Li Zhenhua (李振华) recently organized an exhibition at the Walker Art Center (in Minneapolis) called “Virtual China.” The aim of the exhibit was to bring out the new face of the Chinese city. To do so, he enlisted the aid of fellow artists as well as fellow netizens, who were encouraged to email him pictures from their everyday lives. By uploading and downloading…

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Teenager drops out of high school. He pursues writing. He enters Sina’s online writing competition. He wins. He receives high praise from the judges. He is to be published by Zhaohua Publishing House.

Is this a one off phenomenon, or is the internet providing alternate gateways for expression (for those who don’t follow the traditional path of school)?

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We blogged about ziboy’s photo exhibition, “Here-Photoblogger Ziboy’s Self Expression” here; we did not, however, lay down his ulterior motive:

“The purpose is to demonstrate photography as a medium that overcomes
language. Using the form of photoblogs on the internet to promote
exchange and understanding among people from different countries and
locations.”

We found (on…

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Starting this Saturday, for those of you in Beijing. (April 29 to May 21.) Go.

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Cao Fei (blogged about here) explores the interplay between cosplay and the real world in a set of clever photographs. For example:

Which alludes to the manga/anime Saint Seiya:

The set of photographs can be found here. (Sidenote: they use Macs!?)

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Current exhibit at the famed ShanghART gallery in Shanghai: a video and installation piece by 31 year old Xu Zhen who took a team to the top of Everest with ice saws and pulleys, sawed off a 1.86 meter (his own height) slice of the peak, and brought it home for display.

Who cares how tall Everest really…

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