“So this is a place beyond the outside world.”
Among one of the most interesting artists is Chinese-born Bo Wang. In his 2012 “visual essay” titled “China Concerto” he gives insight on contemporary spectacles in modern China from public dance performances to political speeches in order to question the hidden ideological layers of these images. Even though China, as a modern economic power, may have accepted the realities of capitalism and commerce in the globalized world, it still holds various aspects of “communist totalitarianism”. This particular throwback to times of communist rule, the orchestral hierarchy of these public events may represent a certain kind of longing to this time in Chinese history or at least the fact the ideological principles of the past have not disappeared completely.
Obviously, Wang’s statements are divisive, but they should certainly shed some light to the hidden agenda behind spectacles and images in modern-day China.
Among one of the most interesting artists is Chinese-born Bo Wang. In his 2012 “visual essay” titled “China Concerto” he gives insight on contemporary spectacles in modern China from public dance performances to political speeches in order to question the hidden ideological layers of these images. Even though China, as a modern economic power, may have accepted the realities of capitalism and commerce in the globalized world, it still holds various aspects of “communist totalitarianism”. This particular throwback to times of communist rule, the orchestral hierarchy of these public events may represent a certain kind of longing to this time in Chinese history or at least the fact the ideological principles of the past have not disappeared completely.
Obviously, Wang’s statements are divisive, but they should certainly shed some light to the hidden agenda behind spectacles and images in modern-day China.
- 5/5/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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