Spring in a Small Town - an outdoor screening this weekend
ELECTRIC SHADOWS ON PENGLAI MOUNTAIN: Spring in a Small Town
蓬莱山电影 - 《小城之春》
Friday June 4th & Saturday June 5th, 2021 - 8:00 pm
$16 General Admission / $12 VPES Members
The first iteration in the Velaslavasay Panorama's 20th Anniversary film screening series Electric Shadows On Penglai Mountain 蓬莱山电影, we present the 1948 film Spring In A Small Town 《小城之春》. This series is held in collaboration with The Livonian Cinema
Spring in a Small Town - 《小城之春》
China 1948 | Black and White | 93 mins
Directed by Fei Mu / Starring Wei Wei, Shi Yu & Li Wei / Cinematography Li Shengwei / Editors Wei Chunbao & Xu Ming / Wenhua Film Company / Mandarin with English subtitles
Yuwen (played by Wei Wei) narrates the circular nature of her life in a small town in the Jiangnan region. The film, which will be screened outdoors with limited seating, is in Mandarin with English subtitles. Doors will open at 8pm, and the movie will begin at 8:30. Guests are encouraged to bring a blanket to stay warm throughout the night. Advance ticket purchase is required.
We meet a couple, a loveless squire and his wife. Their marriage is rotting away from disinterest and distrust when a doctor arrives to treat the husband, and discovers a coincidence that is heartening and foreboding in the same instant: he was the wife’s first love, her true love, never forgotten. The spaces of the film are strewn with debris, austere and disturbing places with a Tarkovskian dread clinging to them. “I simply don’t know how to live in the future,” says the wife... - Kevin Jack Hagopian
CELEBRATING TWO YEARS OF SHENGJING PANORAMA
Realized through the collaboration of the Velaslavasay Panorama with panorama painters in Shenyang, China—Li Wu, Yan Yang & Zhou Fuxian—Shengjing Panorama debuted in Los Angeles at the Velaslavasay Panorama on June 1, 2019 as the first ever USA<>China 360-degree painted panorama since the invention of the medium in the late 18th Century.
Since then the content, context, themes, and history of Shengjing Panorama have brought new interpretations to light. Time has regrettably marked the passing of one of the painters, Li Wu. Li Wu was a master of panoramic painting. A Professor in the Large Format Painting Department of Luxun Academy of Art in Shenyang, China, he worked on over 20 panoramas throughout the course of his life and Shengjing Panorama is the only one on view outside of China.
The experience of Shengjing Panorama can be summed up by the words of filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke: "Nothing happens really, but at the same time, a lot has happened."
VISITING VELASLAVASAY PANORAMA
Visitors can now book private appointments weekly on Fridays and Saturdays from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
A 60-minute appointment includes access to the gardens and exhibits, including Shengjing Panorama.
There are four options for a visit session:
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One-Person Appointment
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Two-Person Appointment
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VPES Member Appointment (+ One Guest)
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Group Appointment (Up To 6 People)
Appointments are required to visit and only one ticket is available per timed session.As our system is set up for private appointments and only one ticket is available per timed session, groups of individuals wishing to visit together are advised to have one person book a Group Ticket, which is good for up to 6 people.
Since the start of 2021 the Velaslavasay Panorama has existed and thrived through support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, California Arts Council, California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Program, LA County Department of Arts and Culture, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Opaline Fund - A Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund, Wilhelm Family Foundation, Velaslavasay Panorama Enthusiast Society and direct contributions from businesses and individuals.
We are extremely grateful for the support and thank all funders past, present and future for enabling the existence of the Velaslavasay Panorama.
We look forward to welcoming your visit in the near future.
1122 West 24th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007