Vendredi 03 Août 2012 15:13:22 par actuphoto dans Expositions

Chen Chieh-jen "Factory" The video film by taiwanese artist Chen Chieh-jen entitled "Factory" is screening in the small gallery. It is the videotaped testimony of women who for many decades worked in one Chinese factory and, shortly before retirement, were sacked and the factory closed only so that the owner would not need to pay their pensions. The women, thanks to Chen Chieh-jen, were able to return to their jobs, and relate their story without words to the camera. This video film won its author notable success at both the Shanghai Biennale of 2004 and the Venice Biennale in 2005 (Factory, 2002, 30' DVD, colour, without sound)