Publisher's Synopsis
Chinese artist Yang Fudong's work reflects the ideals and anxieties of a generation born after the Cultural Revolution, struggling to find their place in the fast-paced changes of society. His films and film-installations feature an a-temporal and dreamlike quality in long and suspended sequences, dividing narratives, and multiple story lines. In his most recent multi-channel film-installations, Yang shifts his attention more and more toward a reflection on the process of filmmaking, transcending his traditional working process of shooting-editing-screening. Yang Fudong compares these spatial open-ended films to a contemporary form of the Chinese hand scroll. This edited book includes a comprehensive selection of Yang Fudong's photographic and film work, as well as newly commissioned theoretical essays by renowned film-scholar Rey Chow, artists and curators Ho Rui An and Colin Chinnery.
