Constructed entirely from real surveillance video, Dragonfly Eyes is a unique hybrid of fiction and documentary. Director Xu Bing, one of the most famous fine artists in China, collected his imagery from online sites that stream surveillance cameras. He stitched them together with a fictional narrative about an ill-fated romance embedded in a chaotic and spectacular modern China. Xu’s ambitious film explores the anxious borderlands between the real and the fictive, between direct experience and mediated life.

*This is a free screening but registration is required. Please register here: https://goo.gl/39gySv
*Please stay for the Q&A with Director Xu Bing after the screening.
*Information about pre-screening lecture:

"Xu Bing: The Origins of Creativity"
Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
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Special Event: Sunday, October 7, 4pm / Helmut Stern Auditorium, UMMA, 525 S State St, Ann Arbor 48109

Presented in partnership with the U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, U-M Confucius Institute, U-M Department of Film, Television, and Media Studies, and University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).