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The Seventh Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival will open in Xiamen on November 26, 2021, and run until January 3, 2022.
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EXHIBITIONS FROM ARLES
Four brilliant exhibitions from Les Rencontres d’Arles -
ORIENT-EXPRESS & CIE:
BETWEEN HISTORY AND MYTHOLOGY
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Ilanit Illouz
Wadi Qelt, in The Stony Light
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MARIE TOMANOVA
It Was Once My Universe
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THE 2021 RENCONTRES D’ARLES BOOK AWARDS -
Jimei × Arles Discovery Award
The 2021 nominees are Liu Yue , Cedar Zhou , Zong Ning , Wang Yimo, Xu Guanyu , Amiko Li, Tao Hui , Tant Zhong , Guo Guozhu , Zou BiyuEvery year, the Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival invites five curators to nominate ten talented ethnically Chinese photographers. All ten photographers present solo shows at the festival, and the winner is announced during the opening week. The winner receives a 100,000 RMB (pre-tax) cash prize and an invitation to present a solo show at Les Rencontres d’ Arles the following year. Past winners of the Jimei x Arles Discovery Award include Sim Chi Yin (2020), Yi Lian (2019), Lei Lei (2018), Feng Li (2017), Silin Liu (2016), and Zhu Lanqing (2015).
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Liu Yue
Basic IMG-Light spectrum 07
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Cedar Zhou
2021 Photo Moments Big Awards
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Zong Ning
Parody
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Wang Yimo
Theater on Earth
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AMIKO LI
Passaggio
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Xu Guanyu
Suspended Status
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Tao Hui
A Forensic Play Act I: A Never-ending Search for Connectivity
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TANT ZHONG
A Forensic Play
Act II: At the Threshold of Visibility
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GUO GUOZHU
Villages Trapped in Time
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ZOU BIYU
Life Comes to a Grinding Halt
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THREE SHADOWS PHOTOGRAPHY ART CENTRE AND CHANEL CO-HOST THE CURATORIAL AWARD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AND MOVING IMAGE FINALIST EXHIBITION The Curatorial Award for Photography and Moving Image at Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, jointly launched by the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre and CHANEL in October 2021, aims to support young creative forces in photography and moving image art and to discover and nurture outstanding young Chinese curators and researchers working with these mediums.
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THE CURATORIAL AWARD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AND MOVING IMAGE FINALIST EXHIBITION -
Greetings from Singapore
Every year, the Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival features an Asian country’s photography scene. After Japan (2020), India (2019), South Korea (2018), and Indonesia (2017), this year’s Jimei x Arles will focus on Singapore. -
Crossroads - Singapore——Through the Lens 1870-1940
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Legends: CHUA Soo Bin’s Portraits of Chinese Ink Masters
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The Natural History of an Island
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China Pulse
Each year, the China Pulse section partners with an art academy in China to showcase new forces in Chinese photography. -
The Photography Is Not What’s Important: Photography at the Central Academy of Fine Arts
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Crossover Photography
Crossover Photography presents the multiple crossover possibilities of photography, engaging with different media (printing, video, digital art, and installation) and diverse cultures. This year’s section features the poet Bei Dao, the painter and CAFA -
Childhood Friends Getting Fat — Photographs of Liu Xiaodong
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Bei Dao: Double Shadows
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Xiamen: Zhao Bandi’s Hut
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Collector’s Tale
This section showcases the collection of important Chinese or Asian photography collectors and institutions. This year, the Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum will present its collection of photographs by documentary master Sebastião Salgado. -
Sebastião Salgado
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Tribute
THIS SECTION LAUNCHED LAST YEAR, AND FOR THIS YEAR’S EDITION, CAI TAO, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES AT THE GUANGZHOU ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, HAS CURATED “AN INSTANTANEOUS TORRENT: SHA FEI AND CHINA AT WAR.” THE SHOW PAYS HOMAG -
An Instantaneous Torrent: Sha Fei and China at War
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Local Action
These shows are designed to explore the connection between photography and Fujian, where Jimei x Arles is held. -
N-APE STUDIO
The Infinite Party
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South of Southern
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The Mimesis of Time
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Our Moments, Create Together
This year, the Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival collaborates with vivo VISION+ in presenting "Our Moments, Create Together," which showcases mobile phone photographs taken by Martin Parr, Xiao Quan, and other artists, as well as outstanding submissions to the VISION+ project.
The exhibition explores the possibilities of the mobile phone as a new medium in photography, the meaning of those moments in life that force us to stop and observe,
and photography’s return to its documentary roots.
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Our Moments, Create Together
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Explore the Most Beautiful Horizons
This year, Jimei x Arles and NIO jointly co-present the most beautiful horizon works through the lens of NIO users. -
Explore the Most Beautiful Horizons
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Space on Paper - Jimei x Arles Chinese Contemporary Photo Book Exhibition -
SPACE ON PAPER - JIMEI X ARLES CHINESE CONTEMPORARY PHOTO BOOK EXHIBITION