ChoP Festival 2016

Throughout the years, Poland and China have been well known for giving the world great artists and enriching all of us with their unique cultural life. Nevertheless, interactions between artists from Europe and Asia have been rather limited and the possibilities of creating something new together, far and few between.

In 2006, Grzegorz Bojanek [PL] and Zen Lu [CN] started a humble project that was later called the ChoP Project, standing for “China - Poland”. It has become an ideal platform for artists from both countries to meet, brainstorm new ideas, perform concerts in China and Europe, and record albums characterized by a new approach to music in the contemporary world.

This year we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the ChoP Project. The past 10 years were full of contacts between Chinese and Polish artists, what certainly changed the way they think about art. Visiting each other and performing together was certainly the most important idea of the ChoP Project. Without it there would not be as many events and tours both in Europe and China, both with the well-known contemporary artists and aspiring young musicians. With the support of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland and the Art and Technology Foundation [PL] in collaboration with Shenzhen Teoisau Culture Development Co., Ltd. [CN] ChoP Festival is coming to Shenzhen again.

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About ChoP Project  

The ChoP Project is a unique transnational initiative that includes sound and visual artists from China and Poland. It was created in 2006 out of a passion for contemporary music by two independent artists, Zen Lu [CN] and Grzegorz Bojanek [PL], and it has provided an opportunity for many Polish and Chinese artists to interact and collaborate with each other across two different continents. In the beginning, both Chinese and Polish artists started collaborating with each other thanks to the possibilities given by the Internet. The first real meeting took place in 2007, when Zen Lu visited Poland for the first time. He met personally with Grzegorz Bojanek and they performed for the first time together. Their first live act in the city of Częstochowa [PL], as well as the personal contacts meant that the future of the project was seen in brighter colours. In 2009, artists from Poland together with their Chinese partners, took part in a two week Chinese tour visiting such cities as Shenzhen, Foshan, Changsha, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. Thank again Zen Lu came to Poland in 2010, to perform in Warsaw, Częstochowa and Kraków. Also in 2010, the artists of the ChoP Project were invited by the British independent film director Isaac Julien to compose part of the soundtrack for his 9-screen video installation “Ten Thousand Waves,” starring Maggie Cheung. Later, Zen Lu and Grzegorz Bojanek were invited by Isaac Julien to join him during the 8th Shanghai Biennale and perform live improvised music for his one-screen version of the installation called “Better Life” that had a vast support from the British Council. The following year, the Chinese artists visited Europe and performed in Poland, Czech Republic, and Germany. Later in 2011, several new artists from Poland went to China and visited Shanghai, Nanjing, Beijing and Wuhan during a two week tour. They performed a number of concerts, including a live-act at the Shanghai Electronic Music Week.

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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE(all events FREE)

2016.11.6 / 19:00
FESTIVAL INTRODUCTION & SHOWCASE
White Noise Records, Hong Kong
地址：九龙太子上海街720号1楼（旺角站A2出口）
艺术家: Michał Wolski, Lights Dim, Nmls

2016.11.7 / 16:00
CONFERENCE / 10 ANNIVERSARY MATERIALS DISPLAY
飞地书局 Enclave Independent Bookstore
地址：深圳市福田区八卦四路八卦岭工业区423栋6层东1-12

2016.11.8 / 11:00
WORKSHOP + LIVE-ACT
深圳外国语学校国际部 SWIS
地址：深圳市南山区白石三道29号
艺术家:
ChoP Festival Crew
Lights Dim / Live-act (short live)
Błażej Malinowski / Live-act (short live)

2016.11.9 / 20:00

NEW MEDIA ART EXHIBITION UNIT OPENNING
展期：2016年11月9日～27日
33空间 33SPACE
地址：深圳南山区深南大道9037号世界之窗欧洲印象5单元（地铁1、2号线世界之窗站I出口）
艺术家: Paweł Janicki, Kim Nasung

2016.11.10 / 20:00
AMBIENT NIGHT
飞地书局 Enclave Independent Bookstore
地址：深圳市福田区八卦四路八卦岭工业区423栋6层东1-12
艺术家: Michał Wolski, Zhang Jianfu, Mulian, Grzegorz Bojanek, Błażej Malinowski, Nmls, Vasen Piparjuuri, Dickson Dee

2016.11.11 / 20:00
ChoP FESTIVAL MAIN EVENT - DAY 1
T-Park 深港影视创意园"Mars火星现场10"
地址：深圳市福田区滨河大道2001号T-Park深港影视创意园10楼

艺术家:
Michał Wolski + Mulian
Paweł Janicki + Zhang Jianfu
Vasen Piparjuuri + Shen Piji
Kim Nasung + Ye Hui
Lights Dim

2016.11.12 / 20:00
ChoP FESTIVAL MAIN EVENT - DAY 2
T-Park 深港影视创意园"Mars火星现场10"
地址：深圳市福田区滨河大道2001号T-park深港影视创意园10楼

艺术家:
Warsaw Laptop Orchestra 
 (Michał Wolski, Błażej Malinowski, Grzegorz Bojanek, Nmls, Lights Dim, Kim_Nasung, Vasen Piparjuuri, Guiddo)
Ping Melody (Janicki + Kim_Nasung)
Grzegorz Bojanek + Zen Lu 
Jacaszek

2016.11.12 / 22:00
ChoP FESTIVAL CLUB NIGHT
Pepper Club 胡椒俱乐部
地址：深圳市福田区购物公园北区二楼
艺术家: Nmls, Michał Wolski, Guiddo

Event Date: Sunday, November 6 - Sunday, November 13, 2016, 7:00pm - 3:00am

Pricing Info: Free entry

Booking Phone Number: 13632870586

Place Name: OCT-LOFT (Overseas Chinese Town)

Place Address: Enping Jie, Oversea Chinese Town, Shenzhen 深圳市华侨城恩平路原东部工业区内

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