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About Popcorn
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December 2011, the fourth impression of Chinese Stuff has been printed.
The exhibition of "Chinese Stuff" in Beijing Chinese Stuff - Pursuit of Cultural Identities of Contemporaneous Articles in Common Use Contents of the Exhibition come from the book titled Chinese Stuff which was compiled by Popcorn in 2008 Thermos flask, red-blue-white bag, Erguotou, embroidered banner and electronic mosquito swatter…which should be most representative of China? The answer is articles with ubiquitous appearances in everyday life. Contents of the Exhibition come from the book titled Chinese Stuff which was compiled by Popcorn in 2008. The exhibition titled Chinese Stuff is about the pursuit of cultural identities of contemporaneous articles of common use in China, involving visual aesthetics and sociological thoughts. Human evolutionary process is exhibited through existence of "articles". Contemporary people are more and more dependant on articles to articles to perceive the world and identify their IDs and statuses and China doesn't make an exception. The leading roles of this exhibition are about 120 “Chinese Stuff”, which are commonly seen in and richly representative of the country. They are realized by exploring Chinese objects from real life and excavated connections between “objects” and its cultural sense that unscrambled relationships among the “objects”, Chinese people and the society in a brand new point of view. They also revivified the real Chinese life with details and deliver an open-minded, tolerant and plain Chinese-style aesthetics. Why attention on contemporaneous articles in common use in China? For China whose influences to the world have been increasingly profound, we cannot present it to the world only with its serious politics, stereo-type historical specimens or grand epic image of elitism. Instead, we hope to explore cultural values in pristineness and humanity manifested by concrete objects of everyday life (i.e. articles, architecture, imagery, men or women) and exhibit a live and animated China to the whole world. This exhibition is free and open to the public. Opening Hours: 10:00am to 5:00pm (closed every Monday) Official Blog (English version): http://popcornidea.blog.com
Chinese Stuff - Exhibition in Germany 2012 From February 22nd to May 27th 2012, Popcorn Idea Factory and Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt will jointly host the objects exhibition named Chinese Stuff in Frankfurt, Germany. The exhibition echoes series of themed events of Germany "Year of China 2012". This is the first time for the Popcorn Idea Factory to host an exhibition overseas. The book Chinese Stuff written by Popcorn Idea Factory had been sponsored by the "translation funding programme of Guest of Honour China at Frankfurt Book Fair 2009" from GAPP (General Administration of Press and Publication of the People's Republic of China), since the book was published in 2008. And the China Intercontinental Press has been taking Chinese Stuff for two consecutive years to participate in Frankfurt Book Fair. By the chance of Frankfurt Book Fair, Mr. Peter Schneckmann, the President of Dragonbridge Association for Cultural Exchange with Asia, and Dr. Stephan von der Schulenburg, the Curator of East Asia & Middle East Department, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, have closely contacted with Popcorn Idea Factory, and eventually reached the agreement of the Chinese Stuff exhibition in Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt. This exhibition is aimed to give German people an understanding perspective of the real China, feel the Chinese-Style aesthetic which embedded in everyday objects, so as to enhance the understanding of Chinese culture. http://www.angewandtekunst-frankfurt.de/mak_e/index.html
The First Show of Chinese Stuff comes this September After the publication of the acclaimed book Chinese Stuff, Popcorn Idea Factory, the Institute of Artcrossover of Communication University of China, and China Advertising Museum had made an agreement to host the exhibition of Chinese Stuff, to complete the first exhibition in Beijing in September 2011 before it visits Germany. This will be the first exhibition since the monographic study of Essentially Chinese by Popcorn Idea Factory. The exhibition will be based on a combination of articles and published literature. The audience will have a direct experience of the Chinese aesthetic and the true national image of China which embedded in articles of everyday use in contemporary China.
June 2010, the third impression of Chinese Stuff has been printed.
In November 2009, Sohu Culture Channel gave a special coverage of "Chinese-Style Aesthetics in everyday life".
October 17, 2009, The Beijing News' book review column reported the Essentially Chinese Series on the article "These Books, help the World to Know China".
In 2009, Frankfurt Book Fair with China as its Guest of Honour had taken place October 14th - 18th, Chinese Stuff has been shown before publishers and readers worldwide.
October 2009, the second impression of Chinese Stuff had printed.
July 2009, the Germany edition of Chinese Stuff was published.
On June 27, 2009, The Beijing News has published a report titled "Chinese house, the neglected living space".
June 30, 2009, China Daily has published a report titled "A book that solves the puzzle of a fusion confusion".
May 2, 2009, The Beijing News has published a report titled "True Joy of Chinese Stuff".
May 2009, Chinese House (in Chinese and English edition) were published.
January 2009, Chinese Stuff was sponsored by the "translation funding programme of Guest of Honour China at Frankfurt Book Fair 2009" from GAPP.
September 18, 2008, China Daily has published a report about Chinese Stuff.
July 2008, Chinese Stuff (in Chinese and English edition) were first published in Beijing.
2006, the Popcorn Idea Factory was founded.
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