Screen/Society--Cine-East--"Writing in Water"

Film Screening: "Writing in Water" (Angela Zito, 42 min, China, color, DVD) -- "What does it mean to take up calligraphy in a fast-moving world where people often no longer recall the stroke order of unusual words, but can look them up on cellphones? How does it feel being alone, together, spending long hours training your body to write while slowly mulling over your life with others? Writing in Water follows my calligraphy teacher, and my teacher's teacher, in Tuanjiehu Park, Beijing, where they write on the plaza everyday. With their students they connect past to present, master to pupil, friend to friend, making a community, making Chinese characters that slowly materialize, and that last long after the water has evanesced into air." - Angela Zito -- Introduced by Prof. Ralph Litzinger -- discussion w/ director Angela Zito to follow!