{"id":559,"date":"2012-05-22T13:02:24","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T17:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/?page_id=559"},"modified":"2012-12-11T12:39:47","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T17:39:47","slug":"berlin-germany-2012","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/exhibition-info-itinerary\/berlin-germany-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin, Germany 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ilb.logo_.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1016\" title=\"ilb.logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ilb.logo_.jpeg\" alt=\"Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin logo\" width=\"292\" height=\"43\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ilb.logo_.jpeg 292w, https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ilb.logo_-150x22.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a>A selection of a dozen images from \u201cThe Silent Strength of Liu Xia,\u201d the touring exhibition of photographs by the dissident Chinese photographer, artist, and poet, were included in &#8220;Visible and Invisible Prisons,&#8221; a group show that was part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.literaturfestival.com\/aktuelles-en\" target=\"_blank\">12th International Literary Festival Berlin<\/a>, held in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.berlinerfestspiele.de\/en\/aktuell\/Startseite.php\" target=\"_blank\">Haus der Berliner Festspiele<\/a>\u00a0from September 4-16. This marked the first exhibition of Liu Xia&#8217;s work in Germany.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Berliner_Festspiele_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1015\" title=\"Berliner_Festspiele_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Berliner_Festspiele_logo-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Berliner Festspiele logo\" width=\"117\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Berliner_Festspiele_logo-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Berliner_Festspiele_logo-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Berliner_Festspiele_logo.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 117px) 100vw, 117px\" \/><\/a>In addition to a group of Liu Xia&#8217;s photographs, the show included works by four other notable contributors to contemporary Chinese\u00a0culture: the artists\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/aiweiwei.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ai Weiwei<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artzinechina.com\/display_vol_aid568_en.html\" target=\"_blank\">Meng Huang<\/a>,\u00a0writer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pen.org\/blog\/?tag=liao-yiwu\" target=\"_blank\">Liao Yiwu<\/a>, and Tibetan photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tsering_Dorjee\" target=\"_blank\">Tsering Dorjee<\/a>.\u00a0<a title=\"Sorman, Guy (English)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/about-liu-xia\/guy-sorman-english\/\">Guy Sorman<\/a>, who instigated this Liu Xia project, attended the opening on the evening of September 3. The Haus der Berliner Festspiele\u00a0is located at\u00a0Schaperstra\u00dfe 24, 10719 Berlin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>Materials available from this exhibition:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/exhibition\/exhibition-info-itinerary\/berlin-germany-2012\/ilb_2012_catalog_large\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1101\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1101\" title=\"ilb_2012_catalog_large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ilb_2012_catalog_large.jpg\" alt=\"Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin 2012 catalog cover\" width=\"129\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ilb_2012_catalog_large.jpg 358w, https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ilb_2012_catalog_large-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a>Festival press kit (PDF) in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.literaturfestival.com\/press\/press_releases\/12th%20ilb%20Press%20Kit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">English<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.literaturfestival.com\/programm\/programmheft\/view\" target=\"_blank\">German<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Exhibition synopsis from the festival&#8217;s website, in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.literaturfestival.com\/programm\/veranstaltungen\/kunst-und-literatur\/die-sichtbaren-und-die-unsichtbaren-gefaengnisse-en\" target=\"_blank\">English<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.literaturfestival.com\/programm\/veranstaltungen\/kunst-und-literatur\/die-sichtbaren-und-die-unsichtbaren-gefaengnisse\" target=\"_blank\">German<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Liu Xia&#8217;s biography from the festival&#8217;s website, in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.literaturfestival.com\/participants\/kuenstler\/liu-xia\" target=\"_blank\">English<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.literaturfestival.com\/teilnehmer\/kuenstler\/liu-xia\" target=\"_blank\">German<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.literaturfestival.com\/intern\/weitere-pdfs\/begleitbroschure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Exhibition catalogue<\/a>, 64 pp., with selected illustrations and texts in German and Chinese (PDF). Includes curator A. D. Coleman&#8217;s text on Liu Xia, in both languages.<\/li>\n<li>Slideshow of the event. (Forthcoming.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"mediaberlin\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022<\/p>\n<p>Press response to the Berlin showing proved both extensive and favorable. Here are links to some of those reports and reviews, arranged chronologically:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/?attachment_id=577\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-577\" title=\"ilb2012_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ilb2012_logo.png\" alt=\"12th International Literature Festival Berlin logo\" width=\"136\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ilb2012_logo.png 170w, https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ilb2012_logo-150x119.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/a>Stilbruch\/RBB-Online: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbb-online.de\/stilbruch\/archiv\/stilbruch_vom_30_08\/internationales_literaturfestival.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Politisches beim Internationalen Literaturfestival Berlin,&#8221;<\/a> August 30, 2012. Video report on the exhibiton includes brief glimpse of the Liu Xia installation. (In German.)<\/li>\n<li>Der Tagesspiegel: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/kultur\/essay-nur-einsame-gespenster-sind-sauber\/7083502.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Nur einsame Gespenster sind sauber,&#8221;<\/a> by Liao Yiwu. Statement about this group exhibition by its co-curator, September 2, 2012. (In German.)<\/li>\n<li>3sat: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3sat.de\/page\/?source=\/kulturzeit\/themen\/164510\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Schreiben gegen die Diktatur,&#8221;<\/a> by Katharina Wenzel, September 4, 2012. (In German.)<\/li>\n<li>Zeit Online: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeit.de\/news\/2012-09\/05\/literatur-literaturfestival-liao-yiwu-fordert-freiheit-fuer-tibet-05105006\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Literaturfestival: Liao Yiwu fordert Freiheit f\u00fcr Tibet,&#8221;<\/a> September 5, 2012. (In German.)<\/li>\n<li>Jan Sobottaka: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catonbed.de\/jan2\/pictures\/haus%20festspiele\/literaturfestival%202012\/ausstellung\/a.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ausstellung Die sichtbaren und die unsichtbaren Gef\u00e4ngnisse,&#8221;<\/a> 17-image slideshow by this photographer made during the opening ceremonies, September 5, 2012. Five depict the Liu Xia images as installed, and co-curator Guy Sorman.<\/li>\n<li>Taz.de: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taz.de\/!101173\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Unfreiheit, die ich meine,&#8221;<\/a> by Susanne Messmer, September 6, 2012. (In German.)<\/li>\n<li>Frei Presse: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freiepresse.de\/NACHRICHTEN\/KULTUR\/Literarischer-Rettungsschirm-wird-aufgespannt-artikel8075474.php\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;&#8216;Literarischer Rettungsschirm&#8217; wird aufgespannt,&#8221;<\/a> September 12, 2012. (In German.)<\/li>\n<li>Sampsonia Way: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sampsoniaway.org\/fearless-ink\/2012\/09\/26\/liu-xia-and-her-dolls\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Liu Xia and Her Dolls,&#8221;<\/a> by Tienchi Martin-Liao, September 26, 2012.<\/li>\n<li>Sampsonia Way: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sampsoniaway.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/08\/slideshow-the-silent-strength-of-liu-xia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slideshow: &#8220;The Silent Strength of Liu Xia,&#8221;<\/a> a selection of her images with extracts from her writings and those of Liu Xiaobo, October 8, 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of a dozen images from \u201cThe Silent Strength of Liu Xia,\u201d the touring exhibition of photographs by the dissident Chinese photographer, artist, and poet, were included in &#8220;Visible and Invisible Prisons,&#8221; a group show that was part of the 12th International Literary Festival Berlin, held in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele from September [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":88,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-559","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/559\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nearbycafe.com\/artandphoto\/liuxiaphotos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}