From Beijing Besieged by Waste to Plastic China : A Conversation with Artist Wang Jiuliang
Abstract
Wang Jiuliang is a Chinese photographer and video artist based in Beijing.
Since 2008, he has been focusing on the issue of waste. From 2008 to 2013 he
investigated more than 460 landfills around Beijing and made a 76-minute
documentary film, Beijing Besieged by Waste, which attracted extensive media
attention in China and abroad. Wang Jiulaing won a Gold Award as Outstanding
Artist of the Year at the 2009 Lianzhou International Photography Festival. Since
2014, Wang Jiuliang launched an investigation on imported plastic wastes in
China. In November 2016, Plastic China was awarded the 2016 IDFA Special
Jury Award for First Appearance. He is regarded not only as an artist, but also
as a social and environmental activist.
Main Author
Format
Dataset
Published
2017
Subjects
Publisher
University of Jyväskylä; Contact details: Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, email: jyx@jyu.fi, website: https://osc.jyu.fi/en
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.17011/jyx/dataset/55422
Language
English
Citation
- Yang, J. (2017) From Beijing Besieged by Waste to Plastic China : A Conversation with Artist Wang Jiuliang. Interview transcript. University of Jyväskylä. Retrieved from http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201709213785
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