By Traci Vogel
Published: May 14, 2008

According to a Chinese legend, all children are born with an invisible red string connecting them to their soul mates. Throughout life, the string grows shorter, drawing the lovers closer and closer. The thread may tangle, but it will never break. Artist Beili Liu takes the concept of this “red thread of fate” and spins it, quite literally, in “Lure,” her current installation at the Chinese Culture Center. She has fashioned the thread into flat disks, which hang from the ceiling and appear to swarm toward the viewer like a river of red blood cells rushing through the gallery space. Even without the resonance of the legend, the installation evokes the feeling of love, its biological imperative (with their little tails, the red disks could be sperm), and its ineffable nature. Are these red disks souls? Or viruses? As they sway in the wind created by viewers, they certainly seem to be alive. Liu, who has crafted works out of salt crystals and dripped wax, excels in installations that emit a presence beyond their boundaries. “Lure” is emotional, meticulous, and, yes, beautiful.”
- SF Weekly

( 本報記者黃偉江三藩市報道 )

不到現場，怎麼都無法想像，昨天一位年逾六十的華人民間樂手如何用胡蘆絲與一批西方即興現代舞蹈家，在天橋上用一根紅線來演繹「惑」的故事。

先由紅絲綢登場，然後由面化為線，一根根紅線隨著身體舞動而在天橋上縱橫交錯。因為是初次排練，記者便成了現場唯一的觀眾，也就可以舉著相機，和舞者一起，隨著笛聲的韻律和節拍，在天橋上旁若無人的仰臥翻滾，同時隨心所欲的按下快門。 Read More »

Premiering on May 22nd through May 24th at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Speaking Chinese is a new cross-cultural, multidisciplinary sonic dance theater based on the writings of Chinese American author Zhang Ailing (Eileen Chang). It will be a collaborative project of Director/Choreographer Kim Epifano with renowned Chinese composer Zhu Jian’er, Chinese ballerina Hou Honglan, American dancer/actor C. Derrick Jones, and producer Barry Plews of the Creative Futures cultural exchange program, among others. Speaking Chinese & Lure Dance are presented by Epiphany Productions Sonic Dance Theater, in conjunction with the San Francisco International Arts Festival.

( 本報記者黃偉江三藩市報道 )

三藩市中央地鐵公共藝術項目的申報通過將近一個月的努力，在中華文化中心和華協中心的幫助下，到昨天為止，20多名華裔藝術家在網上完成了華埠有史以來最大型的公共藝術項目申報。

華協中心資深社區策劃員林梁淑萍表示，今天是中央地鐵公共藝術項目申報的最後一天，在華藝攝影學會等組織的大力支持下，為華裔藝術家參與主流社會的公共藝術項目做出了有益的嘗試。 Read More »