A girl from Guiyang weaves her great-grandmother's old dreams,
Gelatin Silver Prints entwine memories of mountains and seas
In the first act, Guiyang-born He Zike reconstructs the fragmented memories of her great-grandmother’s later years of forgetfulness by navigating between archive and imagination. The southwestern hinterland of China connects with the cosmopolis of Shanghai through silver - born of supernova explosions - that becomes silver salt, silver coins, and silverware. From the sea of mountains in the southwest to a vanished female Shanghainese photographer, and then Lumière's celluloid ghost, a dream of the past will be projected across a century.
Lecturer: He Zike
Performers: Wang Wanna, Zhu Yue
Yue opera excerpts: Questioning the Husband, Questing after the Husband, Visiting the Wife in the Mulberry Garden, The Desert Prince, among others.
Artist
He Zike (b.1990, Guiyang, China) is an artist who works with mediums including video, writing, performance, prints, and computer programs. By incorporating personal memories into her research and fieldwork, He Zike’s practice illuminates the interplay between time, mundane lives, and the technological environment. She weaves the disorder beneath the surface of contemporary life through a narrative approach.She is the finalist of the 5th VH Award of Hyundai Motor Group, and was selected in the residency program of Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council in 2023. In 2021, she co-initiated the interdisciplinary project “Under the Cloud” which visits and studies the technological infrastructure in Southwest China. Her works have been exhibited in the 14th Shanghai Biennale (2023); Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria (2023); Beijing Biennale (2022), among others.
Performer
Zhu Yue, graduated from Beijing Dance Academy and is now a young teacher of Zhejiang University.
Starring in dance dramas:Loess Ballads, Farewell, Xiahe Bowa, Wait- maid, Ye Jintian's Peach Blossom Garden, World-Mother Dhara, those stories. Dance works: the Zen Theory of the double-headed Buddha and Mad Niang. Starred in the cross-border performance of the famous Israeli dancer Emile Colburn and young dancer Wang Yabin.
Independent choreographers: Ji and Falling Snow won the Golden Award for choreography and performance by the professional group of Singapore International Arts Festival; choreographer dance video work X.Y. was selected for China Dance Image Exhibition, Macau ROLLOUT Dance Image Exhibition and San Francisco Dance Film Festival; directed and performed dance video Rhapsody won the Best work Award of Beijing International Film Festival and KUKI's International Short Film Festival International Film week. The independent director of the dance video work Uninvited Guests was selected for the Beijing International Film Festival-Dance Film Art season.
Wang Wanna is currently a young actress with Shanghai Yue Opera Troupe, and a representative of a new generation of disciples in “Xu (Yulan) Artistic Style”. She graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy, majoring in Xiao Sheng (Young Male Character), and studied under the guidance of Wang Xiuyue, a famous actress, and Qian Huili, a contemporary Yue Opera artist.
Previous Works:Dream of the Red Chamber (Hong Lou Meng), Prince Liu Chen (Bei Di Wang), Chasing Fish (Zhui Yu), The Romance of West Bower (Xi Xiang Ji), Jade Hairpin (Yu Zan Ji), The Legend of Chunxiang (Chunxiang Zhuan), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Zhong Xia Ye Zhi Meng), Twelve Characters (Shi Er Jiao Se), Red Chamber: The Music Theatre of Yue Opera, Vision (Wei Shen).
Previous Awards: In 2018, she received the "Newcomer Leading Character Award" at the 28th Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performance Awards. In 2019, she was selected for the 7th Shanghai Literature and Art Award "Young Artists Development Program", and won the "Golden Art Award" in the "Yuemei Zhonghua" National Yue Opera Youth Actors/Actresses Grand Performance. In 2021, she received the "Silver Award" at the "Leixiang Zhonghua" National Youth Opera Invitational Tournament. In 2022, she received the Shanghai Youth May Fourth Medal (Individual). In 2023, she received the “China International Arts Festival Rising Artists Works”.
贵阳姑娘重构太婆旧梦，银盐胶片纠缠山海记忆
其间，贵阳人贺子珂在档案和想象的间隙中重构晚年患有遗忘症的曾祖母碎片的记忆。联动西南腹地与万国上海，从超新星爆发中诞生的银元素变成了银盐、银元与银器，从西南的山之海、消失的上海女摄影家，到卢米埃尔和胶片的幽灵，隔空投送着跨越一个世纪的旧梦。
主讲：贺子珂
表演：王琬娜 朱月
越剧选段：《盘夫索夫》《桑园访妻》《沙漠王子》等
艺术家：
贺子珂（1990年生于中国贵阳）的创作包括影像、写作、表演、印刷物、装置和计算机程序。通过将个人记忆纳入她的研究和在地工作，贺子珂的作品揭示了时间、世俗生活和技术环境之间的相互作用，并通过叙事探查其有序表面之下的混乱。她参加的展览包括第十四届上海双年展（2023）；奥地利林茨Ars Electronica（2023）和第一届北京双年展（2022）。2022年她获得了现代汽车集团第五届VH Award亚洲新媒体艺术影像奖项的入围项目支持，并入选了瑞士文化基金会2023年驻留项目。她同时也是走访和研究中国西南科技基础设施的跨学科项目“云下贵州”的联合发起人。
表演者：
朱月，本硕毕业于北京舞蹈学院,现为浙江大学青年教师。
领衔主演舞剧：《黄土歌谣》、《别》、《霞谐帛瓦》、《Wait—女仆》、叶锦添作品《桃花源》、《界——母陀罗》、《那些故事》。舞蹈作品：《双头佛的禅说》、《疯娘》主演“舞动无界”跨界演出以色列著名舞蹈家埃米尔.科尔本及青年舞蹈家王亚彬艺术作品。
独立编创作品：《极》、《落雪》获新加坡国际艺术节专业组编导、表演金奖；编舞舞蹈影像作品《X.Y.》入选中国舞蹈影像展、澳门ROLLOUT舞蹈影像展及美国旧金山舞蹈电影节；导演并表演舞蹈影像《狂想》获北京国际电影节大学生电影节“最佳作品奖”以及KUKI's International Short Film Festival国际电影周；独立导演舞蹈影像作品《不速之客》入选北京国际电影节—舞影艺术季。
王婉娜
上海越剧院青年演员，“徐（玉兰）派”传人，毕业于上海戏剧学院，工小生，师从著名演员汪秀月、当代越剧表演艺术家钱惠丽。
主要剧目：《红楼梦》、《北地王》、《追鱼》、《西厢记》、《玉簪记》、《春香传》、《仲夏夜之梦》、《十二角色》、《红楼•音越剧场》、《微神/Vision》等。
主要奖项：2018年获第28届上海白玉兰戏剧表演艺术奖·新人主角奖；2019年入选上海第七届上海文学艺术奖“青年文艺家培养计划”；获越美中华——全国越剧青年演员大汇演新蕾组“金艺奖”；2021年获擂响中华——全国青年戏曲邀请赛银奖；2022年获上海市青年五四奖章个人。2023年入选中国上海国际艺术节“扶持青年艺术家计划”。
