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SUMMARY:SAM Films: Dragonfly Eyes
DESCRIPTION:“Everything is art. Everything is politics.” – Ai Weiwei\nInspired by the e
 armark provocation and disruption of artist/activist Ai Weiwei\, SAM presen
 ts free screenings of four provocative films from Asian filmmakers in conju
 nction with the exhibition\, Ai\, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei.
 \nSundays in April and May\, encounter documentary\, art film\, and full fr
 eakout cinema whose unconventional styles tackle art reproduction\, surveil
 lance\, nuclear war\, and the “model minority” myth. Originating from China
 \, Japan\, and the US\, these films demonstrate the relevance of Ai’s philo
 sophies and decrees across borders and time. \nExplore how the digital age 
 has evolved the relationship between art and surveillance in this screening
  of artist Xu Bing's Dragonfly Eyes. \nDragonfly Eyes\nDir. Xu Bing\nLike a
  dragonfly’s prismatic eyes\, 200 million or so surveillance cameras ceasel
 essly record life above China’s street corners\, on its car dashboards\, an
 d in its private shops. Once uploaded to the cloud database that has housed
  the footage since 2013\, the result is an incredibly vast public archive o
 f life in its most unfiltered form.\nIn his first feature film\, visual art
 ist Xu Bing stitches together bites of this real surveillance footage into 
 a loosely told “story” about a woman living in the city. The resulting asse
 mbly is an artifact where the most mundane moments blend with sights so unb
 elievable you couldn’t even imagine them. When “the entire world has become
  a gigantic film studio\,” Dragonfly Eyes challenges the relationships betw
 een art and surveillance\, author and machine\, reality and fiction. \nCont
 ent Advisory: Disturbing imagery\nAsian Provocation is guest-curated by Han
 nah Baek.\nFilms will be screened at Seattle Art Museum\nApril 6 China's Va
 n Goghs\nApril 13 Dragonfly Eyes\nApril 20 Hausu\nMay 4 Terminal USA\nAll s
 creenings will be matinees with doors opening at 1:30 pm and films beginnin
 g at 2 pm. Join us for community activities accompanying each screening.
LOCATION:Seattle Art Museum\, 1300 1st Ave\, Seattle\, WA 98101
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