City: Three Notes on Hong Kong (2016)
Collective City, thematic exhibition curated by Beth Hughes
Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism
Sep 7 - Nov 10, 2019, Seoul, South Korea
The Orbit (2019)
Dream Video, West Bund Art & Design 2019
Nov 7 - Nov 10, 2019, West Bund Art Center Hall A
2555 Long Teng Ave, Xuhui District, Shanghai
West Bund Forum: Vertigo, Joker and Toy Story
Panelists: Bo Wang, Chen Xi, Jiang Cheng
Nov 9, 1pm - 3pm
Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings (2017)
Taiwan Documentary Film Festival in Thailand
Shorts 3: Hong Kong Film Program
Fri, Nov 1, 7pm & Sun, Nov 3, 5:30pm with skype Q&A
Doc Lab Theater Warehouse 30, Bangkok, Thailand
Many Undulating Things (2019)
ACC Cinematheque
Oct 16, 3pm, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea
Hot Flows: Pearl River Delta Arts Retrospective in Macao
Curators: Hu Bin, Noah Ng; Program Researcher: Qu Chang
Aug 23 - Oct 13, 2019, Post-Ox Warehouse Experimental Site, Macao
Opening Reception: Aug 22, 6:30pm.
Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings (2017)
Nuances Now, DOKUARTS 12
Oct 11, 6:30pm, German Historical Museum/Zeughauskino, Berlin
Many Undulating Things (2019)
Asiatica Film Festival
In Competition, Oct 1 - Oct 10, 2019, Rome, Italy
Screening: Oct 8, 4:00pm with Q&A, Nuovo Sacher, Roma
Many Undulating Things (2019)
fARAD Documentary Film Festival
Oct 2 - Oct 6, 2019, Arad, Romania
Screening: Oct 5, 6:45pm with Q&A, Cinema Arta, Str. Vasile Alecsandri nr. 2, Arad
11th DMZ Int'l Documentary Film Festival
Sep 20-27, Ilsan, South Korea
Many Undulating Things (2019)
Asian Competition:
Sep 21, 10am at Megabox Ilsanbellacita 103, with Q&A
Sep 23, 11am at Megabox Baekseok Comport 6, with Q&A
Murmuring Debris and Leaves Silently Fall (2018)
Forefront of Asian Documentary: Meet Asian Artists - Collaborative Projects with ACC
with conversations between Jeon Sungkwon, Lee Jangwook, Vimukthi Jayasundara and Bo Wang
Sep 25, 10am at Megabox Ilsanbellacita 102
Many Undulating Things (2019)
Open City Documentary Festival (UK Premiere)
Nominated for Open City Awards, presented to the film that exemplifies an author in control of their subject matter, craft and story.
with Q&A, Thu 05 Sep, 20:30, 2019, Regent Street Cinema, London
Panel: Research as Creative Practice, Thu 05 Sep, 12:00 at Festival Hub - Studio
Screening and Talk: Chungking Global
Co-presented by Asia Art Archive and Tai Kwun Contemporary
Part I: Screening of excerpt from Many Undulating Things (2019), followed by a conversation with Bo Wang, Pan Lu, and Simon Soon.
Part II: Panel with Roberto Castillo, Innocent Mutanga, Eunice Seng, and Ming Tiampo. Moderated by Alice Jim.
Sat Aug 17, 11am-1:30pm, 2019, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
The Orbit (2019)
Group Exhibition: The Racing Will Continue, The Dancing Will Stay
curated by Leo Li Chen
Jun 22 - Aug 18, 2019, Times Museum, Guangzhou, China
Lecture: Jun 20, 19:30, Fangsuo Commune, Guangzhou
Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings (2017)
Throwing Out Bricks: Video Works from Shanghai and Hong Kong
Jul 30, 6:30pm, 2019
Stall O9 Cubao Expo, General Romulo Avenue, Cubao, Quezon City, Manila
Bo Wang: Song for the Dreamless
Jul 6 - 16, 2019, Yell Space, Shanghai
Opening Recption: Jul 6, 15:00-18:00
Screening: Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings (2017)
Jun 29, 3pm, 2019
Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Xiamen
Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings (2017)
Image Forum Festival 2018 in Fukuoka, Program C
11:00 June 21 & 11:00 June 23, 2019
The Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall Cine-La, Fukuoka, Japan
East Asia Film and Inquiry
Panel: The Power of Image- Traces of History
Speakers: Pan Lu, Paul Yeung, Kuo Li-hsin & Bo Wang, moderated by Cheung Tit Leung
May 25, 2019, 1:00pm, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
Lecture: Visuality, Space and the Art Practices as Research Methods,
May 20, 7pm, 2019, Drawing Building B208
Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing
Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings (2017)
May 14, 12:00, 2019, Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool
Pan Lu will be giving a lecture 'Forgetting the unforgettable: monument and the changing spaces of war memory in Greater China' on the same day at 6pm.
World Premiere
Many Undulating Things (2019)
Compétition Internationale Burning Lights, Visions du Réel, Switzerland
16:15 April 11, 2019, Capitole Leone, Nyon
16:00 April 12, 2019, Salle Colombière, Nyon
Essay Film Festival 2019
Traces of an Invisible City (2016) & Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings (2017)
Mar 30, 16:00, 2019, Institute of Contemporary Art, Cinema One, London
Murmuring Debris and Leaves Silently Fall (2018)
ACC Cinema Fund Premier
Feb 27, 14:00, 2019, Theatre 3, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea
11th Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Vision
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Feb 11/19/22,18:30, 2019
Unidentified Landscape Hotel Asia Project 2019
Jan 18-20, 2019, Barrak, Okinawa, Japan
Divergent Memories of Tumen Shan-shui
talk with Xiaoxuan Lu
Nov 24, 2018, 16:10, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
What to let go? | Para Site International Conference 2018
China Concerto (2012) & Dimanche à Pékin (1956)
Oct 15, 2018, 20:00
BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts
Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Brussels
Honored to have China Concerto screened together with Chris Marker's 1956 film Dimanche à Pékin (Sunday in Peking) as part of retrospective "Chris Marker, Memories of the Future" @ BOZAR.
Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings
@East Asian Experimental Competition, 32nd Image Forum Festival
★★★ Award for Excellence ★★★
Theatre Image Forum (TOKYO): 8/7 13:00 Program C
Spiral Hall (TOKYO): 8/11 16:20 Program C
Lumen Gallery (KYOTO): 8/25 19:00 Program C
Yokohama Museum of Art (YOKOHAMA): 9/16 16:30 Program C
Aichi Arts Center (NAGOYA): 9/29 16:30 Program C
Infrastructural Territory: The Spatial Foundation of National Discourse
Jun 30 - Sep 9, 2018
OCAT Shanghai, Shanghai
Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings
Two Channel Video Installation at Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, Shenzhen, China
Dec 15, 2017 - Mar 17, 2018
Building A1, Floor 2, Nantou Walled City, Shenzhen