Meishi Street (2006)
- Directed by
- Ou Ning
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A documentary about Meishi Street, a traditional neighborhood in Beijing that is undergoing redevelopment. It shows the daily lives and interactions of the local residents.
observationalgroundedurbanquietly revealingunhurriedneighborhood-focusedreflective
What happens
Ou Ning (simplified Chinese: 欧宁; traditional Chinese: 歐寧; pinyin: ōu níng; born 1969) is a Chinese artist, film maker, curator, writer, publisher and activist. He is the director of two films San Yuan Li (2003) and Meishi Street (2005), chief curator of Shenzhen and Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture (2009), founding chief editor of the literary bimonthly Chutzpah! (Tian Nan, 2011–2014), founder of Bishan Commune (2011–2016), School of Tillers (2015–2016) and Isogloss Collective (2024–). He taught at GSAPP, Columbia University and worked as the founding curator of Kwan-Yen Project from 2016 to 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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