just because I'm so exhausted, but I thought better and got out of bed
and went. I'm glad I did because today we started discussing video
art, and I had a sort of epiphany during class.
Our guest today was Tan Tan, a Chinese video artist and video art
teacher. She showed us some of her recent projects and then discussed
the history of experimental video and Chinese video art. She was very
interesting and during her discussion I came up with an idea for a
short film of my own. It was something that had already sort of been
gestating in my mind and I'd discussed it with a few people, but
somehow listening to Tan Tan and seeing her work inspired me. I don't
want to jinx it by discussing it in too much detail, but if all goes
well it should be done before I go to Europe.
ANYHOW, after class Gen (an American student from Harvard who has been
studying in China for the past two years), Poppy (a Scottish student
from Edinburgh Uni), Fay (a student from Bennington College in
Vermont), Ripple (a fellow UW student), and I went out to dinner in
the Sanlitun bar district. We walked around for a bit and then arrived
at the Bookworm cafe, a Western cafe where I had a really good cous
cous salad. We went to the Yashow clothing market where I paid WAY too
much for a pair of shoes (I really need to work on my haggling
skills), and then got some drinks and headed home.
I'm incredibly tired... I don't think I'll go out tomorrow night,
probably just to dinner and then to the internet cafe to get some work
done. This program is incredibly intensive, everyone else seems to be
just as worn out as I am and the heat certainly isn't helping.
Until tomorrow!!
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