A Poem to Liu Xia is screening as part of the
Trish McAdam
Strangers: Film
and Drawing
A solo exhibition at the Butler Gallery, Kilkenny from 5th March to April 24th 2016
http://www.butlergallery.com/current/
A Poem to Liu Xia.
Made on International Women's Day 2015 in collaboration with Zeng Jinyan (writer, Hong Kong) and Liao Yiwu (Composer/Performer,Berlin) for Chinese Artist Liu Xia, wife of Liu Xiaobo, under house arrest in Beijing without charge since her husband, poet Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 2010, This video was made to remind her that her art may be forbidden in China but she is not is not forgotten.
Made on international Women's day 2015
From a poem by Zeng Jinyan
Performed by Liao Yiwu
Directed by Trish McAdam
Read in English by Mark Kilroy A Poem to Liu Xia
.https://youtu.be/oL9lQegwxE4 - ENGLISH
https://youtu.be/E8w0YtQ4yX8 - CHINESE
Other links
DOX - Centre for Contemporary Arts
http://www.dox.cz/en/exhibitions/the-silent-strength-of-liu-xiahttp://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/liu-xia-04012014155633.html
More information
AMNESTY International - _ http://www.amnesty.org.uk/china-liu-xia-xiaobo-house-arrest#.VP1h1L5TOMA
Front Line Defenders
http://www.lighthonestyhrd.org/lxb/
Wall Street Journal
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/liu-xiaobo-wife-secretly-filmed-video-china-poem
Radio Free Asia
Made on International Women's Day 2015 in collaboration with Zeng Jinyan (writer, Hong Kong) and Liao Yiwu (Composer/Performer,Berlin) for Chinese Artist Liu Xia, wife of Liu Xiaobo, under house arrest in Beijing without charge since her husband, poet Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 2010, This video was made to remind her that her art may be forbidden in China but she is not is not forgotten.
Made on international Women's day 2015
From a poem by Zeng Jinyan
Performed by Liao Yiwu
Directed by Trish McAdam
Read in English by Mark Kilroy A Poem to Liu Xia
.https://youtu.be/oL9lQegwxE4 - ENGLISH
https://youtu.be/E8w0YtQ4yX8 - CHINESE
Other links
DOX - Centre for Contemporary Arts
http://www.dox.cz/en/exhibitions/the-silent-strength-of-liu-xiahttp://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/liu-xia-04012014155633.html
More information
AMNESTY International - _ http://www.amnesty.org.uk/china-liu-xia-xiaobo-house-arrest#.VP1h1L5TOMA
Front Line Defenders
http://www.lighthonestyhrd.org/lxb/
Wall Street Journal
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/liu-xiaobo-wife-secretly-filmed-video-china-poem
Radio Free Asia
