Video Project | Finding "Freedom" in Beijing

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À la recherche de la “liberté” à Pékin



in Beijing

find freedom



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: Jiang not


The video is taken from: Jiang does not introduce the project in the interview with "Crooked Brain"

The link to the whole film is as follows (need to turn over the wall)


Project Introduction

This is an ongoing long-term art project, mainly video, combined with participatory art, called "Finding Freedom in Beijing". I invite participants to find and photograph the word "freedom" in the streets and alleys in Beijing. Anyone can participate in this project at any time. It is hoped that while each participant is looking for "freedom" in Beijing, they will also imagine and think about "what is freedom" in their minds, and make their own answers.

The word "freedom" has multiple meanings in different contexts - if it appears in the slogans of rights activists, it will undoubtedly be a taboo, and "freedom" in advertisements symbolizes the freedom of middle-class life. The most common In the "socialist core values", "freedom" has another meaning. Each participant is finding the "freedom" he understands, which is equivalent to everyone casting a vote for "freedom".

I made the website for this project https://chercherlaliberte.com/?cn

All the photos were not taken by me. What matters is not how many pictures the website finally presents, but the process of more and more people disseminating and participating in this project, which makes "Finding Freedom in Beijing" gradually become a hearsay "rumor" or "urban legend". Just like the "seven thousand free wills" that Beuys planted in Kassel, if one day, 7,000 or more people are looking for freedom in the streets of Beijing, it sounds a little romantic. .

Exhibition Schematic, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France

In addition to the website, I also created an Instagram account to show these collected "freedoms". Currently, I have collected more than 100 freedoms captured by 36 photographers. https://www.instagram.com/chercherlaliberte/

Some of them impressed me:

Beijing International Yuyang Ski Resort/Makye Ame




"Freedom" is still soliciting, please attach

  1. image name,
  2. shooting time,
  3. Filming locations,
  4. photographer information,


Send to E-mail chercherlaliberte@gmail.com

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Connect with Instagram account @chercherlaliberte


Creator Profile

Jiang Bu

Educational Experience:

2012 – 2016, Beijing Film Academy, Department of Literature, B.S.

2019-2020, Paris 8, Department of Plastic Arts, BA

2020 – present, National Institute of Fine Arts, Paris, Fine Arts, graduate student


Work Experience: 2013 – 2018, Ladybug Image, Curator

2015 – 2016, Shadow Brother Studio, Assistant 2018, First Youth Video Exhibition, Film Selection


contact details:

Instagram: @chiangseeta

Email: chiangseeta@gmail.com


Solo Exhibition:

2021 "Uprising", Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France


Group Exhibition:

2017

· Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Japan

Glasgow Documentary Film Festival, UK

·Beijing (International) Student Video Exhibition, China

2016

·Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival, Taiwan

·Beijing Independent Film Exhibition, China

·Jimei Youth Amphibious Film Festival, China



This article is one of the creators of the "Invisible Revolution: Action Action!" art project: Jiang Bu, the work "Searching for Freedom in Beijing" is being implemented.



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