{"id":605,"date":"2012-01-09T09:18:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T23:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digbyduncan.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=605"},"modified":"2015-03-09T20:08:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T10:08:06","slug":"after-dark-syndicate-at-danks-gallery-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/digbyduncan.com\/wordpress\/gallery\/after-dark-syndicate-at-danks-gallery-october-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"After Dark, Syndicate at Danks Gallery, October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Feijiacun<\/p>\n

Feijiacun is a small Chinese village beyond the 5th ring road on the northern outskirts of Beijing. Nearby is the artists complex of Shangrila where I was an artist-in-resident in May 2011 as part of the program offered by Red Gate Gallery.<\/p>\n

In my interactions with Feijiacun I tasted the life of old Beijing, but I was always aware that this small village was slated for demolition. As Beijing expands outwards villages such as Feijiacun are completely raised forcing the occupants to move to expensive high-rise or shift further out. Any compensation they get for relocation will be inadequate and cannot replace their village community.<\/p>\n

I observed and recorded the chaotic night -life of the village. Using a hand held digital SLR camera I was able to enter its pulsating shadows. If I had used a tripod I would have been flattened by a tricycle or truck on the narrow unsealed streets.<\/p>\n

The viewpoint of these images is cinematic. Each has an impressionistic narrative-a man buys meat for his evening meal; gamblers are absorbed in their card game; a man stacks dumpling steamers; a child dances in the street; a woman rearranges her store. The blurring effect evokes the work of Gerard Richter, giving us a \u201csoft\u201d realism that invites us to enter into these ordinary moments. The painterly colours and night reflections absorb our gaze as we follow the actions in the frame.<\/p>\n

I was always mindful of being outside looking in, like in an Edward Hopper painting, as I attempted to capture vibrant village life as it now is. The movement in these photographs reminds me of the transitory nature of this life that will disappear with economic progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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