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Artist interview: Xian

Artist Interview: Xian

We interviewed Xian, one of the organizers of the 2009 performance. In this excerpt, we asked her three questions:

Why did the organizers choose Qianmen as the location for the performance?

Why did they decide to stage a wedding photo shoot?

What is the relationship between socially engaged art and LGBT movement?

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Discovering Socially Engaged Art in Contemporary China

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