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Renowned photography critic and curator Gu Zheng has been invited to serve as the Art Director for this year's Jimei x Arles, which will present 26 exhibitions, including the debut of six exhibitions selected from Les Rencontres d'Arles in France, ten Discovery Award exhibitions featuring outstanding young Chinese photographers, the "Greetings from Japan" exhibition showing the most influential Japanese female artists, the China Pulse exhibition presenting explorations and developments at an art academy in China, four Crossover Photography exhibitions, one tribute exhibition to a master photographer, one Collector's Tale exhibition, and two Local Action exhibitions. The 26 exhibitions will take place in Xiamen, presenting works by 87 artists from France, Belgium, Singapore, Lithuania, the United States, Japan, and mainland China.
Sim Chi Yin (b.1978) won the 2020 Jimei x Arles Discovery Award, and Xu Xiaoxiao (b.1984) won the 2020 Jimei x Arles Women Photographers Award.
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EXHIBITIONS FROM ARLES
THIS YEAR,SIX EXHIBITIONS SHOWN DURING THE SUMMER AT RENCONTRES D'ARLES TRAVEL TO CHINA'S JIMEI X ARLES INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL. -
PHILIPPE BRAQUENIER
EARTH NOT A GLOBE -
ELSA & JOHANNA
FIND THE TRUTH -
FRANÇOIS-XAVIER GBRÉ
YOUR FOOT, MY FOOT -
RAYMOND CAUCHETIER
Nouvelle Vague -
THE 2020 BOOK AWARDS
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NIGHT OF THE YEAR
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CHINA PULSE
This year, the China Pulse section partners with Luxun Academy of Fine Arts to showcase new forces in Chinese photography. -
Cartographies of Light
New Photography from the Photography Department of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts -
LOCAL ACTION
THIS SECTION TYPICALLY EXPLORES THE LINKS BETWEEN PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE FESTIVAL. -
Back Home
Images of Fujian circa 1928 in Liu Kang’s Album -
A Cognitive Experiment Related to the Hometown
Mountains, Waters, and Cities -
CROSSOVER PHOTOGRAPHY
This section presents the multiple crossover possibilities of photography, engaging with different media (including print, video, digital, and installation) and diverse cultures. -
Li Ge with his team in Wuhan
Witness -
CHEN WENLING
Carrying One Object on My Head Every Day -
QIN HAO
Frequent Visitors -
Tadas Kazakevicius
Soon to Be Gone -
JIMEI×ARLES DISCOVERY AWARD
Each year, ten talents of Chinese photography are selected by five curators. The winner of the Jimei×Arles Discovery Award is awarded a 200,000 RMB prize and an exhibition in the following year’s edition of Rencontres d’Arles. -
jiang pengyi
Microwaved -
Sim Chi Yin
Shifting Sands & Most People Were Silent -
hua weicheng
Go to the Alien Street -
xu xiaoxiao
Watering my Horse by a Spring at the Foot of the Long Wall -
sun ruixiang
Strange Days -
zhou yulong
Midday Sun -
ma haijiao
From Vladivostok to Xishuangbanna -
pu yingwei
Photoethics：CHINAFRICA -
li shun
Secondary Virtual Wandering (Wòyóu) -
MALEONN
Sonnet, Mirror and Necromancy -
Greetings from Japan
Every year, the Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival features an Asian country's photography scene. After India (2019), South Korea (2018), and Indonesia (2017), this year's Jimei x Arles will focus on Japan.
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Insights into a Time
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COLLECTOR’S TALE
This section showcases the collection of an important Chinese or Asian photography collector. -
“Body / Desire - Wang Jun's Photography Collection" -
Resonance — A Tribute to Robert Frank
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Robert Frank, New Jersey, 1961. Courtesy of the artist and collector Charles Jin.