Tsai Ming-Liang, 10/3/22 - SAIC's Visiting Artists Program Lecture

Born in Malaysia in 1957, Tsai Ming-Liang is one of the most prominent film directors of the new cinema movement in Taiwan. He is known for long shots, elliptical narratives, painterly approaches to light and color, and poignant portrayals of urban and sexual alienation. In recent years, Tsai has focused on installation art and theater performance.
This program is collaboratively presented by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program, the Gene Siskel Film Center and SAIC's Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation’s Conversations at the Edge series. Presented in partnership with the Ministry of Culture-Taiwan Cultural Center in New York, the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago, Doc Films, and Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University. Programmed with support from J. Michael Eugenio. Presented as part of Tsai Ming-Liang's US tour to Cambridge, Chicago, Washington DC, and New York City. Visit tsai2020.com for more information.