2015 Year Book.Pdf

2015 Contents Preface / P_05> Overview / P_07> SICA Profile / P_13> Cultural Performances and Exhibitions, 2015 / P_17> Foreign Exchange, 2015 / P_47> Academic Conferences, 2015 / P_65> Summary of Cultural Exchanges and Foreign Visits, 2015 / P_73> Preface In the winter sunlight streaming through the window, the calendar on the desk reminds us that it is the end of another year. Looking back at 2015, the Shanghai International Culture Association is proud that its 29th year was spent in prosperity. On behalf of the staff of the SICA, I hereby extend our sincere gratitude for the concern and support offered by different levels of government, our partners and cultural institutions, people from all circles of life, and friends from both home and abroad. We share in this booklet with our readers a collection of illustrated reports on the events and programs in which we have been involved in the past year. In the year 2016, we will endeavor to gather talents from around the world and borrow light from advanced cultures in the age of innovation and transformation. We hope to move forward alongside our friends from all walks of life in constructing international cultural metropolis and spreading the cultural China Dream. Deng Xiaoxian Vice President and Secretary-General Shanghai International Culture Association December, 2015 「Vase with Flowers III」(detail) Chen Heliang From Shanhgai-Hong Kong-Macau Contemporary Ink Painting Exhibition 2015年报 Overview 「African chess pieces」(detail) From One family one way Exhibition of African Sculpture 2015 Annual Report PART1 1 Overview Overview documentary film CHEN Jialing, exposed the visitors at the Hawaii International Film Festival to the rich and profound Chinese culture with distinctively oriental flavor. The “Shanghai-Hong Kong-Macau Contemporary Ink Painting Exhibition” staged in September promoted further the exchanges in contemporary art of ink Adhering to its object to “strengthen mutual understanding and cooperation painting, and enhanced the Hong Kong and Macau compatriots’ identification with between people in Shanghai and other countries or regions, and to make contributions the Chinese traditional culture. At the end of 2015, the SICA, the Shanghai Film to the economic development, scientific progress and cultural prosperity in Shanghai Museum and the Confucius Institute of the Boğaziçi University joined to hold the through international people-to-people cultural exchange,” the SICA has been “Shanghai Classic Film Exhibition” in Istanbul. The exhibition featured a variety of actively engaging in a variety of international cultural exchanges on different levels films that were made either by master film directors from Shanghai or with a theme in broad fields. In the year 2015, the SICA has organized or co-organized 59 events, of the city. In the meantime, a series of lectures focusing on Shanghai films helped 46 of which focused on culture and art, and 13 on humanities and sciences. The SICA paint a stereoscopic picture of the city. also received a considerable number of overseas artists, specialists, academics, and other guests from cultural institutions. It has been playing an active role in spreading II. Facilitate win-win cooperation via bridge of friendship the Chinese culture and the Shanghai-style culture, and in promoting Shanghai's Drawing on the sister cities of Shanghai, the SICA made significant international communications, cultural exchanges and academic interactions. contributions to China’s overall diplomacy through different forms of people-to- people communications, which not only enhanced the understanding and friendship I. Display charm of China on international stage among people from different countries or regions, but also gave impetus to various As the Chinese culture gets more popularized and recognized around the world, efficient collaborations on different levels in broad fields. China’s international cultural exchanges are becoming more and more prosperous The year 2015 marked the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the Sino- and colorful. The rich and varied Chinese culture has therefore been playing a more Swedish diplomatic relations. The Goteborg Symphony Orchestra, acclaimed as “The important part on the world stage. Light from the North Pole,” took stage at the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Concert In 2015, the SICA worked with the Information Office of Shanghai Municipality Hall. HAN Zheng, Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, and Anneli in launching the event themed “Charming Shanghai” to promote the city’s image in Hulthen, Burgomaster of Goteborg, were among the guests at the Concert. Advised Turkey and Sri Lanka. The events cast light on the achievements made in Shanghai’s by the Chinese Embassy in Sweden, the SICA and the Shanghai Federation of reform and opening up, and promoted its exchanges and cooperation with other Literary and Art Circles partnered to sponsor “The Eye of the East: 2015 Exhibition important cities along the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. The “Charming of Shanghai photography in Sweden,” providing an opportunity for the local people Shanghai” Photography Exhibition presented the city’s current look and cultural to understand China from multiple perspectives. landscapes to the local people. The radio program “A Week about Shanghai” To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the Sino-Italian diplomatic shared with the audience the city’s life, development of the Free Trade Zone and the relations, the SICA and the Società per le Belle Arti ed Esposizione Permanente jointly “One Belt and One Road” Strategy. The city promotion events enhanced mutual opened the “Mirror: 2015 Exhibition of the Chinese and Italian Prints” at the museum, understanding and friendship between people of Shanghai and the related countries, where the Chinese and Italian printmaking artists established a transnational dialogue and won several awards of the 13th Silver Pigeon Prize (SPP) after it had received with their own works. The SICA also worked with the Italian Leonardo da Vinci National awards from the last SPP. Museum of Science and Technology to unveil the exhibition “CAI Guoqiang: Peasant During the World Expo 2015 Milan, the SICA was involved in organizing the da Vincis”. Through the installations created by Chinese peasants, the exhibition China Stage at the Corporate Pavilion and in the meantime joined hands with the demonstrated the remarkable innovative and creative capability of ordinary Chinese Shanghai Municipality Education Commission in initiating the “International Youth people in the rural area, and displayed the powerful drive and abundant resources for the Innovative Culture Week” in Shanghai in May. The events exhibited the fruits of great practice of public entrepreneurship and innovation. multi-lateral cultural exchanges among Shanghai and other countries or regions. As In the summer of 2015, some 30 students from China, Laos, Burma, Thailand, the Innovation Culture Week joined the China Stage at the Corporate Pavilion, the Cambodia and Vietnam gathered in Yushu, Qinghai Province, to participate in the visitors from all around the world were attracted by excellent art performances and 2015 Yushu Summer Camp for International Students themed “Lancang-Mekong interactive shows with distinctive Chinese flavor, and got to understand better the River Bond.” Through the field study, the young students explored issues with regards innovative capability and artistic taste of young Chinese. to watershed management and environmental protection collaboration, and thereby The “CHEN Jialing Art Exhibition”, together with the wide-screen color understood the meaning of “One River One Responsibility.” 2015年报上海市对外文化交流协会 Shanghai International Culture Association P_08+09 ANNUAL REPORT Annual Report PART1 1 Overview III. Promote exchange with most exquisite art and cultural works voiced the dreamed ideals of “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.” Shanghai lies at the confluence of the Chinese and foreign cultures, and boasts its position as a source of cultural prosperity. Focusing on its aim to “Attracting the IV. Proffer academic fruits from multi-national perspectives most exquisite Chinese and global cultural products,” the SICA has been actively As with its cultural exchanges, SICA continued to draw on its council, engaging in organizing Chinese and foreign art and cultural events, so as to enrich the universities and academic institutions in Shanghai to organize a number of people's spiritual life and facilitate Shanghai's endeavor to be a cultural metropolis. international academic exchanges in 2015. A series of Chinese and Japanese cartoon exhibitions and performances, as well In August, the SICA, the Shanghai Association of Science and other institutions as the exhibition “Hatsune Miku EXPO 2015 in Shanghai” were held successively. joined to open the “2015 Shanghai International Science and Art Exhibition,” in In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the premiere of the cartoon Sakura which the SICA endeavored to create a “Summer of Science and Art” for the science Momoko, the exhibition was the biggest of its kind in Asia, marking the first official and art lovers in collaboration with the China Maritime Museum, the Shanghai exhibition of Sakura Momoko in China. Natural History Museum and other cultural institutions or venues. At the Shanghai Spring International Music Festival, Mischa Maisky, one of the The SICA has been focusing on the international situation in the fields of best cellists

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