Made in China Festival Day

Minard

Sunday 24 March 2024

Immerse yourself in China: a day-long celebration

Short Films

A selection of Chinese short films will be screened between 13:00 and 14:00 in the big hall and continuously in the attic all day long.

Book Presentation: Veerle de Vos

Trui De Maré interviews Veerle de Vos about Alles onder de hemel. Ferdinand Verbiest en de ontdekking van China, the fascinating story of the first real meeting between China and the West.

Podcast

Live recording of the VRT NWS podcast China voorbij de muur, with journalists Tom van de Weghe and Veerle De Vos & guests. In collaboration with VRT.

Virtual Reality

This artwork by Heremans & Dainotti captures a delicate whispering that becomes the possibility/virtuality of a space, inviting viewers to take part in the game and reflect on the potential for creating a safe space between virtual and real.

Vlogs

When we read news from China, it seldom has a positive tone. In a series of blogs, Pascal Coppens counterbalances this trend by sharing novel ‘Made-In-China’ ideas, innovations and achievements.

Poetry Cabinet

Video with recitals by the poets Wang Jiaxin, Jidi Majia and Zheng Xiaqiong from China, with commentary by translator Silvia Marijnissen.

Literature Corner

Literature corner by Boekhandel Walry with an extensive selection of books about China in Dutch and English.

Chinese Cuisine

Enjoy delicious dumplings and Chinese inspired food all day long!

Veerle De Vos is a journalist at VRT NWS. China has fascinated her since the 1990s, when she lived there for 2 years and worked as an English teacher at a university in Wuhan. About that period she wrote the book In elke rivier schijnt een maan together with a Chinese friend. In 2023 she published Alles onder de hemel. Ferdinand Verbiest en de ontdekking van China, about the first meeting between China and the West.

Tom Van de Weghe is a VRT journalist specializing in China and Asia. He learned Chinese and in 2007 founded the first correspondent bureau from Beijing. For five years he reported for VRT on the most important events and developments in the region. Van de Weghe became America correspondent and bureau chief in Washington DC until 2016. In recent years, as a research fellow at Stanford University, he has investigated the impact of technology on geopolitical relations between China, Europe and the US.

Emanuele Dainotti (°1987 in Milano, Italy). Lives and works between Antwerp, Belgium and Milano, Italy) is a visual artist and filmmaker.Dainotti's research focuses on the normalization of violence and reactions to shocking events.He challenges himself to create impossible but plausible visual and narrative structures through video, installations and photography exploring themes such as fear, death, loop, time, and finitude.

Roel Heremans (°1990 in Brussels, Belgium) is a media artist and writer working between Stockholm and Brussels. Recent exhibitions include: Art Dubai (UAE), Muzeul National al Literaturii Române (România), Siemens Sanat Gallery Istanbul (Turkey) and Ars Electronica Festival (Austria).