[Drama]The Marriage of Adam and Eva

The Marriage of Adam and Eva
Date: 12th (Friday) and 13th (Saturday) of November 7:30pm
Address: Xi Ba Road No.101 Loft TCG Nordica
Ticket in Door: 35RMB
Ticket in Advance: 30RMB

Ticket Sales Location:
TCG Nordica, tel: 4114691,4114692
Mai Tian Bookstore (Wen Lin Street)
1895 Movie Bar (Kun Du)
Yi Sa Bookstore (Chun Yuan Xiao Qu )

‘At this skeptical age, marriage is wilting as the withered roses at the food markets.’
‘If life is like a caparison with annoying fleas all over, where is my flea catcher?’
‘Little did we realize when the bone of my bones has become the sweet and sour spareribs; the flesh of my flesh the double-cooked pork slices.’

Adam and Eve were evicted from Eden, lost the eternal and infinite love. How did they face the daily routine of their marriage, fuel, rice, oil and salt?
Adam and Eve in 2010, inheriting the pride and self of humankind, how would they perform on the battlefield of marriage?
Hilarious dialogues, exaggerating performance and dramatically traversing story, yet with the noble truth of love and philosophy of marriage in it.
Original music, passionate dancing, interspersed with movies clips, news and advertisements, a multi-media play presents you with an audio-visual sensation one of its kind.
As a session of marriage consoling, drama therapy, psychological decompression, the play will quench the anxiety and heal the trauma of modern people have from their urban life, through the manifestation of art.

12th and 13th of November, 7:30pm, ‘The marriage of Adam and Eve’ will explore the approaches we take to seek for the true essence of love in marriage.

Playwright & Director: Wang Yang
Protagonist: Huang shun, Wang Yang
Composer: Martin, Jin Xiao Yun
Solo: SiMa Qian
Image: Huang Shun, Wang Yang
Choreography: Chen JIa, Wang Yang
Decor Design: Malin, Lotta, Sara, Victoria, Cheng Liangchun
Photo: Luo Fei
Poster design: Zhu Xiaolin

Faramita: Lv Min Solo Exhibition

Faramita: Lv Min Solo Exhibition

Curator: Luo Fei
TCG Nordica gallery
Opening: 20:00, 6th of November, 2010
Exhibition Duration: 6th of November – 30th of November, 2010
Tel: 0871-4114692
Web: www.tcgnordica.com
Email: info@tcgnordica.com

TCG Nordica Gallery is going to present the first class national level artist of Yunnan Art Academy Ms. Lv Min’s paintings. Lv Min’s art is mainly about Yunnan minorities and landscape.There will be 25 competitive products of relief printing works from her 30 years art history, and 4 big oil paintings from recently. The exhibition opening will be 20:00, 6th of November 2010, it shows until end of the month.

Read More about Artist Lv Min’s arts and CV.

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“A Thousand Times I Search for Her in the Crowd, and , Turning My Head, Discover Her. ”
-– My Impression of Lv Min’s Board Painting

I have noticed Lv Min’s board painting for a long time, and at that time I haven’t got to know her. Her paintings are natural, brightly- colored and mysterious, conveys her sentiments by using decisive strokes and bold colors. These works really brought a joyful surprise to me. I once exchanged one of her works by my own water- color painting, for the purpose collection.

Later she entered Yunnan Painters’ Academy, her studio was just opposite my office. Therefore, she often shown me her new paintings and requested my advice. I discovered this delicate and elegant lady actually mentally strong and very diligent. She has being studying oil painting in recent years in order to make a breakthrough and improve her painting style.

The message conveyed in her painting, the pure note made me thought of the Japanese painter To Go Sei Ji. But Lv Min adopted her objects from the lives of the minority nationalities living in Chinese frontier regions, an idyllic air of wilderness was permeated in her works, sometimes even revealed a sense of seclusion and mystery, which let me thought of Henry Rousseau. However, the idyllic aura in her paintings was romantic fairy – like maidens immersing among fresh flowers, made me associated with the dream world depicted in Chagall’s paintings. I once told her about these feelings and associations of her works, but she told me she was never under the influence of those aforementioned famous painters, she even doesn’t know some of them.

Actually, to appreciate a piece of art work is quite a personal experience, the association aroused also very private. It’s similar to the sentimental touch evoked by a person, snow, a small town, or even a sound of siren, the feeling still retains quite personal. I must emphasize that I am not making comparison for her and those painters, it’s also unnecessary to make such comparisons. Since during the aesthetic appreciation process, it’s a common practice that we recollected a long past memory, a sweet connection, or even a sentimental mood – no matter it’s a warm feeling or a melancholy emotion, gratitude or gried. It’s just the mental crash between an individual and the particular artist.
It’s universal that a piece of good art work can always enable people to relate to themselves, which I believe was also the charm of art. Indeed, Lv Min had developed her personal style of painting, at least in the artists circle of Yunnan, she created an distince style of her own.

Some people tried to persuade her to change, but this again is a quite personal subject. It will all depend on ones’ own feeling, on ones’ inner self needs, it’s a natural process. Sometimes, the answer people questing for ages, can be lacated by following ones’ intuitions. Be faithful to yourself, you will find the questing for ages, can be lacated by following ones’ intuitions. Be faithful to yourself, you will find the answer.” A Thousand Times I Search for Her in the Crowd, and , Turning My Head, Discover Her. ”

By Yao Zhonghua
May 22, 2007, Beijin

Monthly Program 2010 November

Nov 1, Mon, English Corner – Janeric and his art
Nov 2, Tue, Dance Club
Nov 6, Sat, Exhibition Opening – “Faramita”-Lv Min Solo Exhibition

Nov 8, Mon, English Corner – Drama ‘from Beijing Opera to Shakespeare’
Nov 9, Tue, Dance Club
Nov 12, Fri, Drama – The marriage of Adam and Eva （19: 30pm）
Nov 13, Sat, Drama- The marriage of Adam and Eva (19: 30pm)

Nov 15, Mon, English Corner – music and instruments
Nov 16, Tue, Dance Club
Nov 20, Sat, No Program

Nov 22, Mon, English Corner – What do you like to read?
Nov 23, Tue, Dance Club
Nov 30, Tue, Advent Concert and events

All the activities start from 20:00pm

Music Evening

Date: 30th of October Saturday 8pm
Price: 25RMB/person
Ticket Sales Location:
TCG Nordica tel:4114691 4114692
Mai Tian Bookstore (Wen Lin Street)
1895 Movie Bar (Kun Du)
Yi Sa Bookstore (Chun Yuan Xiao Qu )

Emmanuelle – Swedish Soul Jazz music singer-songwriter, who once moved Kunming audiences by her classical and perfect adaptation of the theme song ‘Wang Ning Mei’ (Hope Betrayed) of ‘A Dream of Red Chamber’, will hold another music night at 30th 20:00 October. Together with Jazz pianist Martin, dancer Helena, Erhu Player Huang Shan, will bring us a concert integrated Jazz music with experimental music and classical music. TCG Nordica invites you to come and share a wonderful music night.

Lv Min

Lv Min

Lv Min, born in Kunming in 1962, Yunnan Province of China, ancestral hometown is Nanjing, graduated from Yunnan Arts College in 1986,major in board painting, she is a professional painter ranks class one of state level at Yunnan Artists Academy, member of Chinese Painters Association, member of Chinese Board Painting Association, Vice General-Supervisor of Yunnan Board Painting Association.
Her work has been showed in the main land of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan’s art exhibition, but also aboard, like international culture exchange exhibition. She has been invited to England, USA, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Bengal, Taiwan, Hong Kong to exhibit. Her works has been collected by many organizations such as: European wood cave foundation, Germany Fritz-Vinbelem Arts & Crafts College, Japan Aso Mori Art Museum, Shanghai Art Museum, Jiangsu Province Art Museum, China Print Art Museum, Nanjin Art Museum, Anhui Province Hefei Yaming Gallery, Hefei Jiu Liumi Gallery, Guizhou Province Art Museum, Yunnan Province Art Museum.

Artist of Chinese Art Institute of Yunnan
Member of China Artists Association
Member of China Printing Art Association
Member of Yunnan Provincial Artists Association
Deputy Director of Yunnan Printing Art Committee
First Class National level artist of Yunnan Art Academy

Major activities and award-winning records:

1986: won the award of Excellency on the 9th Nation-wide Board Painting Competition
1989: won the Second Prize of Yunnan Painting Exhibition
1996: won the Second Prize of the 5th Yunnan Board Painting Exhibition
1998: won the Silver Prize of the 14th China Board Painting Exhibition
1999: won the First Prize at the National Painting Exhibition Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of People’s Republic of China and the Founding of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
2000: won the Honorary Prize at the 3rd Yunnan Literary and Arts Creation Competition

1986 “Wind Blew” won the award of excellency on the 9th National Board painting Exhibition. Beijing
1987 Modern China Board Painting Exhibition. Japan
1988 Modern China Board Painting Exhibition. HongKong
1989 Modern China Board Painting Exhibition. Austria,Vienna
1989 The Seventh National Arts Exhibition. Nanjing.
1990 National Youth Board Painting Exhibition. Shanghai.
1991 “Mysterious Region” Yunnan Board Painting Arts Exhibition .Taiwan.
1991 Modern Elite China Board Painting Invitation Exhibition. Nanning
1993 China Yunnan Board Painting Exhibition. Japan
1994 China Yunnan Board Painting Exhibition. Germany
1996 The Thirteenth National Board Painting Exhibition. Jiangsu.
1998 “Snow Melting” won the Silver Award at the Fourteenth National Board Painting Exhibition. Chengdu
2002 Memorial Exhibition for the Thirtieth Anniversary of Establishing Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relation
2002 The Sixteenth National Board Painting Exhibition. Hefei
2003 Modern China Wood Engraving and Board Painting Exhibition. England
2003 Won the Excellency Award at the Second China Arts Exhibition. Beijing
2004 The Tenth National Arts Exhibition. Chengdu
2005 Yunnan Elite Board Painting at Shanghai International Culture Festival
2005 The Seventeenth National Board Painting Exhibition. Guizhou
2007 The First China Contemporary Board Painting Virtuoso Invitation Exhibition. Ha Erbin
2007 China Contemporary Board Painting Exhibition. Taiwan
2007 The Eighteenth National Arts Exhibition. Shanghai
2008 National Board Painting Group Work Invitation Exhibition. Tanggu
2008 The Thirteenth Asia Biennale(Bangladesh, Dacca)
2008 Yunnan Contemporary Heavy Color Painting Touring Exhibition. Beijin
2009 China-Korea Contemporary Writer Invitation Exhibition. Korea Gwangju

Prepare for the Christmas Fair!

It’s Time to Prepare for the Christmas Fair (2010/12/3–4)!

If you or your organization would like to have a table at the Christmas Fair, now is the time to get ready!  Due to overwhelming demand, there is a new registration process this year.  Registration begins at 9:00 AM, Thursday October 14th.  To register, go the the TCG Nordica website at: http://www.tcgnordica.com/ and go to the “Community Christmas Fair” section.  Read the guidelines, download the application, fill it out and email it to:

Shelley Redmon: redmonfamily@gmail.com in English
or Nina Cheng: ninacheng@tcgnordica.com in Chinese
For Children’s Activities email:Doreen Baker: DoreenB@pobox.com

Downloads (right click choose Save as):

Community Christmas Fair Objectives and Guidelines (Click here for downloading)
2010 Christmas Fair Application and Guidelines (Click here for downloading)

Applications will be accepted on a first come first served basis. We will collect the applications, mark the time they were received and respond on or before October 25th to inform you if your application has been accepted.

We realize that this is a new process and we hope to make it go as smooth as possible and accept as many applicants as possible.  We’re looking forward to a fantastic Fair this year, thank you to all of you who want to be part of it!

UNRAVELLING THE SILK ROAD – Original World Music Fusion

Date: 29th of October Friday 8pm
Ticket at Door: 30RMB/person
Ticket in Advance: 25RMB

Ticket Sales Location:
TCG Nordica tel:4114691 4114692
Mai Tian Bookstore (Wen Lin Street)
1895 Movie Bar (Kun Du)
Yi Sa Bookstore (Chun Yuan Xiao Qu )

North and west of the middle kingdom is an island called England. Here Ed started his musical journey. Playing finger style guitar music with Celtic, Arabic, middle and central asian and Indian influence. He travelled back to India South and East from the middle kingdom is an Island continent Australia. This is where Jack started his music, living in a tee-pee and singing and playing flute music influenced by American Indian, Maouri, Aboriginal and African themes. They met each other in India, having travelled through 60 countries between them. There they fused their musical influences and returned to the middle kingdom to play together.

Woodcut delegation to Sweden

Woodcut delegation to Sweden

Representatives from Simao Teacher’s College, China, visit Sweden for a week in Sep-Oct 2010 to develop further cooperation with Hyllie Park Folkhögskola and relief printing group Xylon.

The delegation from Simao Teacher’s college, famous for it´s art/woodcut departement, consists of Mrs Xue Jingmei, professor and vice president, Mr Ma Li, ass. professor and director of the Research Center of Reduction Woodcut Print, Mr Zhang Xiaochun, ass. professor and director of the Collage Art Museum and Mr Chen Yong, ass. professor and director of International Affairs Department. Mrs Du Wei, professor and president of the College, was unfortunately forced to cancel her visit due to health issues.

The delegation arrived in Copenhagen September 25, and leaves October 1 from Stockholm.

In Skåne, meetings were held at Hyllie Park Folkhögskola. The delegation also visited art school Östra Grevie Folkhögskola and the artist´s culture workshop at Malmö Teacher College, together with Hyllie Park/ArtsNordica representatives. In Stockholm, the delegation’s program is arranged by Xylon society chairman Chun Lee Wang Gurt.
Simao district in South Yunnan is famous for it’s unique traditional woodcut printing technique and Simao Teacher’s College is one of the few places in the world where the technique is being passed on to a new generation of students. Some of the teachers at the college are well-known national artists in China.

Xylon is an international relief printing artist’s society started in the 1940′s in Belgium. The Swedish branch consists of over 40 artists who work with relief printing as their artistic medium.

Background story

Simao Teacher College´s relationship with TCG Nordica, Kunming, and ArtsNordica, Scandinavia, was initiated in 2005 in Simao and in 2007, TCG Nordica presented a woodcut print exhibition with works by students and teachers from the school.

In 2007 TCG Nordica also hosted one of the exhibitions in an exhibition series in different countries by relief printing artist society Xylon, and facilitated a relationship between the Xylon group and Simao Teacher College.

The following year, 2008, Swedish artist Janeric Johansson held an exhibition at the college, arranged through TCG Nordica. The same year, the XYLON group took part in ArtsNordica’s FOLK-08 art festival in Mariannelund, Sweden, with a large exhibition at one of the eight exhibition venues.

Now in 2010, a delegation from Simao Teacher’s College is visiting Sweden to develop further cooperation possibilities with Hyllie Park Folkhögskola and Xylon.

via: http://www.artsnordica.com/?page=4ca069bc23e27

Movie Night-Babel

Date: 9th of Oct 19:30-22:00 (free Entrance)
This month’s movie will be “Babel”.
Babel is a 2006 international drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga, starring an ensemble cast. The multi-narrative drama completes González Iñárritu’s Death Trilogy, which also consists of Amores perros and 21 Grams.

Babel portrays multiple stories taking place in Morocco, Japan, Mexico and the United States. It was an international co-production among production companies based in France, Mexico and the US. The film was first screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, and was later shown to audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Zagreb Film Festival. It opened in selected cities in the United States on October 27, 2006, and went into wide release on November 10, 2006. On January 15, 2007, it won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture — Drama. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and two nominations for Best Supporting Actress and won one for Best Original Score.