Danwei TV Hard Hat Show: Art, trash and kebabs

This episode is a tour of Beijing's Dashanzi Art District (aka Factory 798) during its annual festival, including interviews with artists, festival organizers and visitors. The district was recently threatened with demolition, and the episode tells the story of how the unique cultural space was saved.

Credits: Shot and edited by Anna Sophie Loewenberg and Luke Mines, presented by Jeremy Goldkorn, music by Fernando Fidanza

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Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• China
• Beijing
• 798
• art
• factory
• Dashanzi
• avant-garde
• chai
• demolition
• culture
• propaganda
• performance
• sculpture
• painting

[PrometheanRunGood]

I get the feeling that these Chinese artists don't really "get it". Their's is a poor copy of what organically grew out of the American counter culture and the Warhol circle. China didn't go through the same process, so why would China's avant garde movement look just like NY's Soho or Greenwich village?

They are doing China a disservice. What they are doing is irrelevant to Chinese society and what it is trying to say. As much as I hate Warhol, China needs its own 32 Campbell's Soup Cans.

[pandasuicides]

save the kebabs!

[alpswissart]

great the cut up in performance

[heilong79]

wow they know far too much about the west. Id say alot of the exhibits are copied from western ones, like the people half painted with the wall. The yang rou chaurrr was the most intresting thing that day.

[rockmax2000]

i've been 798 late last year. i found it's not as exciting as i thought....... a bit of dispointed.....

[jellymanli]

'thats some fucking performance' LOL

[tescowholefoods]

these fucking idiots

[Jasonleenyc]

Haha, it is so damn funny when sofei asked one resident like "is it garbage?", the guy replied :"it is some fcking performance"

[icirobin]

Again, awesome work! Bravo to you guys. I hope you go on with this very informative, "fillin up the gap" work of yours.

[lilmungbean]

I enjoyed viewing your documentaries!