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Open Hand Open Space
571 Oxford Road
Reading RG 30 1 HW
We are delighted to invite you to the re-launch of our programme with a new project by Chris Zhongtian Yuan.
Chris Zhongtian Yuan’s practice examines the ways in which spaces of exile and absence are politicised through video, sound, and performance. Often taking vernacular sonic and spatial materials from Yuan’s hometown Wuhan as a point of departure, Yuan’s recent works continue to destabilise notions of home, identity, and self.
Home Is Where The Music Is presents a series of site-specific architectural, sound, and video interventions. The project will explore the possibility of archiving, fictionalising, and reconstructing individual memory and collective resistance in relation to both psychological and physical structures across time and space. The exhibition also features a video collaboration with students from the University of Reading.
Chris Zhongtian Yuan is a graduate of the Architectural Association. Solo exhibitions include No Door, One Window, Only Light, Macalline Art Center, Beijing; All Trace Is Gone, No Clamour for a Kiss, V.O Curations, London; 1815, K11, Wuhan. Recent group exhibitions and screenings include International Film Festival Rotterdam, Somerset House, Surplus Space, Whitechapel Gallery, Power Station of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, Hubei Museum of Art, OCAT Institute, Videoex Zurich among others.
Exhibition Opening
Thursday 8 June, 6 – 9 pm.
Opening Times
2 – 5 pm, open Thursday to Sunday, 9 June – 2 July
Screening and Panel Discussion with invited guests
Monday 26 June, 7 – 9 pm, Reading Biscuit Factory
Reading International is based at the University of Reading. Home Is Where The Music Is was produced in cooperation with Macalline Art Center Beijing, Open Hand Open Space, and OnCurating.
The project is funded by the British Council’s UK- China Connections through Culture (CTC) Grants.
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