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人的城市: between bridges

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the first fat bird collaboration took place in the summer of 2003, when yang qian, wen rongbing, liu hongming, zhang yuelong and i occuppied famous shenzhen landmarks. at the time, we were experiementing with using the landscape as stage. more often then not, we performed short pieces and then were either sent away (by local security) or ran away (because the police had been notified). think of these pieces as fat bird’s first engagement with shenzhen.

we filmed six of these pieces and collectively called them “人的城市 (mortal city)”. mortal city was both a predessesor and companion to the larger piece “神的城市 (divine garbage)” which was performed at shenzhen university in december 2003. the six pieces belatedly posted to youtube are: shenzhen university; dongmen (1) and (2); seaworld; dogs on a bus and between bridges. between bridges was performed between two bridges and above a pedestrian underpass in nanshan district.

人的城市: shenzhen university

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the first fat bird collaboration took place in the summer of 2003, when yang qian, wen rongbing, liu hongming, zhang yuelong and i occuppied famous shenzhen landmarks. at the time, we were experiementing with using the landscape as stage. more often then not, we performed short pieces and then were either sent away (by local security) or ran away (because the police had been notified). think of these pieces as fat bird’s first engagement with shenzhen.

this piece was performed at shenzhen university in the eves of a building that no longer exists.

人的城市: dongmen (2)

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the first fat bird collaboration took place in the summer of 2003, when yang qian, wen rongbing, liu hongming, zhang yuelong and i occuppied famous shenzhen landmarks. at the time, we were experiementing with using the landscape as stage. more often then not, we performed short pieces and then were either sent away (by local security) or ran away (because the police had been notified). think of these pieces as fat bird’s first engagement with shenzhen.

located at the shenzhen-hong kong border, dongmen is the largest commercial center in shenzhen. indeed, it has its own neighborhood government and websiste.

人的城市: dongmen (1)

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the first fat bird collaboration took place in the summer of 2003, when yang qian, wen rongbing, liu hongming, zhang yuelong and i occuppied famous shenzhen landmarks. at the time, we were experiementing with using the landscape as stage. more often then not, we performed short pieces and then were either sent away (by local security) or ran away (because the police had been notified). think of these pieces as fat bird’s first engagement with shenzhen.

located at the shenzhen-hong kong border, dongmen is the largest commercial center in shenzhen. indeed, it has its own neighborhood government and websiste.

人的城市: seaworld

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the first fat bird collaboration took place in the summer of 2003, when yang qian, wen rongbing, liu hongming, zhang yuelong and i occuppied famous shenzhen landmarks. at the time, we were experiementing with using the landscape as stage. more often then not, we performed short pieces and then were either sent away (by local security) or ran away (because the police had been notified). think of these pieces as fat bird’s first engagement with shenzhen.

“seaworld” was filmed on reclaimed land in shekou. and yes, that actually is a fire burning in the background.

人的城市: dogs on a bus

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the first fat bird collaboration took place in the summer of 2003, when yang qian, wen rongbing, liu hongming, zhang yuelong and i occuppied famous shenzhen landmarks. at the time, we were experiementing with using the landscape as stage. more often then not, we performed short pieces and then were either sent away (by local security) or ran away (because the police had been notified). think of these pieces as fat bird’s first engagement with shenzhen.

“dogs on a bus” filmed on shenzhen buses and the huangbeiling pet market.