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By Xu Wenwen |
October 15, 2009, Thursday
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PHOENIX Creative International, the launch project of Zhijiang Cultural Creative Town in Hangzhou Zhijiang National Tourist Holiday Resort. is one of the 10 industrial zones of culture and creation supported by the Hangzhou Municipal Government.
With an area of about 221,000 square meters, the creative town is an industrial belt of "two centers with one line," comprised of Phoenix Creative International Garden, near the Xiangshan Campus of China Academy of Fine Arts, and the reserve garden space between them.
The creative garden has been built in the 28,000-square-meter area formerly used for manufacturing and housing by the Shuangliu Concrete Factory. It still features huge chimneys, rusted steel stairs, large spaces and all kinds of signs of obsolete factory equipment.
These areas have been allocated with different creative purposes: Six lofty column buildings used for cement raw material have been adapted for creative use such as studios.
The finishing room is an avant-garde reception hall, the warehouse has been converted into a high-class art club, and two large overhaul shops became a 1,000-square-meter sound stage which is also an exhibition hall for fashion and art shows.
The "four zeros" space, consisting of four huge cement barrels, is a platform for international art exhibitions, which will be presented in collaboration with the Berlin University of Arts.
The university will arrange for intermittent exhibitions and lectures by German teachers and students.
Located in a supreme holiday destination area, the creative garden lies comfortably with the confluence of mountain, water, big trees and fresh air.
Its rustic, creative feeling comes the obsolete workshop environment and mottled walls with the creative factory slogans from two or three decades ago.
Being close to the Xiangshan Campus of China Academy of Fine Arts, students are welcome not only to visit but also to create.
Since the area was partly open to the public last year, 45 enterprises have been selected to settle in, including big names like Tsai Chih Chung Cartoon Studio and the Hesign International from Germany, as well as 19 enterprise teams consisting of teachers and students from China Academy of Fine Arts.
This month, the garden is holding a "Phoenix Creative International Week" which includes a series of free art shows.
Master of Cartoon from Taiwan: Tsai Chih Chung's Cartoon World
Date: through October 20
Tsai is a master in comic adaptation of literature and Oriental philosophy. He drew his first comic pages at the age of 17. In 1971 he became art director of the Kuan Chi Program Service and five years later he founded the Far East Animation Production Co and the Dragon Production Co.
In 1983 Tsai created the characters of Drunken Swordsman, Fat Dragon, One-eyed Marshal and Bold Supersleuth which he used in several series for various magazines.
His comics were widely distributed, not only in China, but also in Singapore, Japan, the United States and some European countries.
Hollywood Appearance: Works of Garson Yu
Date: through October 20
Yu, a native of Hong Kong, has collaborated with many film makers for his title design work, including heavyweight directors Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, John Woo, Sydney Pollack and Ridley and Tony Scott.
Yu has won numerous awards for his design and motion graphic work, such as two Emmy nominations, the New York Art Directors Club Award, three BDA Awards and Monitor Award.
Book Worm-Phoenix international book design invitation exhibition
Date: through October 20
As the most important section of 2009 Phoenix International Design Festival, it has invited some 60 international designers, editors, professors and writers from 30 countries. The show exhibits 300 books, which are all top graphic design works.
Advertising & Branding: Marken Film Show
Date: through October 20
Markenfilm Co from Germany is one of the world's biggest advertising companies and known as "the small Hollywood in the forest" because it sits in the Weald Forest. Several screens will show videos of Markenfilm's documentaries, business promotion movies and other classical productions.
Basha-Hongqi (1st show)
Date: through October 31
Basha tribe is tucked away in southwestern China's Guizhou Province in the Miao and Dong autonomous prefectures. The tribe has its own laws, customs and living habits. Even after hundreds of years, few know of its existence.
Hongqi is a Chinese oil painter and also the first artist to choose Basha as his main theme of artworks. The exhibition is a representative display of his Basha art that has lasted for 20 years.
QingArt Notes - Survey Series of Young Artists in Hangzhou (I): Debutants' Social Talks
Date: through November 15
The multi-faceted activities of "QingArt Notes - Survey Series of Young Artists in Hangzhou," based on interpretations of artists' creations, try to display their different styles in various shows under different themes.
In the first section, the "Debutants" denotes that some young artists, though inexperienced, step out of their narrow universe and establish a big world, in which they are no longer self-centered and childish. "Debutants' Social Talks" is also concerned with another type of artist who works in the "pure world" to explore a new art language, perhaps another world's language.
Address: 1 Chuangyi Rd
How to get there: Take Bus 308 (the big bus stop, not the ordinary one) and get off at Chuangyi Road Stop. The center is at Huansha and Jiefang roads.
With an area of about 221,000 square meters, the creative town is an industrial belt of "two centers with one line," comprised of Phoenix Creative International Garden, near the Xiangshan Campus of China Academy of Fine Arts, and the reserve garden space between them.
The creative garden has been built in the 28,000-square-meter area formerly used for manufacturing and housing by the Shuangliu Concrete Factory. It still features huge chimneys, rusted steel stairs, large spaces and all kinds of signs of obsolete factory equipment.
These areas have been allocated with different creative purposes: Six lofty column buildings used for cement raw material have been adapted for creative use such as studios.
The finishing room is an avant-garde reception hall, the warehouse has been converted into a high-class art club, and two large overhaul shops became a 1,000-square-meter sound stage which is also an exhibition hall for fashion and art shows.
The "four zeros" space, consisting of four huge cement barrels, is a platform for international art exhibitions, which will be presented in collaboration with the Berlin University of Arts.
The university will arrange for intermittent exhibitions and lectures by German teachers and students.
Located in a supreme holiday destination area, the creative garden lies comfortably with the confluence of mountain, water, big trees and fresh air.
Its rustic, creative feeling comes the obsolete workshop environment and mottled walls with the creative factory slogans from two or three decades ago.
Being close to the Xiangshan Campus of China Academy of Fine Arts, students are welcome not only to visit but also to create.
Since the area was partly open to the public last year, 45 enterprises have been selected to settle in, including big names like Tsai Chih Chung Cartoon Studio and the Hesign International from Germany, as well as 19 enterprise teams consisting of teachers and students from China Academy of Fine Arts.
This month, the garden is holding a "Phoenix Creative International Week" which includes a series of free art shows.
Master of Cartoon from Taiwan: Tsai Chih Chung's Cartoon World
Date: through October 20
Tsai is a master in comic adaptation of literature and Oriental philosophy. He drew his first comic pages at the age of 17. In 1971 he became art director of the Kuan Chi Program Service and five years later he founded the Far East Animation Production Co and the Dragon Production Co.
In 1983 Tsai created the characters of Drunken Swordsman, Fat Dragon, One-eyed Marshal and Bold Supersleuth which he used in several series for various magazines.
His comics were widely distributed, not only in China, but also in Singapore, Japan, the United States and some European countries.
Hollywood Appearance: Works of Garson Yu
Date: through October 20
Yu, a native of Hong Kong, has collaborated with many film makers for his title design work, including heavyweight directors Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, John Woo, Sydney Pollack and Ridley and Tony Scott.
Yu has won numerous awards for his design and motion graphic work, such as two Emmy nominations, the New York Art Directors Club Award, three BDA Awards and Monitor Award.
Book Worm-Phoenix international book design invitation exhibition
Date: through October 20
As the most important section of 2009 Phoenix International Design Festival, it has invited some 60 international designers, editors, professors and writers from 30 countries. The show exhibits 300 books, which are all top graphic design works.
Advertising & Branding: Marken Film Show
Date: through October 20
Markenfilm Co from Germany is one of the world's biggest advertising companies and known as "the small Hollywood in the forest" because it sits in the Weald Forest. Several screens will show videos of Markenfilm's documentaries, business promotion movies and other classical productions.
Basha-Hongqi (1st show)
Date: through October 31
Basha tribe is tucked away in southwestern China's Guizhou Province in the Miao and Dong autonomous prefectures. The tribe has its own laws, customs and living habits. Even after hundreds of years, few know of its existence.
Hongqi is a Chinese oil painter and also the first artist to choose Basha as his main theme of artworks. The exhibition is a representative display of his Basha art that has lasted for 20 years.
QingArt Notes - Survey Series of Young Artists in Hangzhou (I): Debutants' Social Talks
Date: through November 15
The multi-faceted activities of "QingArt Notes - Survey Series of Young Artists in Hangzhou," based on interpretations of artists' creations, try to display their different styles in various shows under different themes.
In the first section, the "Debutants" denotes that some young artists, though inexperienced, step out of their narrow universe and establish a big world, in which they are no longer self-centered and childish. "Debutants' Social Talks" is also concerned with another type of artist who works in the "pure world" to explore a new art language, perhaps another world's language.
Address: 1 Chuangyi Rd
How to get there: Take Bus 308 (the big bus stop, not the ordinary one) and get off at Chuangyi Road Stop. The center is at Huansha and Jiefang roads.
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