More Links
Submitted on Friday, 9/16/2011, at 11:02 AM
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Mouth |
| Eric Suen's Empress Dowager |
| A Controversy about Paolo Roversi.. |
| Pixel Perfect Dangin, Pascal; Digital Retouchers; Retouching; Box Studios; Demarchelier, Patrick; Fashion Photography; Photographers |
| Photoshop disasters, a blog Have you seen a truly awful piece of Photoshop work? Clumsy manipulation, senseless comping, lazy cloning and thoughtless retouching are our bread and butter. And yes, deep down, we love Photoshop. |
| Pinar Yolacan Yolacan was born in Ankara, turkey in 1981. She studied fashion at Central Saint Martins and Media at Chelsea School of Art, London. She graduated with a BFA from Cooper Union in New York, USA. |
| Mei Lanfang's eye expressions |
| Mei Lanfang's performing Ji bie Bawang |
| Paris is burning |
| Boy or girl? |
| dragon robes |
| liu Zheng's Peking opera |
| Hu Ge's parody of Chen Kaige's movie - The Promise. |
| Hanfu song |
| Collected drawing of Eileen Chang Click on the icon for Issue number 7 |
| Lust caution |
| The Makioka sisters See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Makioka_Sisters_%28film%29 for more information for information about the kimono, see http://www.hanamiweb.com/kimono.html#wafukufoot and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono |
| A Western Geisha |
| Wearing propaganda |
| Winter Sonata, the Anime http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Sonata http://anime-wintersonata.com/index.html |
| Boys over flowers For the first episode of the anime series, see http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/anime/watch/v158957286mfYgctf#watch%3Dv156066466As2ytyw |
| Matching nose jobs for Valentine's day |
| Sculpting beauty See also http://www.chinese-forums.com/showthread.php?t=3361 |
| Japanese eyes |
| Changing Faces Changing Faces ...and thighs, calves, busts—you name it. from Seoul to Surabaya, Asians are turning to cosmetic surgery like never before. lisa takeuchi cullen investigates |
| Leg extension surgery--China |
| Egypt: ‘Artificial Virginity’ Kit Opposed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/6264656/Egyptian-politicians-call-for-Gigimo-Artificial-Virginity-Hymen-kit-to-be-banned.html |
| A cutting tradition When a girl is taken — usually by her mother — to a free circumcision event held each spring in Bandung, Indonesia, she is handed over to a small group of women who, swiftly and yet with apparent affection, cut off a small piece of her genitals. |
| our vaginas, ourselves |
| More Women Seek Vaginal Plastic Surgery |
| Do My Breast Implants have a Warranty? |
| Orlan= plastic surgery as art |
| Brand, the TV series * Alternative Title: ブランド * Genre: Romance * Film Date: January, 2000 * Total Episodes: 11 * Japan Casts: Imai Miki, Yoshida Eisaku * Description: Imai Miki plays Midori, a fashion industry executive who is dedicated to her job but beginning to wonder if she is not missing something in life. Company colleague and former lover Yoshida Eisaku suggests she needs a husband and children and appears ready to take on the assignment. But Imai insists it is a deeper, more internal question like: "Why was I born and what am I supposed to do in this life?" Little does she know she is about to meet Koichiro, the heir to a tea ceremony empire and a young man who has had all those questions answered for him since birth. The young son of a famous Japanese tea family returns to Japan after several years abroad only to deny inheritance of the family business to work at a famous clothing company called "Dior." After falling in love with a much older woman who works at the clothing company, he finds himself after trying out other lines of work |
| street fashion Link to a website that has A BILLION different photos of Japanese street and runway fashion... lots of cosplay, as well. |
| Lolita clothing this site sells Lolita clothing, Japanese school uniform, Cosplay costumes, etc. These outfits appear frequently in Japanese anime and have become an important feature of Japanese culture. http://www.cosmates.jp/shop/index.html Interestingly, most of the clothes are made in China. |
| Baby the stars shine bright webshop |
| AllLookSame China, Japan, Korea: What's the difference? Do they all look the same, or are they very distinct? Is there any truth to the stereotype, or is it ignorance? Well, enter the exam room here and find out for yourself. We have eight tests in different categories such as face, art, architecture, and food. Remember: We are not here to make a statement; it's a question. Good luck and enjoy. |
| Street and FRUiTS magazines website |
| non-no Online versions of leading Japanese magazines such as Non-no and Men's Non-no (see other link) are great to keep up with hot Japanese pop cultural issues. |
| Happy Victims for images from the book see http://skelemitz.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/kyoichi-tsuzuki-happy-victims/ and also http://www.photoeye.com/bookstore/citation.cfm?Catalog=IB058 |
| Lady Gaga in Japanese Vogue |
| Men's Non-no |
| Americans shouldn't cosplay... |
| Metropolis One particularly useful site is Metropolis, the online version of the weekly magazine providing all you need to know about what is going on in Tokyo. Widely read by foreigners living in Japan. |
| Da Mouth, "119" |
| cuteoverload |
| Ghost in the Shell--the movie--synopsis and useful links |
| Ghost in the Shell II--synopsis and useful links |
| Red Shoes, from the West to Korea Watch also part two of this ballet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEi6YEvuzws for more info about this 1948 movie see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Shoes_%28film%29 Then watch the first five minutes of the Korean movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5CWrXqVE8c for more info about this 2005 movie see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Shoes_%282005_film%29 |
| Yui Aragaki, Piece |
| The Cruel Shoes, by Steve Martin |
| t-shirt travels http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeCIlgUeYlM See also The World in a T-Shirt http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4622200 |
| Travels of a T-shirt in Rivoli's words Georgetown business professor Pietra Rivoli reveals the economic and political lessons from the life story of a simple t-shirt. see also http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle/productCd-0470287160.html |
| China Labor Watch China Labor Watch plays an important role in the promotion of labor rights in China . Through press releases, frequent updates of labor news on its website, in-depth labor reports, and communications with the media and other labor and human rights organizations, CLW presents the international community with an accurate picture of the labor situation in China. It has produced over a hundred press releases and more than twenty in-depth reports on a wide range of topics, including conditions in shoe, electronics and garment factories; the dangers of the mining industry; child labor and work injuries; lay-offs and unemployment; the effects of SARS on China 's workers; and issues facing women employees. |
| China's clothing industry |
| clean clothes campaign |
| free the slaves |
| class matters |
| United bamboo |
| Gear producers make inroads with recycled materials, reduced packaging see also http://www.teesforchange.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=1&chapter=0 http://www.nimli.com/content.jsp?pageCode=about http://www.kavu.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=18&idproduct=9151 |
| green fashion http://www.thegreenloop.com/ |
| Barbie's Fashion Accessory: An Adopted Chinese Baby See also http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/2009/08/03/going-home-barbie-only-in-china/ http://www.barbiecollector.com/showcase/product.aspx?id=150443&t=modern&y=t150096&sort=name |
| Barbie Runway Fashion Show, NY City, 2009 |
| A Sheperd of Korean fashion |
| Andre Kim July 2007 Korean fashion designer Andre Kim held his fashion show in Wuxi, China. See also his website http://www.andrekim.co.kr/sub_04.php?page=10&b_code=photo&board_name= |
| Disney Underwear in China |
| Costume changes decipher China's century-old social changes, People's Daily |
| Buy Shanghai! There are markets for birds, fish, and flowers, and streets dedicated to lamps, buttons, adhesive tape, silk, and hair products. |
| Mariko Mori Mori is a current resident of New York. Much of her work includes images of her own body, dressed in elaborate costumes so as to transform her body into another figure – often a fantasy/unreal character. She has also done a series of live performances where she lay inside a translucent plastic “pod.” See also http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/?menuID=4=889 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acxYOBJ5Y4Q |
| Performance artists East and West Kimsooja is a performance artist who deals with fabrics, textiles, and color, to address locations and dislocations of identity, race, and culture. Check out her website, and especially her projects Bottara and Needle Woman. http://www.kimsooja.com See also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdr4zJt_PvY http://www.artnet.com/artist/6720/gao-brothers.html Gao brothers: performance artists as well. Extremely similar to Zhang Huan’s nude works. http://www.edelmangallery.com/adams.htm Shelby Lee Adams: Depicts the same sort of “wasteland” Zhang Huan describes getting inspiration from. http://www.edelmangallery.com/ballen.htm Roger Ballen: Depicts cruel photographs, especially dealing with animals. http://www.zhoub.com/sculptures.html The Zhou Brother’s sculptures remind me very much of Zhang Huan. Their Timegate looks a lot like Huan’s 3-legged Buddha. http://www.temple.edu/photo/photographers/leibovitz/photos.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/leibovitz_a_gallery.html http://www.nytimes.com/library/photos/leibovitz/contact-sheet.html Annie Leibovitz: In the essay Speaking the Unspeakable Wu Hung wrote that Zhang Huan’s first inspirations were artists who depicted ordinary life and classical beauty. This is Annie Leibovitz’s specialty. http://jnocook.net/insane/index.htm I couldn’t find much information on Norym, but the photos of people on this website are his. There is one of a man strangling another man and one that is a man who appears to be drowning in water. These reminded me of the kind of photos Zhang Huan takes. Zhu Ming http://www.newchineseart.com/artists/zhuming.htm http://www.chinesecontemporary.com/zhu_ming_cv.htm http://www.chinesecontemporary.com/zhu_ming_7.htm Huang Yan http://www.chinesecontemporary.com/huang_yan_cv.htm Wang Jin http://www.chinesecontemporary.com/wang_jin_3.htm Angie Seah, Singapore - www.angiesimplicity.com Seiji Shimoda, Japan - http://framework.v2.nl/archive/archive/node/actor/.xslt/nodenr-65861 A few of Zhang Huan's photographs reminded me of a photographer I read about earlier this year. The following link is to an (unflattering) article about photographer Spencer Tunick who takes pictures of naked people: http://www.slate.com/id/2182124/ I used this link because some of his photographs are within the text of the article. Oliviero Toscani - photographer for United Colors of Benetton http://www.toscani.com/ http://www.olivierotoscanistudio.com/ http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLH_en___US203&q=Oliviero+Toscani&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi http://production.investis.com/ben_en/about/campaigns/history/ haley Cang Xin: Beijing-based performance artist/photographer. Cang Xin is a shaman who explores elements of the world with his body and especially his tongue. Most of his work focuses on exploring self and other; his performance works include a series of putting on others' clothes, and thus “becoming others.” He was also one of the artists in Zhang Huan's “To Add One Meter to an Unknown Mountain.” http://www.mediavr.com/xin.htm http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ee1s-ari/bipae22.html Ma Liuming: Chinese performance artist/sculptor/painter. An artist with a man's body and a highly feminine face, Ma Liuming has used his androgynous appearance to play with expectations and definitions of gender in a series of nude performance works. In particular, he wants to highlight universal sexual ambiguity. One of his major series of works involves transforming himself into his female alter ego, Fen, drugging himself with sleeping pills and placing himself in a space for audience members to take pictures with the sleeping, nude artist. He was part of Zhang Huan's “East Village” group. http://www.auragallery.net/art/selected.asp?id=19 Stelarc: Australian performance artist. Stelarc's primary explorations deal with the body as machine, as transforming into part-machine. Many of his works involve the use of robotic additional limbs or organs (such as a third arm or a bionic ear). Others, in a similar vein to Zhang Huan, explore the endurance of the body, such as the series of performances that Stelarc has done where he hangs suspended on wires which attach to hooks piercing his body. http://www.stelarc.va.com.au/arcx.html Chieh-jen Chen –Taiwanese Video Artist Chieh-jen Chen's work has focused on alienation and connection, particularly the alienation that is associated with being an outsider. He also addresses social and economic inequality in works like “Factory”, his film about a group of Taiwanese factory women who return to the deserted factory that once fired them. http://www.asiasociety.org/resources/death.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/25/arts/design/25chan.html?_r=1=slogin Mariko Mori: Japanese video artist. Mori is a current resident of New York. Much of her work includes images of her own body, dressed in elaborate costumes so as to transform her body into another figure – often a fantasy/unreal character. She has also done a series of live performances where she lay inside a translucent plastic “pod.” http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/?menuID=4=889 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acxYOBJ5Y4Q=related Alberto Giacometti http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/giacometti/start/goflash.html Kazuo Shiraga http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peA0xi3zIKw&feature=related Duane Hanson http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2648_127/ai_54680895/print www.tfaoi.com/aa/6aa/6aa368.htm Two artist I came across while looking at articles related to Zhang Huan were Xing Danwen (http://danwen.com/) and Cao Fei (http://www.caofei.com/works/). Danwen has a very interesting set of photographs of/with other Chinese avant-garde artists she has known from going to school with them. And there's a lot of interesting stuff on Cao Fei's site, including a series of images on the subject of cosplayers. http://www.the-artists.org/movement/Performance_Art.html a general link to many performance artists http://www.a-i-u.net/index.html Yoko Ono: performance art http://05.performa-arts.org/artists/ei-arakawa Ei Arakawa http://rhizome.org/profile.php?1018088 Akiko Ichikawa http://www.portikus.de/ArchiveA0131.html Koo Jeong-A Beijing Modern Art (798 Art District): http://www.798space.com/index_en.asp It's called 798 and is between (I think) the fifth and fourth ring roads in northeast Beijing; it used to be little known but it's an artist's collective which took root a decade or two ago. (not performance art, just interesting.) Ho Siu-kee http://www.universes-in-universe.de/car/venezia/bien49/chn-hk/e-ho.htm http://www1.uol.com.br/bienal/23bienal/paises/iphk.htm Ho Sui-Kee b. 1964, based in Hong Kong http://www1.uol.com.br/bienal/23bienal/paises/iphk.htm#Nome Ho Sui-Kee’s art is a direct example of body technology. He creates machines with names like “Finger Compass” and “Flying Machine” that involve the body, making the user more immanent and aware. This reminds me of Zhan Huan’s emphasis on suffering that yields a “corporeal consciousness that is acquired through, rather than in spite of, the body” (Heartney, “Zhang Huan: Becoming the Body”). Song Dong b. 1966, based in Beijing http://www.visualarts.qld.gov.au/content/apt2002_standard.asp?name=APT_Artists_Song_Dong I chose this artist because of parallels between two of his works and two of Zhang Huan’s works. Both of Song Dong’s pieces are visible from the link above, and I put links to the pages with Zhang Huan’s work below. “Water Diary” and “Family Tree”: http://www.zhanghuan.com/ShowWorkContent.asp?id=27&iParentID=18&mid=1 “Water Diary” is a diary Song Dong has kept since 1995, writing in water on a stone block. I was struck by the similarity to and contrast with Zhang Huan’s “Family Tree”: “Water Diary” and “Family Tree” both evoke a sense of invisibility, but in “Water Diary” the artist simply leaves no trace, while in “Family Tree” the artists’ identity is obscured by the traces of others. “Stamping the Water” and “To Raise the Water Level in a Fishpond” http://www.zhanghuan.com/ShowWorkContent.asp?id=39&iParentID=21&mid=1 Both pieces use the body to act on water, conveying a sense of futility with actions that are, in Zhang Huan’s words, “to no avail.” These are just a few artists and random tidbits I found for class tomorrow! http://youtube.com/watch?v=szyZXfq8Z7A http://youtube.com/watch?v=5rNoa4g5r4w - These videos are both on Zhang Huan http://www2.arnes.si/~ljintima2/kunst/t-abd.html - This is a site I just happened to stumble across, it's not to visually spectacular, but it seems pertinent to our studies. http://youtube.com/watch?v=yRuAcGHdM8A - This is a video of Hijikata Tatsumi http://youtube.com/watch?v=9ms7MGs2Nh8&feature=related - This is a different Butoh video clip https://eee.uci.edu/clients/sbklein/images/MODTHEATER/butoh/index.htm - This is a site with images of Hijikata's older performances |
| Zhang Huan |
| Altered states nside the studio and creative mind of Zhang Huan, one of the most recognized Chinese artists working in both the US and China. His latest exhibition at the Asia Society includes performance works, photographs, and sculpture. |
| China documentaries A collection of links to documentary films and media reports about the People's Republic of China -- current events, history, politics, law, trade, economy, environment, and the Chinese people. |
| Obsessive Consumption Kate Bingaman-Burt makes her painfully mundane purchases irresistible or at least gives us something to make us feel less self-concious about how frequently we spend to fill the void. She is Obsessive Consumption. Obsessive Consumption started in 2002 when Kate decided to photograph all of her purchases and in turn create a brand out of the process to package and promote. She is currently hand drawing all of her credit card statements until they are paid off, drawing something she purchases each day and continuing to make piles of work (zines! pillows! photographs! buttons! more drawings!) that all fits into this brand she's built which mocks her own relationship with her purchases. |