Archive for April 2010

The Future of fashion…

Apr 30th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...
Zhongyuan Wang

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A global industry generating $1.3 trillion in annual revenue, fashion
faces the same issues affecting most other industries, including aging
populations, shifting values, and accelerating technological change.
A new report by Levi St...


Shanghai Expo will be 175 Woodstocks…

Apr 30th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...

The Washington Post reports
Quote:
SHANGHAI — Take the crowd that attended Woodstock in 1969, multiply it by 175 and dump the result in the middle of the world’s most populous city. That is, in effect, what China plans to do at...


PRESSER: May 1st concert

Apr 30th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...

Charming China 2010—Song Zuying’s Large Concert
Invitation (urgent)
To further show the infinite charm of Chinese culture and Chinese music to the world, to build a bridge for art communication around the world, and also to cheer for ...


Presser: May 1st is free comic book day

Apr 30th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...

Saturday, May 1 is Free Comic Book Day. This annual promotion exposes new readers to the medium and rewards loyal patrons with a free comic book produced especially for the occasion.
Fantagraphics contribution to Free Comic Book Day is a delight...


PRESSER: China Guardian 2010 Spring Auctions

Apr 30th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...

China Guardian 2010 Spring Auctions
Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, Chinese Oil Paintings and Sculptures,
Porcelain and Works of Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Jadeite
Preview:May 12-14, 2010
Auction:May 15-18, 2010
V...


Podcast on Expo culture

Apr 29th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...

Podcast here from the Kungfuology blog.
We’ve gone a bit podcast crazy at Shanghai Eye towers, partly due to doctor’s advice- according to the doc Shanghai Eye has ironically? somehow dislodged his eyeball! Yes, on doc’s advice...


PRESSER: Cai Guo-Qiang Shanghai show

Apr 29th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...

Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant Da Vincis
Inaugural Exhibition For Rockbund Art Museum
4 May – 25 July 2010
Coincides with World Expo
Rockbund Art Museum
20 Huqiu Road, Huangpu District
Shanghai, 200002
China
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***UPDATED*** International Artists Day in Shanghai @Weihai 696

Apr 28th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading
***UPDATED*** International Artists Day in Shanghai @Weihai 696

May 8-9 is the international artists day weekend in Shanghai, the majority of festivities will be on May 8, though studios will be open the whole weekend. Various things planned such as a performance by a Spanish sound artist in the Office 339 space f...


Shanghai music scene…

Apr 28th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...

An article appears here on the Guardian …its a bit odd as it later quotes long defunct SH magazine…
Quote:
Away from China’s mainstream rock scene – where shoe brands spend their budgets building tour buses to take the ...


Shanghai’s new ROCK Bund Art Museum

Apr 27th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...
Shanghai’s new ROCK Bund Art Museum

Here are some photos of the new Rockbund museum/ most of the work in progress stuff for the upcoming Cai Guo Qiang show I decided not to show, as it really wasn’t ready a lot of it, so it would kind of ruin it, bit like seeing star wars before i...