Huangpu Village Video Project

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Websites
http://mediaexperiment.org/wiki/Huangpu_Village_Video_Screening_Installation

Project

The Huang Pu Village Project uses a series of videos to portray the Huang Pu Village’s geographical, cultural and historical characters. It further investigate the village’s present condition and possible futures. These videos engage the local Huang Pu Village communities’ living environment as well as their traditional and cultural activities. It activates grassroots participation with urbanization. This project also attempts to arouse re-examination from urban residents about disappearing traditional local culture from rapid urban expansion.

The 1600 year old Huang Pu Village has played an important role in the history of overseas trading in China. Since the establishment of Yue (short for Guangdong) Customs in the Qing dynasty, the Huang Pu village became a trade customs port. In 1757 (Qianlong 22 years), Yue Customs was the only foreign trading customs for China which led to years of prosperity for Huang Pu Village while it participated in years of Chinese foreign trading history. With the evolving political structure after the Opium War and the environmental changes because of sand siltation of the river, the ruling powers moved Yue Custom out of the Huang Pu Village. This severely depressed the village’s fortunes, shifting it from a trading to an agricultural economy. This former prosperous village became just an ordinary village.

The village’s special geographic location and historic value has aroused many debates for its future in Guangzhou urban development. Today, with the building of the Guangzhou Convention Center in Pa Zhou district where Huang Pu Village is located, the village is on the axis of the the central business district for the new Guangzhou downtown. Because of these factors, the Huang Pu Village is planned in the near future to be developed into an information technology harbor for Guangzhou.

The case of local villages struggling in Guangzhou city expansion is not rare as has happened with Yang Ji Village, Xian Village, Lie De Village and Shi Pai Village. Some media has described these “urban villages” a tumors of Guangzhou and have exaggerated their dark sides while neglecting how they provide shelters for city migrants workers and low income families. This exaggeration also neglects the history and local cultures these villages possess.

For our project group, the Huang Pu Village provides a model of learning and thinking about urbanization. We use video to record the village’s rapidly changing local history. and use video screenings and exhibitions to receive larger feedback from villagers and urban citizens on this social issue.

The Huang Pu Village Project is a research group led by Wang Ge and Deer Fang. Primary members include: Li Yuxin, Luo Junhui, Fu Chuanwei, Wei Yanfang, Su Hui, He Huansheng, Chen Zhanpeng, Zhang Boyang, Pan Yizhou, Wenzhuo, Lin Zhujun, Zeng Yunshi, Zheng Yufei, Sang Ni, Li Jinrong, Deng Jianhui, Lu Shengxi and Ran Xiaoran.

Wang Ge received a BFA degree from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and is an MFA candidate in the Architecture and Environment Design Department. He is the main designer of Wu Xiang Design Studio in the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts where his practice involves space-related design and artistic activities.

黄埔村录像计划

黄埔村录像计划”以一系列的录像短片直观地展现黄埔村多方面的地理、文化和历史特征，探讨其现状与未来，从而调动当地村民对自身居住环境与传统文化活动的关注，以及自发地对城市变迁问题的参与。同时这个项目也试图在更大范围内唤起城市居民对在今天城市化飞速发展的进程中逐渐消逝的传统地域文化的重新审视。

黄埔村是个1600年历史的古村落，自古便在海外贸易中扮演着重要的角色。在清初随着粤海关的建立，黄埔村成为挂号口和产品集散地。至乾隆二十二年 (1757年) 实行全国“一口通商”，只保留粤海关后，更是让其中唯一受益者黄埔村进入了其最为辉煌的年代。它见证了整个近代中国的对外贸易史。然而时过境迁，鸦片战争后政治格局的变动和河沙淤积导致的地理环境的变迁，粤海关移走。随后，黄埔古港的经济类型由港口贸易经济转向农业自然经济，由昔日繁华的市镇沦为一般的村庄。而今由于会展中心的建设，黄埔村所处的琶洲地区成为广州新城市中轴线的核心地块，并将成为未来广州的信息港。它特殊的地理位置和历史价值使其发展去向成为了广州城市建设的一大争论点。地域村落在快速城市膨胀中生存的博弈之案例在广州已屡见不鲜，例如杨箕村、冼村、猎德村和石牌村。一些社会舆论把这些沦为“城中村”的地区视为藏污纳垢的城市毒瘤，以夸大其阴暗面来掩饰城中村为外来人口和低收入者提供了在城市中立足之地的功能，以及其承载的历史和地域文化。

对于参加到这次录像计划的20位创作者和研究者来说，黄埔村是一个学习思考城市进程的典型案例，我们希望试图通过“录像”这一媒体，来帮助记载这一快速变迁的民间历史，并以放映和展览的形式来得到村民和城市居民对此社会问题的反馈。

黄埔村录像组是一个由王铬和方鹿发起的研究小组，主要成员有：黎宇欣、罗俊辉、傅传威、魏艳芳、苏慧、何焕生、陈展鹏、张博阳、潘怡舟、文卓、林竹君、曾赟诗、郑宇菲、桑妮、李锦荣、邓健辉、陆盛曦、冉晓染。

王铬, 广州美术学院建筑与环境艺术设计本科、硕士研究生、广州美术学院无象设计工作室主笔设计师。长期从事与空间相关设计与艺术活动。

People

Huang Pu Village Project Group is a research group led by Wang Ge and Deer Fang. Main members include: Li Yuxin, Luo Junhui, Fu Chuanwei, Wei Yanfang, Su Hui, He Huansheng, Chen Zhanpeng, Zhang Boyang, Pan Yizhou, Wenzhuo, Lin Zhujun, Zeng Yunshi, Zheng Yufei, Sang Ni, Li Jinrong, Deng Jianhui, Lu Shengxi, Ran Xiaoran.

黄埔村录像组是一个由王铬和方鹿发起的研究小组。主要成员有：黎宇欣，罗俊辉，傅传威，魏艳芳，苏慧，何焕生，陈展鹏，张博阳，潘怡舟，文卓，林竹君，曾赟诗，郑宇菲，桑妮，李锦荣，邓健辉，陆盛曦，冉晓染。

Wang Ge, BFA degree and MFA candidate of Architecture and Environment Design Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Main designer of Wu Xiang Design Studio in Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. His practice involved space-related design and art activities.

王铬, 广州美术学院建筑与环境艺术设计本科、硕士研究生，广州美术学院无象设计工作室主笔设计师。长期从事与空间相关设计与艺术活动

Deer Fang is a video artist working in San Francisco and Guangzhou. Her earlier projects investigate the condition of video in art making and the dynamics within the production process through participation, improvisation, real-time and socialization. Her current work uses common formats from popular culture such as the news, reality TV show, music videos, and online videos to dissect culture and political meanings in the media and in our everyday society.

方鹿是以录像为主要媒体的当代艺术工作者，现工作与居住在美国旧金山与中国广州。她的早期艺术项目通过制作过程的参与性，实时性，社交性和即兴表演，探索影像在艺术制作中的状况和其推动性。她近期作品运用运用流行文化中通俗形式来作为文化容器，如真人秀，音乐录像和网络视频等，来剖析我们每日生活和媒体中文化与政治的意义。