Film, 4K, 3 sections, 13 min
Live group performance documentations
D.P. Joe Zijian Zhou
2nd Camera Operator Tianyu Wang
Invited Artist of Performance Workshop Jessica Mardon
Performers
Ruifeng Ding, Xiaoying Su, Yinan Li, Lili Weng, Zhongping Chen, Minxi Chen, Yudi Wu, Minxu Li, Hong Liu, Yuxiao Tian, Xinlong Lin, Kangni Guo, Zifan Zhao, Can Sun
Through the research on the performativity of body, image and text, the film investigates the limitations of the queer body from the perspective of young Chinese and question the influences of the social convention by critically thinking of a national and public exercise in China - Radio Callisthenics (Guang Bo Ti Cao). This public health activity exists among the young generation in Mainland China. With critical thinking of the highly consistent experience, the film intends to unfold the socio-political structure and collective culture through the view of those who grew up in the ‘post’ Chinese society and to raise the question that how the individuals deal with the sense of collective belonging as they seek the unique identity.
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