Silk Screens Glasgow 19 July
Published: 11/07/2008
Glasgow, Birmingham, London and Manchester are to host simultaneous free events celebrating China and the lives of the British Chinese.
Silk Screens is a series of simultaneous outdoor film screenings and live events running between noon and 6pm, on Saturday 19 July. In Glasgow Silk Screens will run as part of the well established River Festival and as part of China Now In Scotland which runs through to November 2008.
The on-screen programme will feature more than 50 new films focused on the lives of the British Chinese all made with the support of BBC Video Nation while the afternoon outdoor spectacles are designed by leading street arts company Emergency Exit Arts, in collaboration with independent producers Tish Francis, Hi Ching, River Cultures and filmmaker Peng Wenlan.
Silk Screens at the River Festival will be themed on the Chinese element of water, represented by a giant turtle, and involving performances from professional and community Chinese artists including the Glasgow Chinese Opera group.
Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, the events of the day will reveal the diversity, lives and times of established and new Chinese groups.
All of this plus the River Festival programme mean this is a day not to be missed!
River Festival Link
Emergency Exit Arts
Silk Screens is a series of simultaneous outdoor film screenings and live events running between noon and 6pm, on Saturday 19 July. In Glasgow Silk Screens will run as part of the well established River Festival and as part of China Now In Scotland which runs through to November 2008.
The on-screen programme will feature more than 50 new films focused on the lives of the British Chinese all made with the support of BBC Video Nation while the afternoon outdoor spectacles are designed by leading street arts company Emergency Exit Arts, in collaboration with independent producers Tish Francis, Hi Ching, River Cultures and filmmaker Peng Wenlan.
Silk Screens at the River Festival will be themed on the Chinese element of water, represented by a giant turtle, and involving performances from professional and community Chinese artists including the Glasgow Chinese Opera group.
Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, the events of the day will reveal the diversity, lives and times of established and new Chinese groups.
All of this plus the River Festival programme mean this is a day not to be missed!
River Festival Link
Emergency Exit Arts