http://www.nadineshows.com/blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:13:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Looks like I got a new fetish. Hate going for groceries. But it's like public transportation; you avoid taking it at home but abroad it becomes fun. It's the same with supermarkets. In the village I found this half empty one. I go there everyday to check if it's still ... http://www.nadineshows.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/year-of-the-tiger/ The Three Shadows Photography Art Centre is located in Caochangdi which is a migrant workers village in Beijing. The village is illegal meaning that all the houses and businesses are build without having the right permits. The future of the village is uncertain. There's talk that the village will be ... http://www.nadineshows.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/brick-walls/ Sometimes I have the feeling I'm walking around in a fairy tale. http://www.nadineshows.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/fairy-tale/ Being a twin is always quite fascinating but in China it gets an extra dimension when being so lucky to give birth to multiples, in regards to the one-child policy which still applies to most chinese citizens. And a lonesome deer I encountered in a pharmacy. http://www.nadineshows.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/restaurant-twins/ It's simply too cold to work so I decided to do different things such as finding the book: 'Caochangdi, Beijing inside out'. I knew a bookstore that sold it, I even figured out how to get there using 3 different subway lines (yes I was really proud of myself), I ... http://www.nadineshows.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/too-cold/ http://www.nadineshows.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/after-hours-shopping-mall/ Exhibition openings at the Three Shadows Photography art centre and The Platform China. http://www.nadineshows.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/caochangdi-exhibitions/ Entrance to the Today Art Museum offices with a work of Yeh Yu- Hsuan. CAFA, museum, 'End of the world'. The work reminds me of things I've seen from Anish Kapoor. W.Y in front of 'End of the world' http://www.nadineshows.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/white-spaces/ Yesterday I had a nice thought while passing this place: 'it's impossible for me to get lost in BJ; since I don't have a clue where I am to begin with'. I found it a very comforting thought, so now I can wonder around for 3 months without worrying too ... http://www.nadineshows.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/downtown/ 798 is the old bomb & ammunition factory area turned into an art district. Although it stills hosts some nice galleries and museum (UCCA) it's really commercial nowadays. I was passing by this morning and found out it's also very popular with newly weds for taking bridal pictures. They call it ... http://www.nadineshows.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/798-brides/