Archive for October 2008

That Obama video

Oct 30th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff...
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For those interested in that kind of thing you can watch the 30 minute Obama video here.
A funny one

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2 events this evening

Oct 30th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff...

Both at 6pm
Rolf Kluenter at 696 Weihai Road Stageback Gallery
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Jenny Ji’s International Fashion week, in Fuxing Park, a part of Shanghai Fashion week
(Is it Shangai Fashion Week? Didn’t know that…)

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Oct 30th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff...

Ifa has a new show ‘ink games’

“‘Ink Games’ takes a revealing look at the universe of Dai Guangyu: a metamorphosis of ink, its symbolic power and its cultural, social and political references. Across the different floors o...


Paintblog: 4 modernizations

Oct 30th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Paintblog, Random Shanghai stuff...
Paintblog: 4 modernizations

THere is some interesting bickering between Shanghai internet users and ‘waidiren’ ie. those from outside the city on this website. THe term Waidiren can be used in any city to refer to outsiders, in fact it is used a lot in Beijing too, a...


News Round up

Oct 29th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff...

Not an awful lot of news to be honest.
THe Art Students League of NYC is offering an artist in residency, foreign applicants can try too, selection entirely on merit.
MYARTSPACE has just announced revisions to the rules of its $16,000 Cash...


Big foot found – again!

Oct 28th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff...
Big foot found – again!

This is also getting tedious, but anyhow Bigfoot has shown up again

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Paintblog, new works

Oct 27th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Paintblog, Random Shanghai stuff...

The web pixies are playing up, so my post picture function is down, so here’s a slideshow of latest works

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ICS to do Shanghai art week, starts monday with ‘meet the artist’

Oct 26th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Paintblog, Random Shanghai stuff...

Shanghai’s English language channel ICS is doing a daily series of art related programmes next week.
You’ll have to live in Shanghai to watch them, ICS’s footprint is limited to the fair metropolis.
Interviewees include, ...


War nerd on Pakistan

Oct 26th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff...

THe War Nerd does some analysis of Pakistan…
Quote:
The whole country’s a disaster. One of those classic British-made disasters. One thing I’m learning in this business is the Brits messed up more places on this planet than anybo...


The crash- a tour of London’s financial sector

Oct 26th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff...

Radio 4 has this offering:
City veteran John McLaren visits the Square Mile to meet bankers and headhunters, shop owners and cab drivers, to find out how they are coping with the current economic turmoil and what the future may hold.

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