JOSH SNIEGOWSKI (film & video major) writes:
Today we spent almost all of our time wandering around the general area of the Bizart offices. We stopped at a huge number of different galleries. Even though I would like to cover them all individually, I am only going to speak of the things I found most interesting.
After a bit of walking through different galleries, I saw all kinds of things that caught my eye. For a while I got the chance to mess around with actual remote-control exercise machines. The point of this exhibit was to make a comment on how most people today are operating like machines, doing repetitive tasks. No matter what it was saying, though, it was really fun. At the same gallery, I also got the chance to see a piece of art made completely by silk worms.
At another gallery, we got a chance to meet the main artist. His students' and his own paintings all seemed to have to do with the city of Shanghai itself. The painting I liked the most here was one that from afar looked to be a traditional painting of Chinese mountains, but once you got close, you realized that the mountains were composed of all modern-day things like buildings and cars. So far, this has been one of my favorite pieces that I have seen.
Some other pieces of art that blew my mind included a huge statue of an elderly Chinese man, pictures of soldiers running through a battlefield trying to reach a microphone, and a huge group of men in a battle in what appeared to be hell. These paintings and statues were beautiful and also made one think a lot about what you were seeing. Even though I saw a lot more than this, I saw so many pieces of art that caught my eye individually that I found it hard to remember the rest.
With the rest of my free time throughout the day, I got a chance to go to some general stores. One of the stores was huge and resembled something like a Wal-Mart back in the States. They sold anything you could need. After that, I ate a great dinner of steak and an egg, which comes with almost every meal you eat in Shanghai. By the time I got back to my room, I was very tired.
Josh Sniegowski is a sopohmore in the film/video department.
