ecoArt China Speaker Series: Michael Cherney 秋麦

China Institute, University of Alberta

Featuring artists and researchers focusing on China's environmental crises

<h1>ecoArt China Speaker Series:  Michael Cherney 秋麦</h1>

<h3>Thursday, 07 October 2021</h3><h3>7:00pm-8:00pm (MDT)</h3><h3>Online Webinar</h3>

<p>On October 7 <a href="https://www.ecoartchina.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ecoArt China</a> curator Lisa Claypool will be in conversation with the Beijing-based photographer Michael Cherney about his <em>Ten Thousand Li of the Yangtze River</em> project, a series of haunting photographic handscrolls of his journey along the river. They will discuss the pathways that brought the artist to China, how he makes artwork, his translation of environmental concerns into an aesthetic, and the critical question about the ways his artwork asks us to see each other and the planet with greater clarity.   </p><p></p><h3>About Michael Cherney</h3><p>Michael Cherney is a Beijing-based photographer interested in rivers, the visual possibilities of the handscroll format, and calligraphy. His work has been exhibited at the Cleveland Art Museum, the Canglang Pavilion in Suzhou, the New York Metropolitan Museum, China Art Museum in Shanghai, Three Shadows Photography Arts Centre in Beijing, and The Getty Research Institute.</p>

<h3></h3><h3>About ecoArt China</h3><p>From solace to sadness, resilience to despair, ecoart has elicted many different feelings about nature. What it means to to work in the realm of ecoart has increasingly preoccupied artists in China today; they present us with images of damaged landscapes, sites of unexpected beauty, and ghostly environments. <a href="https://www.ecoartchina.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><em>ecoArt China</em></a> is a series of free talks and an online exhibition which respond to ecological crises in China and invite you to explore the big questions about art as a form of environmental activism.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.ecoartchina.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><em>ecoArt China</em></a> Speaker Series is convened by Lisa Claypool, and is co-organized by the University of Alberta China Institute, the Department of Art &amp;  Design’s Curatorial Design Research Lab, and the Sustainability Council, with support from the Kule Institute.</p>

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