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Films
found one film
Region
“South-East Asia”
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Country
“China”
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Keywords
“Material Culture”
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Directors
“MacDougall, Judith”
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Series
“0”
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Country of production
“Australia”
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Year of production
“2007”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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Region
South-East Asia
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Country
China
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Keywords
Film / Photography / Mass media
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Material Culture
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Directors
MacDougall, Judith
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Series
not set
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Country of production
Australia
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Year of production
2007
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Colour / Black and white
Film
The Art of Regret
2007
60
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
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Photography is known in China as the “Art of Regret”. In the rapidly changing city of Kunming, people are ambivalent about whether they want photography to be a medium of preservation and evidence, or of transformation and fantasy. While old photographs are cherished, digital technology can now make old people look young again. At computerized stalls in department stores, faces and clothing can be instantly transformed. An old-established studio digitally enhances the images made on their wooden 19th century portrait camera. Choices about how to regard history, reality, and material culture constantly confront everyone in contemporary China.
South-East Asia
Material Culture
Film / Photography / Mass media