2005-12-31

Ou Ning contributes a Story of Zhang Jinli to the magazine of Kulturstiftung des Bundes. Read here

2005-11-23

Ou Ning presented The Da Zha Lan Project in Creative Links: Design and Consultation in Urban Regeneration, the forum co-organised by British Council and the Hong Kong Design Centre. The forum united designers, artists, architects, academics, policy makers and opinion leaders from the UK, Hong Kong and mainland China in a professional tripartite dialogue with a focus on the integration of good urban design and community involvement in the process. For more details, please visit:
www.britishcouncil.org.hk/designforum
www.bodw.com.hk

2005-10-30

Installation view of The Da Zha Lan Project

2005-10-29

The Da Zha Lan Project in the exhibition:

Part I
Community Participation 01: Zhang Jinli
Video, Color, 35 mins, English subtitle, 2005

Part III
The Da Zha Lan Project
Publication, digital printing, Color, 28cm×21cm, 64 pages, 2005

Part IV
www.dazhalan-project.org
website, Chinese+English, 2005

2005-10-28

Demo music composed by Li Chin Sung for The Da Zha Lan Project is now on-line:

2005-10-28 Da Zha Lan Music by Li Chin Sung 0:11:02

2005-10-28

310 new photos uploaded to Image Archive today
21 new sounds uploaded to Sound Document today

2005-10-18

Today Ms. Zhang ( right) from Yanshou Street joins the Community Participation Plan (citizens make films and photographs on their own). Tan Tan is showing Ms. Zhang how to use the DV machine.

2005-10-18

Beijing Case will present its initial research results in an exhibition to be held on October 29 in the ZeroFieldExperimentalArtCenter in 798 ArtDistrict. Da Zha Lan Project will present a video filmed by a citizen, a publication and this website. The image shows the site of the exhibition.

2005-10-16

The official website of Kulturstiftung des Bundes introduces the Da Zha Lan Project. Read here

2005-10-13

The government has recently put up propaganda banners on Meishi Street.

2005-10-10

Olivier Meys' sound documentary Passing Through Da Zha Lan is now on-line:

2005-10-09 Passing Through Da Zha Lan Sound Documentary by Olivier Meys 0:07:32

2005-10-10

In the fifth meeting on the Da Zha Lan Project, Ou Ning, Cao Fei, Huang Weikai, Huang Liguang, Di Shen, Wang Wenhai, Zhao Long, Tan Tan were present.

2005-10-10

A welcome to Tan Tan, an independent artist based in Beijing who has joined our team of voluntary artists.

2005-10-09

Around 6 o' clock this afternoon, Jin Shuying' s home at No. 33, Shitou Hutong was caught in a big fire due to the improper use of gas. All items in their family were burned and the fire spread to their neighbors' homes. The Shitou Community Committee is raising donations for families suffering from the fire.

2005-10-09

Last uploaded:

Bibliography for The Da Zha Lan Project
A series of reports on Da Zha Lan in Xin Jingbao (The Beijing News)(only in Chinese)
A report on Da Zha Lan in Nanfang Zhoumuo (Southern Weekend)(only in Chinese)
A study on the transformation of Da Zha Lan on www.yipu.com.cn (only in Chinese)
Cultural relics and historic sites in the area of Da Zha Lan (only in Chinese)
Statistics about Da Zha Lan (only in Chinese)

2005-10-09

A welcome to Zhao Long, a student from the Department of Animation of the BeijingFilmAcademy who has joined our team of voluntary artists and become our photographer. Zhao Long began to study Da Zha Lan area from early this year. This is a collage of photographs he took of street scenes on Langfang Toutiao on February 25, 2005.

2005-10-09

These are four female students from the School of Applied Fine Arts in Beijing, one of which live in Tiaozhou Hutong. They have returned to the Hutong from school during the National Holiday. There is a small sense of liveliness thanks to having young people around in Da Zha Lan area where there are usually older people and kids.

2005-10-06

The following families and individuals have agreed to participate the Community Participation Plan (citizens make films and photographs on their own): Mr. Li' s family from Zhujia Hutong, Mr. Guo from Boxing Hutong.

2005-10-01

National flags were hung all over Da Zha Lan during the National Holiday.

2005-09-23

Memory Island Bar on Liulichang Dong Street organized aother transvestite party and staged a mini-play, A Female Teacher in the Countryside.

2005-09-21

In the fourth meeting on the Da Zha Lan Project, Ou Ning, Huang Weikai, Yang Guowei, Liang Le, Olivier Meys, Huang Liguang, Fu Zhengyu, Lin Jing, Yan Lei, Jiang Zhi, Jiang Pengyi were present. Yang Guowei and Liang Le presented the photos and DV materials from the previous week. Olivier Meys presented his sound documentary made for a web radio in Europe.

2005-09-14

Ou Ning took part in the interdisciplinary workshop on high-speed urbanization organized by “Beijing Case.” He presented the developments of the Da Zha Lan project at the workshop. Please refer to the press release for details.

2005-09-11

In the third meeting on collection of materials for the Da Zha Lan Project, Ou Ning, Li Chin Sung, Huang Weikai, Yang Guowei, Di Shen, Zhang Liang, Tu Nan, Liang Le, Wang Wenhai, Zhang Yaxuan, Olivier Meys, Huang Liguang were present. Ou Ning described the general program of the Da Zha Lan Project, key points for collection of videos and photos and for filming, as well as the latest statistics on Da Zha Lan. Yang Guowei, Zhang Liang, Tu Nan, and Liang Yue presented the photos and DV materials from the previous week.

2005-09-05

Zhang Jinli, a resident of no. 117 Meishi Street who is to be removed and relocated, hanged red banners and slogans from the top of his building, pointing out that "the Bureau of National Land Resources and Community Committee had made perjury concerning issues of demolition and relocation." It brought a circle of passers-by that gathered around his building.

2005-09-03

Memory Island Bar on Liulichang Dong Street organized a transvestite party.

2005-09-02

In the second meeting on collection of materials for the Da Zha Lan Project, Ou Ning,Cao Fei, Huang Weikai, Yang Guowei, Di Shen, Zhang Liang, Tu Nan, Liang Le, Xu Jian, Huang Liguang, Li Shurui, Guo Hongwei, Wang Wei, Ren Liangyuan were present. Yang Guowei, Zhang Liang, Tu Nan, Di Shen, Li Shurui and Guo Hongwei presented the photos and DV materials from the previous week.

2005-08-29

In the first meeting on collection of materials for the Da Zha Lan Project, Ou Ning,Cao Fei, Huang Weikai, Yang Guowei, Di Shen, Zhang Liang, Tu Nan, Liang Le, Xu Jian, Huang Liguang, Tang Yi, Li Shurui, Guo Hongwei, Zhang Yaxuan, Lu Gang were present. The Da Zha Lan Project has finally formed a 16-member team of voluntary artists. Ou Ning presented the overall concept of this project in detail and video clips collected from a month-long visit to all villages-in-city and city corners in Beijing. Cao Fei and Huang Weikai added to his presentation their experiences from executing The San Yuan Li Project.