At the same time it remains open show The Szechwan Tale. China, Theater and History (China, Theater and History), ed Marco Scotini, where the spectator also becomes an actor with traditional Chinese clothes to wear (the work of Michelangelo Pistoletto, Memory Wardrobe, 1968-2017), but also much more. The video installations ei Documentaries on the Peking Opera House and Bertolt Brecht, with photos of theArchive of the Piccolo Teatro. A direct confrontation between West and East with a stage between Theater and History. The artists: Cao Fei, Cornelius Cardew, Chen Zhen, Chia-Wei Hsu, Céline Condorelli, Peter Friedl, Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi, Piero Gilardi, Dan Graham, Joris Ivens, Jia Zhangke, Joan Jonas, William Kentridge, Lin Yilin, Liu Ding , Mao Tongqiang, Rithy Panh, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Lisl Ponger, Qiu Zhijie, Pedro Reyes, Santiago Sierra, Sun Xun, Marko Tadić, Ulla von Brandenburg, Clemens von Wedemeyer & Maya Schweizer, Wei Minglun, Yang Yuanyuan, Zhang Huan, Zhuang Hui .
Calendar of upcoming meetings
Thursday 24 May – 18.30pm
Shi Yang Shi presents his book Heart of silk. My Italian story made in China (Mondadori), with a performance
Tuesday 29 May – 18.30pm
Angela Terzani Staude will talk about his experience in China, at the end of the 90s, with his book Chinese days (ed. Longanesi) and that of her husband, Tiziano Terzani, The forbidden door (ed. Longanesi)
Wednesday June 6 - 17.00 hours
Jacopo Benassi presents his unpublished work 'Meiwo’, a story from Guangzhou e Ilaria Turba work Stories of Italians of Chinese origin (meeting in collaboration with Julia Zorzi by Micamera)
18.00 hours
Presentation of the exhibition of works on Chinatown in Milan by the students of the course 'Visual elements of the project' of the Politecnico di Milano (edited by Alessandro Casinovi e Melina Mulas): the exhibition will remain open at Frigoriferi Milanesi from Wednesday 6 to Saturday 9 June (16-19pm)
19.00 hours screening of the documentary on the work of Lu Nan, Trilogy: Hell/Purgatory/Heaven [-1989 2004]
Wednesday 13 June – 18.00
Wisdom of changes (Richard Wilhelm e i ching), with Roman Madeira, Shantena Sabbadini e Luigi Zoja
Tuesday 19 June – 18.00
Ho Feng and the other righteous. Presentation of the book Gabriele Nissim, The possible good. Be right in your time (UTET).In addition to the author (president of GARIWO. The forest of the righteous) present, Francis Wu, of the Chinese community of Milan ed Elisa Giunipero, editor of the volume Jews in Shanghai. History of refugees fleeing the Third Reich (ObarraO).
Image: Chen Zhen, Uninterrupted Voice, 1998, Courtesy GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Havana
Installation view at FM Center for Contemporary Art, The Szechwan Tale. China, Theater and History, 2018, ph. Alessandra DiConsoli
