Focus on China Podcast
1) Nicholas Jose shares from Bapo
Nicholas Jose shares from his 2014 publication, Bapo – a collection of short stories inspired by events, people and personal experience during his decades of involvement in China. Recorded at Sherma...Show More
2) Xu Zhiyuan in conversation with Nicholas Jose
Xu Zhiyuan, cultural intellectual, writer and journalist, in conversation with Nicholas Jose, author and former Cultural Counsellor, Australian Embassy, Beijing. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art...Show More
3) Pauline Yao presents M+
Pauline Yao, Curator at M+, Hong Kong, presents a behind-the-scenes preview of the museum’s architecture and curatorial vision. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 9 July 2015.
4) Yang Zhichao's Chinese Bible with Dr Claire Roberts
Chinese art expert Claire Roberts speaks with Nikki Anderson about Yang Zhichao’s work and the significance of his work Chinese Bible (2009). Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), ...Show More
5) Xue Xinran shares from Buy Me the Sky
Xue Xinran shares from her 2015 book, Buy Me the Sky, recounting stories of men and women born under China's single-child policy instituted in 1979. From the businessman's son unable to pack his own s...Show More
6) Yang Zhichao: Chinese Bible
Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF) presents Yang Zhichao: Chinese Bible, 2009, curated by Claire Roberts. Chinese Bible is a performance installation comprising 3,000 diaries and notebooks col...Show More
7) Ai Weiwei: An Archive (2015) artist statement
Artist statement from Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to accompany his work An Archive (2015), exhibited as part of Go East: The Gene & Brian Sherman Contemporary Asian Art Collection with the Art Gallery of...Show More
8) Linda Jaivin & Sophie McIntyre discuss experiences of Taiwan and China
Linda Jaivin and Dr Sophie McIntyre consider their experiences of Taiwan and mainland China – Linda presents her impressions of the Mainland during the 1980s, whilst Sophie reflects upon her engagemen...Show More
9) Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry pre-screening discussion
A discussion between Anna Broinowski and Nick Torrens, hosted by Linda Jaivin, held prior to a special Documentary Australia Foundation fundraiser screening of the award-winning documentary Ai Weiwei:...Show More
10) Linda Jaivin on China
Hear celebrated author, translator and essayist, Linda Jaivin discuss how China, in particular the city of Beijing, has inspired much of her work, including her three most recent books: the non-fictio...Show More