Up Against the Wall: Contemporary Chinese Performance Art and the Great Wall

Volume 18, Number 5, September/October 2019
by Shing-Kwan Chan


Article Description

Shing-Kwan Chan cites examples of performances that took place at the Great Wall in the 1990s and how the body and the individual were inserted into this historical and political monolith in order to confront the visible and invisible ideological meanings embedded within the concept of walls, something that continues to resonate today.


Related Keywords

Shing-Kwan Chan, performance, Great Wall, Concept 21, gender walls, He Chengyao, Ma Liuming