The Coloured Sky: New Women II

Overview

5 channel video installation, HD colour with sound, 12'00-15'48". Music by Wang Wenwei. With a haunting lyricism and dreamlike narrative, The Coloured Sky: New Women II examines the secret desires and anxieties of young women as they come of age. The work captures a journey that has on one hand ended and on the other has barely begun. The ingenues, teetering on the brink of womanhood, frolic self-consciously in an artificially staged beach scene, aware of their burgeoning sexuality and its underlying power. The shadow of China's historic system of concubinage hangs over these contemporary scenes, as the idealized beauties negotiate a new social milieu in which future prospects hinge on appearance and the cultivation of male fantasy.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 1, 2014

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

China

Production

Australian Centre of the Moving Image,Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded