Below is a glossary article post in the category B which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Beijing East Village based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Beijing East Village
So, what is actually meant by Beijing East Village?
Beijing East Village is a collective Chinese art that is short-lived, political motivated that became famous in the early 1990s.
Explanation of Beijing East Village
The collectives formed immediately after the Tiananmen field protest, colonized the poor area in East Beijing which came to be known as the East Beijing village.
Most of the arts produced are performance based on emphasis on collective action. This is partly due to the political climate at that time. With the prohibited Avant-Garde artistic practice, artists find the nature of the temporary outlet performance art that is relatively safe for the concentration of dissidents. This group also uses performance to obscure the boundaries between art and life to question, fight and respond to changes in violence in Chinese culture. Their use of photography incitement of improving photos and video arts produced in China since 1990.
One of the prominent figures of this movement is Zhang Huan, who is known for his torturous durational pieces, including 65 kilograms where he hung upside down while the doctor took 250 ml of blood from his body.
This movement ended in 1994 with police attacks and eviction. Artists associated with Beijing East Village are Cang Xin, Yingmei Duan, Gao Yang, Li Guomin, Ma Liuming, Ma Zongyin, Rongrong, Tan Yeguang, Wang Shihua, Xu Shan, Zhang Binbin, Zhang Huan, Zhu Ming, and Zuoxia.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix B, as well as terms associated with B.
Meaning of Beijing East Village in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Beijing East Village.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Beijing East Village (Indonesian), Kampung Beijing East (Java), and Désa Wétan Beijing in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Beijing East Village.
Closing
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix B. This article wasupdated in Nov of 2024.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=beijing-east-village
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=beijing-east-village
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