The Curatorial Plan of the 2004 Pingyao International Photography Festival
Featuring the theme of “Civilization and Development”, the 2004 Pingyao International Photography Festival (PIP) will create a rich and strong cultural climate where there are dynamic interactions between the local and the global, between individuality and commonness, reflecting openness and diversity. With an emphasis on finding and promoting new artists and new work, it will give prominence to new concepts, new perceptions, new skills and more variety in art, providing simultaneous display of both artistic and documentary photography. Additionally, the festival will arrange traveling photo exhibitions of well-recognized photographers, domestic and international, at Pingyao to add more internationality, authority and taste to the 2004 Pingyao International Photography Festival.
Theme: Civilization and Development
Time: Sept. 16 – 22, 2004
Place:
The Make up of the Organizing Committee
Hosts:
Organizers: The Information Office of the People’s Government of Shanxi Province
The People’s Government of Jinzhong City
The People’s Government of Pingyao County
Honorary Chairwoman: Shao Hua, Chair of
Chairman: Shen Weichen, member of the Standing Committee of CPC Shanxi Committee, Director-General of Publicity Department of CPC Shanxi Committee
Executive Vice Chairmen:
Song Beishan, Vice Governor of
Yu Jian, Party Secretary and Executive Vice Chair of
The Organizing Committee has under its wing an art committee, which is responsible for the art design of every events of the festival and the coordination and implementation of details.
The Make up of the Art Committee of the 2004 Pingyao International Photography Festival
Director (Art Superintendent): Wang Yue, Vice Chairman of the 2004 PIP Organizing Committee, Vice Chairman of China Photographers’ Association, and Chairman of Shanxi Photographers’ Association
Deputy Directors:
Wu Peng, photographer and Director of the Exhibition Dept of China Photographers’ Association
Kong Xiangqin, Deputy Director of
Zhang Guotian, photographer
Huo Wei, photographer and Editor-in-chief of People Photo Press
Secretary General:
Zhang Guotian (concurrently)
Deputy Secretary General:
Chen Shuping, Deputy Editor-in-chief of People Photo Press
The Art Committee has under its wing an academic panel, which is responsible for designing exhibitions, reviewing works and organizing workshops.
Its members include:
Rene Burri, a veteran photographer of Magnum Photos
Wu Jia-bao, an independent curator, guest professor of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Art, Shenyang and Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Member of the Board of Jury and counselor for Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Gao Bo, photographer, architectural designer
Si sushi, photographer and critic
Yoshihoro Tatsuki, a famous Japanese photographer
Yann Layma, French photographer (who has made a respectable contribution to Sino-French cultural exchange)
1. The Invited Curators for the 2004 Pingyao International Photography Festival
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David L. Jacobs,
Ferdinand Brueggemann,
Frits Gierstberg, the
Jim Stone,
John P. Jacob,
Niyatee
Seung-kon Kim,
Li Yansong, China/France
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Gao
Wen
2. Photo Exhibitions of the 2004 Pingyao International Photography Festival
The 2004 Pingyao International Photography Festival will show over 100 exhibitions displaying 5600 or so pictures by 327 photographers hailing from a score countries and regions, as well as from 20 provinces and municipalities in the country, within 8 exhibition zones.
There will be a distinctively-themed exhibition in each zone so that viewers can get a good grasp on the different subjects and styles displayed.
The First Exhibition Zone (at the Old
It will showcase the historical relics, civilized life and folk customs of
The Second Exhibition Zone (at the Agricultural Produce Warehouse): Title: Splendors of the World
This zone will be the major exhibiting space for works of domestic and international photographers’ works curated by Chinese and foreign professionals. Chiefly among them are works by Rene Burri, a well-known master photographer in the world; by Yoshihoro Tatsuki, a famous Japanese photographer; Noel Quidu, a famed French battlefield photographer; and the exhibition of ten German photographers entitled “Looking and Thinking” curated by Wang Xiaohui, a Chinese artist residing in Germany. Also put on show here are the shortlisted works for the “2004 Elle (
The Third Exhibition Zone (at the Textile Factory): Title: Contemporary
This is the exhibition zone that showcases contemporary photography in
The Fourth Exhibition Zone (at the
Here one can appreciate, among others, a collection of photographs by Ansel Adams, a world-renowned American photographer.
The Fifth Exhibition Zone (at the No. 2 Knitting Factory): Title: Wonderful Images of Light and Color
In this zone, one can watch photographs shot by teachers and students from a dozen art schools in
The Sixth Exhibition Zone (at the
On display here are all the works by Chinese photographers including images of scenery, portraiture, commercials, stills and digital creations.
The Seventh Exhibition Zone (at the Town God’s
“A Photographic Exchange Exhibition between Sister Cities Pingyao and Provins” is a cultural exchange program designed to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-French diplomatic ties and to mark the launching of sister city relations between Pingyao and Provins, two World Cultural Heritage sites. At the same time, it is also one of the exchange programs for the 2004-2005 French Culture Year in
The Eighth Exhibition Zone (at the Textile Factory): Title: Coming Together
This zone will set out works made by photography lovers across the country to meet the needs of shutterbugs.