The Lyrical Video Art of Yang Fudong
January 25, 2018
Shanghai-based Yang Fudong is a moving image artist whose works have a poetic, dreamlike feel that focuses on China’s youth.
"All Eyes on China"
Jessica Kneipp
Jessica grew up in the tropics of North Australia. She writes about films, and occasionally gets to write and direct them.
She has a love of silent films, they are the closest she will ever get to "time travel." However, on some real travels she spotted a polar bear while visiting the Arctic, and has enjoyed the view of the Mongolian plains on a train from Russia to China.
Her favorite fruit is pomegranate and her most memorable gift is a Super 8 camera from her husband, which she is keen to shoot some footage of Antarctic icebergs on one day.
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