2016 március 3-án egy rendkívüli elősadásra kerül sor a Trafó Kortárs Művészetek Házában, ami a filmes, dokumentumfilmes hallgatóknak érdekes lehet, fontos konklúziókat hozhat magával.
William Yang (AUS): Blood Links :
Az előadásban keveredik a mesélés és a társadalomtörténet a régi fényképek nézegetésével. Humorral és iróniával visz magával a családtörténet körbe-karikába a világon. Születés, szerelem, halál, hagyományok és ételek – zavarba ejtően ismerős a tartalom. Világszerte megtapsolt történet. Az író és előadó, de elsősorban fényképész William Yang az egyik legünnepeltebb független művész Ausztráliában. A 70-es években robbant be Sydney-ről készített dokumentarista fotóival, majd a hedonista meleg közösség őszinte ábrázolásával.
Az előadásra csoportos látogatás esetén kedvezmény kapható, illetve korlátolt számban szakmai jegy is igénybe vehető.
English:
photos, family history, China
William Yang (AUS): Blood Links
– In English
03/03/2016 8pm | Trafó Theatre Hall
Ticket price: 2400 Ft | Student: 1900 Ft
Celebrated Australian artist William Yang’s familyis scattered around the world, yet the bond of blood binds them in unexpected and powerful ways.
When William’s mother died in 1992, he embarked on a personal journey to rediscover his immediate and extended family. The result is Blood Links,
a visual feast, an intriguing blend of storytelling, social history, performance and documentary photography with humour and irony. A family story of birth, traditions, skeletons, death, love and food – hauntingly familiar in content.
The performance entices the audience to take a journey of their own. Prompted by Yang’s incisive observations, they reflect and draw personal conclusions about their own family histories.
William’s transatlantic exploration of his genealogy unites him with scores of relatives from all walks of life, some rich, but most ordinary folk with menial jobs, and most cannot speak a word of Chinese.
A visual feast, Blood Links examines how the Chinese diaspora establish roots in foreign soil, and how over the generations, through intermarriage, blood is mixed; yet the intricate bonds of family remain.
William Yang is one of Australia’s greatest storytellers. A prolific photographer, and performer of monologues with slide projections, his stories describe the experience of coming to terms with his identity as a gay Chinese Australian. His work presents a rich and celebratory visual record of this journey, from the world of sexual expression during the emergence of Sydney’s gay community, to his personal Chinese heritage and family relationships. Often inscribed with a handwritten commentary or anecdote, a hallmark of Yang’s works, his visual stories are infused with a gently wry tone, mixing self-deprecating humour with insightful reflections on cultural identity.
His work has won numerous awards and accolades, and is held in the collections of Wollongong City Council, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Museum of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Australia, National Portrait Gallery, Queensland Art Gallery, State Library of New South Wales and National Library of Australia.
http://trafo.hu/en-US/blood_links
Ticket reservation: Rita Huszár, rita@trafo.hu
