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SUMMARY:Crossings in the Real: Ethnographic and Documentary Voices in Sino
 phone Cinema (Session 4: Boundaries of Art)
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DESCRIPTION:This screening programme explores a collection of Sinophone fi
 lms whose genres sit in between an ethnographic film\, documentary\, essay
  film\, and fiction. Through this screening journey\, we will engage with 
 various languages\, narratives\, perspectives\, styles and textures of fil
 ms that come across and reflect on the ever-changing realities of contempo
 rary Chinese society – rich with nuances\, obscurities\, complexities\, 
 and uncertainties. The series will cover four themes\, including COVID-19\
 , Gender\, Art and Society\, and Rural-Urban\, and will run from Feb to Ma
 y 2026.\n\nSession 4 (Boundaries of Art):\nChina's Van Goghs 中国梵高\
 nDirectors: Yu Haibo\, Yu Tianqi Kiki\nRegion: Mainland China \nRun Time: 
 82 min \nScreening Talk and Q&A: with Dr Yu Tianqi Kiki (in-person)\nSynop
 sis: An intimate portrait of a peasant-turned oil painter transitioning fr
 om making copies of iconic Western paintings to creating his own authentic
  works of art. \n\nChina’s Van Goghs tells the story of the world’s la
 rgest oil painting reproduction village - Dafen Oil Painting Village (大
 芬油画村) in Shenzhen - and how its peasant painters\, after years of 
 copying Western masterpieces\, confront reality\, face themselves\, and na
 vigate the complex choices between morality\, livelihood\, and artistic pu
 rsuit. The film documents the difficulties\, struggles\, despair\, and hop
 e that these painters experience on their journey of transformation\, as w
 ell as the clash and compromise between personal ideals and everyday reali
 ty. At the same time\, the transformation of the Dafen painters mirrors th
 e complexities and contradictions in China’s broader shift in the 21st c
 entury from Made in China to Created in China. It also critiques the exclu
 sivity of the mainstream contemporary art world and the absurdity of how s
 ociety assigns value to art.
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LOCATION:Pembroke College - Pichette Auditorium\, Pichette Auditorium Pemb
 roke College St Aldates Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1DW United Kingdom
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