Artist Panel Discussion: MyPeople Project  
Time: 7:30pm, 31th May, 2012
Venue: Xindanwei, 50 Yongjia Rd.
Host: MyPeople Project, Xindanwei
Cost: 40RMB (including fresh coffee and tea)
Language: English

Colm Lally – Magic Realism and Image Machines
Colm’s presentation focuses on imaging machines, image-making devices that summon into existence new space. He will present some examples of imaging technologies that fabricate and bind fantastic tempo-spatial concepts, pealing back new measurements, demanding new approaches to movement through space and placing powerful notions of the ‘real’ inside what Vilém Flusser (Towards a Philosophy of Photography, 1983) describes as the magical powers of the image. His proposition heads toward the realm of ‘magic realism’ because these machines travel along an unstable path between the ‘real’ and the fantastic.

Xu Zhifeng – Zoom
Shanghai based conceptual artist Xu Zhifeng will give a briefing on his under developing plan entitled ZOOM that dedicated to the MyPeople Project (http://myppl.co.uk). ZOOM uses Google Earth technology and GPS tracking to assist mapping the trio-city Shanghai-London-Amsterdam respectively and correspondingly through Xu Zhifeng’s clockwise walking at the very speed of the hour-hand on the clock within 12 hours to create a mega circular route track (~16km∅ in Shanghai case), questioning the relationship of urban development and human scale in the context of so called ‘globalization’. Process documentation might be secondary to the process itself and the experience.

Ronnie Gillam – MyPeople Project
Ronnie will talk about MyPeople Project which is having it’s premiere exhibition in Shanghai.
MyPeople Project explores the subject of networking, bringing together twelve critically acclaimed artists from London, Shanghai and Amsterdam. The project is a collaboration between a group of self-selected artists, curators and event organisers with an exhibit, Solar Plexus, opening in Shanghai in June, 2012. This project suggests a new approach to developing a network for an intercultural dialogue and exchange between artists from different countries. As an example, all the artists in this show were invited to join the project by other participating artists, creating a true network of peers. The process will result in exhibitions in London, Amsterdam and Shanghai, presenting work from these twelve established artists, while promoting this unique networking model with an open dialogue, and exchange of ideas, knowledge, skills and cultural experiences between both artists and audiences, locally and internationally. Both Colm Lally and Xu Zhifeng are taking part in this project and will present their perspective on the relationship between art and networks.

About Artists:

Colm Lally was born in Galway, Ireland; lives and works in London. Colm is founder and director of E:vent. Since 2003 Colm has taken a hands-on role developing the E:vent programme, focusing on media art; video; performance; and electronic music. He was visiting lecturer at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in 2004/07, visiting lecturer at the Architectural Association 2006, and visiting juror in Bartlett School of Architecture 2007. Colm was a co-organiser of Node.London 06, London’s first major media arts festival. He is also co-director of Arts in Action since 2001 – an artists community based in East London.

Xu Zhifeng a.k.a. Shaw studied architecture at the Fine Art College of ShanghaiUniversity between 2003–08. Since this time, Shaw has moved on to explore the theoretical and social experience of architecture through a series of installation,intervention, performance pieces and art exhibitions that intervene with urban spaces, and challenge the observers experience of the built environment. Xu has exhibited extensively in China, UK, and Germany.

Ronnie Gillam holds an MA from Central Saint Martins Art and Design College and a BA from Bezalel Academy of Fine Arts and Design. Has extensive experience in managing a range of studio and magazine projects including branding, exhibitions and photo shoots. Ronnie currently resides in London.

Chihmin Chiu: Solo Photography Exhibition – Hey Dude! 
Time: 18th May – 16th June, 2012
Venue: Xindanwei, 50 Yongjia Rd.
Cost: Free

About the exhibition:
Guess who they are? The funny street youth, the old fashioned boy, or, any identity you can imagine. It’s an interesting thing to see the changes of these anonymous boys through Chihmin’s camera lens.

The opening party will take place at 8pm on 18th May. Free to join the opening party and also we will provide free drinks.

About Photographer:
Chihmin Chiu, a Shanghainese photographer. He is a sensitive person, who is a fashion lover, a fever guy of shooting by film.

Registrered users for this event:

aaajiao

Shayla

Kairos

(in total 3).

Mr. Pablo Ventura : Choreographic Machine  
Time: 7:30pm, 17th May, 2012
Venue: Xindanwei, 50 Yongjia Rd.
Cost: 40RMB (including fresh coffee and tea)
Language: English

During this lecture, Mr. Pablo Ventura will share his  “Choreographic Machine” method of choreographing. He will present his method using examples of videos of his dance media productions. In addition, he will talk about his most recent work with audio-visual interaction designers.

About Mr. Pablo Ventura:
Mr. Pablo Ventura is a choreographer and media artist. He holds a distinction diploma in dance and choreography of the London Contemporary Dance School and he is also the founder of the Ventura Dance Company who has a rich experience in full evening dance media-productions and installations, collaboration with electronic music composers, video artists and software designers. He has won several prices for his work, among them the City of Zurich Dance award. In 2007, Mr. Ventura was selected for the “Artists in Lab” program that aims at bringing together science and art. During that time he developed together with Mr. Daniel Bisig a software application for computer generated choreographies in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the University of Zurich.

Pablo Ventura’s work “2047” will be present together with other Sino-Swiss projects on the swissnex China booth at this year’s Shanghai International Science & Art Exhibition. 2047 is an interactive installation that has been adapted from a dance work by the same title. The dance work was inspired by Won Kar Wai’s movie ‘2046’. The work contrasts traditional and computer based dance and employs motion tracking techniques and swarm behavior principles.

More about swissnex China booth at Shanghai International Science and Art Exhibition

Registrered users for this event:

subailong

aaajiao

lolaee

Binbin_Lai

garmalieya

nut4

ittxiaohan

(in total 7).

9/23 desks still available

3 desks (one office) in Xindanwei /Grasslands and 6 desk in Yongjia50 are  available now for short-term rentals. For more information, please refer to Time Service.

#1.  Xindanwei Property

Xindanwei grows, so do our members. That’s why we have developed a plan to apply our people-powered approach among various of imaginative and extraordinary spaces and buildings around the city, in order to accommodate the growth of our members, allow more community participation and increase the the intensification of social and financial values for our community members.

- invisible: The invisible involves itself in many fields: design, photography, app/interactive program development and electronic publishing. It is a crossover new media service agency that can provide clients with special and creative solutions. The EI is equipped with large professional photo studio, event areas (approximately 100m2) suitable for creative activities and flexible working and conference spaces. The total area is above 300 m2.

- Xindanwei /Grasslands: Xindanwei/Grasslands is located in a historic lane house on Shaoxing Road near South Shaanxi Road. Xindanwei/Grasslands showcases the concept of “Eco-workspace”, which encourages waste separation, minimized use of utilities, thingking before printing, recycling what we can and refuse what we don’t really need.  The entire space will only use 100% natural and toxin free products.

- Central POD: Located in Jing An Temple CBD, it is a contemporary creative office and commercial space. Fifty-two office spaces ranging from 27 to 138 sqm spread on 3 levels are available now. Designed specifically for creative businesses and professionals, Central POD focuses on an urban loft-like design transformed from old industrial property build in 130 to 1970.

- Wan Space: a newly renovated creative office block on Wanhangdu Road. Airy and smartly sized room (35-77 sqm) in a 4-floor red brick building. The small roof-top garden is a real bonus. Value for money.

- Red villa @ Wan Space: a 3-floor villa-style building on Wanhangdu Road. The ground floor space (250 sqm) and upper floors (300 sqm) can be rented together or separately. The building has a simple interior with nice wooden stairs. Its ground floor garden is spacious and suitable for chill out and hosting event. Ideal for medium size creative company.

For inquiry, please email us xindanwei@gmail.com or call us on 021 3428 0783.

#2. Community Post

If you have anything interesting to share with Xindanwei community, please post it on xindanwei.com or email us Xindanwei@gmail.com

1). Xindanwei Past Events:

- Dutch Film Week 
To mark 40 years diplomatic relations between China and the Netherlands, Dutch Week is being organised. Dutch Week is organised by the Dutch business community in Shanghai and the Dutch Consulate General in Shanghai. During Dutch Week a number of activities are being organised to show Dutch Excellence to the Chinese community. More about Dutch Week 2012.

Dutch Film Week is a part of the Dutch Week 2012. Dutch Consulate General in Shanghai and Xindanwei will host the film festival. We will present you a Dutch movie every night for the week. The opening party will take place at 6:30pm on April 23. Peter Potman, the Consul-General will also be here to talk about the film and culture. Event Features

- Twittamentary Screening
Twittamentary is a creative commons, experimental documentary made by and about Twitter users. The documentary will be played in Xindanwei on 28th of April. Soik Soik, the film maker, will also be here to talk about his experience and thoughts about the documentary. More information about Twittamentary.

2).Xindanwei forthcoming events:

- Mr. Pablo Ventura : Choreographic Machine
During this lecture, Mr. Pablo Ventura will share his “Choreographic Machine” method of choreographing. He will present his method using examples of videos of his dance media productions. In addition, he will talk about his most recent work with audio-visual interaction designers.

Time: 7:30pm, 17th May, 2012
Venue: Xindanwei, 50 Yongjia Rd.
Cost: 40RMB (including fresh coffee and tea)
Language: English

- Chihmin Chiu: Solo Photography Exhibition – Hey Dude!
Guess who they are? The funny street youth, the old fashioned boy, or, any identity you can imagine. It’s an interesting thing to see the changes of these anonymous boys through Chihmin’s camera lens. The opening party will take place at 8pm on 18th May. Free to join the opening party and also we will provide free drinks.

Chihmin Chiu, a Shanghainese photographer. He is a sensitive person, who is a fashion lover, a fever guy of shooting by film.

- MyPeople Project
The project suggests a new approach to develop a network between artists from Europe and Asia, allowing an intercultural dialogue. The process will result in exhibitions taking place in London, Amsterdam and Shanghai. The project intends to create a more organic discussion and an opportunity for the exchange of views and perceptions between artists, as well as an online and offline artist/audience dialogue. More about the project.

On the 30th of May, Xindanwei will invite four artists from this project to make an “open dialogue” at Yongjia 50. For more detail, please refer to events.

- GeekPark Shanghai
Geekpark is a renowned monthly event among the IT community in China. It was started in 2010 for Chinese IT innovators to explore and share about the IT products and trendy technology. The event features technical talks by CEOs, Product Directors, and Product Managers in the industry. On 9th of June, Geekpark will debut in Shanghai. For more detail, please refer to events.

- Wu Youjian: Being Gay through a Mother’s Eyes
On 5th of June, the speaker Wu Youjian will share her stories in Xindanwei. She will start with her own family story in order to explain how she came to understand and accept her gay son, how she came to make appearances in the media in support of her son, and later of the LGBT community at large. She will tell the story of her son: Blessed with family support, he has passed through stages of his love life as well as his career. Activities of both PFLAG China and her studio will also be illustrated with examples. By sharing real cases encountered in years of work, Wu will express her view on subjects such as same-sex love, coming out, marriage of convenience, and wives of gay men.

Born in 1947 in Guangdong, Wu Youjian is a retired editor, a mother who has been the first in China to openly support her gay son and has laterbecome an advocate for the LGBT community at large.For more detail, please refer to events.

- Xinchejian Upcoming Events
There are three events will be presented by Xinchejian in this May. They are related to art and tech, sound synthesizer, as well as video synthesizer.

#3. Xindanwei Wall

1) Co-working Manual app:
Xindanwei announced the ‘Co-working Manual’ to disscuss the the necessity and advantages of coworking communities, Xindanwei business model, key points of building the space, experience in business planning, community management and brand management. The purpose of launching this manual is to share experience and models, thus to promote the ‘coworking community’ working model and change the way people work.

“Xindanwei Coworking Manual” is nominated to “Digital Communities” category of the International Prix Ars Electronica 2012.

2) THNK, The Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership:
CEO of Xindanwei Liu Yan along with founder of Greennovate Mihela Hladin are going to attend THNK Creative Leadership Program of The Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership in Amsterdam. Stefano Marzano, former Chief Design Officer of Royal Philips Electronics, is the Founding Dean of THNK. And the advisory Board and faculty of THNK is comprised of the top creative leaders which include the Co-founder and Executive Director of Stanford d.school George Kembel, Designer Marcel Wander, Principal Architect & Co-founder of Unstudio Ben Van Berkel, and former Director of Design of Philips Marco Bevolon. Six months into the program, Xindanwei, Greennovate, along with Xindanwei/Grassland will embark on a twelve-month Challenge program called the Accelerator.

If any professional media would like to follow up or make a depth report of THNK, please contact us directly.

More about THNK experience please refer to Liu Yan’s blog.

3) Revised Price:
Thank you all for your continuing support. In this price-soaring age, we are trying out best to control the cost though, it’s still unlikely to sustain ourselves with the current price offering. So, we have no choice to increase the price of the membership Xindanwei on Yongjia Rd 50 from 1st of March on.

The new prices will be –

RMB20/hour/person for conference room use,
RMB2500/month for monthly membership（three months accrue）
RMB2300/month for yearly membership. (for 6 months and over) monthly payment and deposit for one month

We appreciate your understanding and looking forward to contributing more to the community in the new Dragon Year!

4) Property Services:
To provide better property service, Help Desk is now established for users to nail down all the maintenance issues. We promise: arrive on the spot within 30 minutes for emergency maintenance; finish minor maintenance within 3 hours and big maintenance with in 3 days; all maintenances not included in contract will be charged according to the price list. Hope you enjoy your working hours in Xindanwei.

May Featured People: Andre Pan

Interview / Zhou Me        Translation / Alice

1. Welcome to Xindanwei.com, Please introduce yourself. Could you tell us where you’re from and how you got started in the current business?
My name is Andre Pan, but most of my friends call me POPO, which is an abbreviation of my nickname POPOEVER used for over 12 years. I’m Shanghai local people. I started a social media consultancy company named Brandigg Strategy back to 2010 with my friend Isaac Mao. The business is based on our studies and researches of China social media market through years, at that moment, we both thought it’s the right time to bring social media practice to China market, so we did it.

2. Can you tell me about Brandigg Strategy, the company you founded, and what you do for them?
I’m working as the Managing Director of Brandigg Strategy. Brandigg is a business service providing social media consultancy to enterprises and organizations, help them shaping their digital strategy, training social media team, building and tuning social pipelines, analyzing social data. We position ourself as a social media strategist and evangelist, entrepreneur strategic partner as well. Our structure is simple and small, and we mean to keep it that way since it’s a smart business. Basically my daily job is telling our client what they should do and should not, and telling our social media expert what the clients want and do not, it’s much like a coordinator. Meanwhile I’m also the networking tentacle of the company, join events to meet fresh connections and have talk with potential clients. I’m also acting as the amplifier when engage campaigns.

3. As you’ve been working on social media consultancy, can you tell me the experiences you had for these years?
We’re lucky, just after started the business, we’re introduced to our first client, USA Pavilion(USAP) of Shanghai EXPO 2010 who were looking for a digital media solution provider. We had couple rounds of happy talk and negotiation, then successfully be contracted as the official solution provider. We still keep some audio memos of the project meetings, that’s a happy memory, bunch of brainstorming ideas and laughters. In 2011, we served Standard Chartered Bank(SCB) promoting their Breeze Living product line, helped them shaping online strategy and engaged several online/offline campaigns including Apple Store event, Geek conference at The Apartment and McDonald’s McFlurry QR redeem. Comparing to USAP case, SCB has more strict internal rules and procedures, which help us learn how to cooperate with enterprise of that scale. So far, we served full hand clients from all kinds of industries adopting our social media methodology of Connectivity, Conversation, Credibility (3C). And for 2012, we’re working with some credible partnerships to build a brand new social network platform applying our understanding of social media.

4. Of course a follow up to the previous question is, what do you think about social networking phenomenon and how has it impacted or effected your life?
It’s a consequence of massive information volumn brought out by world wide web, people and the society need a new form of how to receive and consume daily information, I can’t tell if social networking is the most optimized methodology, but it indeed help us reach to what we want more convenient than before, and those we don’t want as well, for sure it has pros and cons. Talking my own experience, social networking dominates most of the time of my life now, help me finding routes of driving, venue of meetup, recommendation of lunch, updating with my friends in realtime, and keep an eye on my work as I play all these around, making me more accessible to answers and solutions, it infiltrates into every bit of my life already, I’m still well known among my connection by “Twittering When Driving”, OOPS. But in some case it’s annoying, say, I’m a gadget fan who have 3 Android devices and 4 Apple products, all connected to my cloud service, so when an email or message comes in, my devices will become a small chorus, it’s ok in day time, but imagine the night

5. You are an active, well-known blogger and twitter user. Please provide your insights on high quality knowledge sharing among local geeks community.
I’m kept thinking about the Positive Energy these years. During some discussions with friends and connections, I found people who be negative with sharing was mostly concerned about its productivity. Actually sharing is one of the instincts of human being, and the fundamental methodology of how we build personal network. Trust, reliability, credibility, all these positive characteristics are expectable consequences of selfless contribution. The society is an ecosystem, we must believe contributing with high quality will invest positive effect into the system, returning positive results is only a matter of time, but don’t forget the productivity of social network, which expanding our life span than its length, as we say about Sharism, the more you give, the more you receive, it’s a way of life.

6. Thanks again for providing Xindanwei.com this opportunity to interview you. Any final thoughts for our readers?
Same to you, thank you. Like I said above, social networking in the past few years evolved our information consumption behavior by paving a easy way of getting and reading or broadcasting, but that’s two ends of information consumption, we still need effective method or pipeline to connect these two ends, delivering on-demands information metaphor by adopting some intermediate service, I’ve seen some tryings already, and I believe there will be more in the coming years. People not only need information, but also need information ready for their own eye on arrival, just like the old time.

9/23 desks still available

3 desks (one office) in Xindanwei /Grasslands and 6 desk in Yongjia50 are  available now for short-term rentals. For more information, please refer to Time Service.

#1.  Xindanwei Property

Xindanwei grows, so do our members. That’s why we have developed a plan to apply our people-powered approach among various of imaginative and extraordinary spaces and buildings around the city, in order to accommodate the growth of our members, allow more community participation and increase the the intensification of social and financial values for our community members.

- invisible: The invisible involves itself in many fields: design, photography, app/interactive program development and electronic publishing. It is a crossover new media service agency that can provide clients with special and creative solutions. The EI is equipped with large professional photo studio, event areas (approximately 100m2) suitable for creative activities and flexible working and conference spaces. The total area is above 300 m2.

- Xindanwei /Grasslands: Xindanwei/Grasslands is located in a historic lane house on Shaoxing Road near South Shaanxi Road. Xindanwei/Grasslands showcases the concept of “Eco-workspace”, which encourages waste separation, minimized use of utilities, thingking before printing, recycling what we can and refuse what we don’t really need.  The entire space will only use 100% natural and toxin free products.

- Central POD: Located in Jing An Temple CBD, it is a contemporary creative office and commercial space. Fifty-two office spaces ranging from 27 to 138 sqm spread on 3 levels are available now. Designed specifically for creative businesses and professionals, Central POD focuses on an urban loft-like design transformed from old industrial property build in 130 to 1970.

- Wan Space: a newly renovated creative office block on Wanhangdu Road. Airy and smartly sized room (35-77 sqm) in a 4-floor red brick building. The small roof-top garden is a real bonus. Value for money.

- Red villa @ Wan Space: a 3-floor villa-style building on Wanhangdu Road. The ground floor space (250 sqm) and upper floors (300 sqm) can be rented together or separately. The building has a simple interior with nice wooden stairs. Its ground floor garden is spacious and suitable for chill out and hosting event. Ideal for medium size creative company.

For inquiry, please email us xindanwei@gmail.com or call us on 021 3428 0783.

#2. Community Post

If you have anything interesting to share with Xindanwei community, please post it on xindanwei.com or email us Xindanwei@gmail.com

1). Xindanwei Past Events:

- Dutch Film Week 
To mark 40 years diplomatic relations between China and the Netherlands, Dutch Week is being organised. Dutch Week is organised by the Dutch business community in Shanghai and the Dutch Consulate General in Shanghai. During Dutch Week a number of activities are being organised to show Dutch Excellence to the Chinese community. More about Dutch Week 2012.

Dutch Film Week is a part of the Dutch Week 2012. Dutch Consulate General in Shanghai and Xindanwei will host the film festival. We will present you a Dutch movie every night for the week. The opening party will take place at 6:30pm on April 23. Peter Potman, the Consul-General will also be here to talk about the film and culture. Event Features

- Twittamentary Screening
Twittamentary is a creative commons, experimental documentary made by and about Twitter users. The documentary will be played in Xindanwei on 28th of April. Soik Soik, the film maker, will also be here to talk about his experience and thoughts about the documentary. More information about Twittamentary.

- Random DSIGN 
This exhibition displays the Random DSIGN collection and work, which include T-shirts, cups, hats, and so on. The opening party will take place at 3pm on 7th April.

Random DSIGN is randomly applying innovation design onto many. It is a label with no labeling. Random DSIGN does not design product, does not produce graphic, but express its love and fear of the world in its random little ways; it inspires a control-free space where the reality does not rule.

2).Xindanwei forthcoming events:

- MyPeople Project
The project suggests a new approach to develop a network between artists from Europe and Asia, allowing an intercultural dialogue. The process will result in exhibitions taking place in London, Amsterdam and Shanghai. The project intends to create a more organic discussion and an opportunity for the exchange of views and perceptions between artists, as well as an online and offline artist/audience dialogue. More about the project.

On the 30th of May, Xindanwei will invite four artists from this project to make an “open dialogue” at Yongjia 50. For more detail, please refer to events.

- Xinchejian Upcoming Events
There are three events will be presented by Xinchejian in this May. They are related to art and tech, sound synthesizer, as well as video synthesizer.

#3. Xindanwei Wall

1) Co-working Manual app:
Xindanwei announced the ‘Co-working Manual’ to disscuss the the necessity and advantages of coworking communities, Xindanwei business model, key points of building the space, experience in business planning, community management and brand management. The purpose of launching this manual is to share experience and models, thus to promote the ‘coworking community’ working model and change the way people work.

“Xindanwei Coworking Manual” is nominated to “Digital Communities” category of the International Prix Ars Electronica 2012.

2) THNK, The Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership:
CEO of Xindanwei Liu Yan along with founder of Greennovate Mihela Hladin are going to attend THNK Creative Leadership Program of The Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership in Amsterdam. Stefano Marzano, former Chief Design Officer of Royal Philips Electronics, is the Founding Dean of THNK. And the advisory Board and faculty of THNK is comprised of the top creative leaders which include the Co-founder and Executive Director of Stanford d.school George Kembel, Designer Marcel Wander, Principal Architect & Co-founder of Unstudio Ben Van Berkel, and former Director of Design of Philips Marco Bevolon. Six months into the program, Xindanwei, Greennovate, along with Xindanwei/Grassland will embark on a twelve-month Challenge program called the Accelerator.

If any professional media would like to follow up or make a depth report of THNK, please contact us directly.

More about THNK experience please refer to Liu Yan’s blog.

3) Revised Price:
Thank you all for your continuing support. In this price-soaring age, we are trying out best to control the cost though, it’s still unlikely to sustain ourselves with the current price offering. So, we have no choice to increase the price of the membership Xindanwei on Yongjia Rd 50 from 1st of March on.

The new prices will be –

RMB20/hour/person for conference room use,
RMB2500/month for monthly membership（three months accrue）
RMB2300/month for yearly membership. (for 6 months and over) monthly payment and deposit for one month

We appreciate your understanding and looking forward to contributing more to the community in the new Dragon Year!

4) Property Services:
To provide better property service, Help Desk is now established for users to nail down all the maintenance issues. We promise: arrive on the spot within 30 minutes for emergency maintenance; finish minor maintenance within 3 hours and big maintenance with in 3 days; all maintenances not included in contract will be charged according to the price list. Hope you enjoy your working hours in Xindanwei.

Time: 2:00 – 5:00pm, April 28, 2012
Cost: 30RMB （including fresh coffee and tea）
Venue: Ground floor of Xindanwei, Yongjia Rd 50 (close to Shaanxi Rd South)
Language: English
Attention: This event is by reservation ONLY. Please complete the reservation form on this page before you come.

Twittamentary looks at how lives connect and intersect within the Twitter community as the real-time web accelerates serendipity. Bonds are forged as a result of unexpected encounters between strangers as they share moments of their lives in real time. The film is created in the open spirit of the Web. Twitter users were invited to contribute story ideas, rich media and videos to the film via the movie’s initial submissions website . The launch of the Twittamentary website in August 2009 soon led to a whirlwind road trip across USA, where the filmmaker interviewed a wide range of Twitter’ers, from a travel journalist turned “twilebrity” to a homeless women who uses twitter from a public library to a prostitute who uses twitter as her personal GPS.

The final version of Twittamentary was recently shown at SXSW Interactive, Cinequest and Social Media Week (London, New York, Singapore, and Miami)

Twittamentary filmmaker Tan Siok Siok, will travel to Shanghai to introduce the movie and discuss the filmmaking process for Twittamentary.

About the Filmmaker:

Tan Siok Siok is a filmmaker, entrepreneur and honorary geek with a deep passion for great storytelling in the age of the real time web.

Siok is also an entrepreneur who has built KineticOne, an online video venture in China. Siok previously worked as an executive producer for Discovery Channel in Asia. The shows she produced have clinched more than a dozen awards and nominations at the Asian TV awards and the Golden Bell Awards. Siok has also been a visiting lecturer at the Beijing Film Academy, where she directed a documentary about the Beijing Olympics, Boomtown Beijing, with the assistance of her students. Siok holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honors) in Comparative Literature from Brown University, USA.

More about Twittamentary.

To mark 40 years diplomatic relations between China and the Netherlands, Dutch Week is being organised. Dutch Week is organised by the Dutch business community in Shanghai and the Dutch Consulate General in Shanghai. During Dutch Week a number of activities are being organised to show Dutch Excellence to the Chinese community. More about Dutch Week 2012.

Dutch Film Festival is a part of the Dutch Week 2012. Dutch Consulate General in Shanghai and Xindanwei will host the film festival. We will present you a Dutch movie every night for the week. The opening party will take place at 6:30pm on April 23. Peter Potman, the Consul-General will also be here to talk about the film and culture.

Time:
1) 6:30-9:00pm, Monday, April 23. Dutch Film Festival Opening, The Hell of ’63 (screening)
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Guest: Mr. Peter Potman, Netherlands Consul- General in Shanghai.
2) 6:30-9:00pm, Tuesday, April 24, Selected Dutch Shorts (screening).
Guest: Ms. Ingrid d’Hooghe, sinologist, the spouse of Netherlands Consul- General in Shanghai.
3) 6:30-9:00pm, Wednesday, April 25, Duska (screening).
Guest: Mr. Huub Buise, Netherlands Consul in Shanghai.
4) 6:30-9:00pm, Friday, April 27, Documentary:Dusk Electric Shadows (screening).
Guest: Mr. Huub Buise, Netherlands Consul in Shanghai; Yilan, main character of the documentary

Venue: Xindanwei, 50 Yongjia Rd.
Language: English
Cost: Free（reservation only), including free coffee and tea
Organizer: Dutch Consulate General in Shanghai, Xindanwei
Notice: This event is by reservation ONLY. Please complete the reservation form on this page before you come.

About Films:

1) The Hell of ‘63

The Hell of ‘63

Director: Steven de Jong
Screen: Steven de Jong, Maarten Lebens, Jean Ummels
Genre: drama
Language: Dutch
Subtitle: English

Four stories typifying the spirit of the 10,000 skates on that fateful freezing day in 1963. When conditions are right an infamous nice-kating race is held in the north of the Netherlands. The 200 km race must be completed by midnight and everyone who finishes receives a medal. The film is based on the true facts of the fateful day in 1963 when, due to plunging temperatures and rough terrain, thousands of skaters suffered frostbite and shocking injuries. Only a small number would cross the finish-line, but for this who did, it was to be life-changing event!

2) Selected Dutch Shorts

Selected Dutch Shorts

Director：Jos Stelling; Hanro Smitsman; Arne Toonen
Screen：Steven de Jong, Maarten Lebens, Jean Ummels; Robin Noorda & Bethany de Forest; Marinus Groothof; Jochem de Vries
Genre：Short features
Language：Dutch
Subtitle：English

Cocky Love
Director: Hanro Smitsman Time: 10’
An old farmer prepares his favorite rooster for a contest. His wife tries to capture his attention too. It is time to make a choice.

Drop Dead
Director: Arne Toonen Time: 10’
What begins as an exciting adventure takes a nightmarish turn…

Red-end and the seemingly symbiotic society
Director: Robin Noorda & Bethany de Forest Time: 15’
Ant Red-end differs from the rest and tries an experiment…

Sunset from a rooftop
Director: Marinus Groothof Time: 10’
10′ While Belgrade is being hit by NATO-bombings, Ivana is preparing herself for a night out and tell her boyfriend the news of her pregnancy.

Bingo
Director: Timur Ismailov Time: 27’
BINGO is a young gypsy from Moldova who tries his luck in Hooland.

Missing
Director: Jochem de Vries Time: 11’
A mother and her 7-year old daughter are dealing with the little problems of every day life.

3) Duska

Duska

Director: Jos Stelling
Screen: Jos Stelling and Hans Heesen
Genre: drama
Language: Dutch
Subtitle: English

A Dutch film critic and a poor Russian vagabond make for a very odd couple. Bob, an intellectual film critic and screenwriter visits and obscure film festival in Kiev, where he meets the poor but engaging vagabond Duska. “Whenever you’re in Hooland, do not hesitate to visit me,” the over-enthusiastic Bob suggests, knowing for sure that Duska will never leave Kiev. He is therefore stunned when, a few months later, Duska is standing at his door. The timing couldn’t be worse. Since Bob is finally meeting the girl he was longing for: the attractive cashier from the movie theatre across the street.

4) Documentary: Electric Shadows

Director: Mariëtte Faber
Genre: documentary
Language: Dutch
Subtitle: English

Su-Ying and Yilan are both Dutch woman of Chinese descent and both daughter of restaurant owners. Su-Ying has been striving all her life for equal rights for the Dutch Chinese. Photographer Yilan, through her project ChinAware, is trying to unravel how her Chinese roots have formed her as an individual. Many young Chinese like Su-Ying and Yilan saw their first images of the culture of their parents and grandparents during the nocturnal Chinese film shows that started in the 1960′s. These film shows eventually led to the Kung Fu craze that captivated the whole of Holland for decades.

Event features.

To mark 40 years diplomatic relations between China and the Netherlands, Dutch Week is being organised. Dutch Week is organised by the Dutch business community in Shanghai and the Dutch Consulate General in Shanghai. During Dutch Week a number of activities are being organised to show Dutch Excellence to the Chinese community. More about Dutch Week 2012.

Dutch Film Festival is a part of the Dutch Week 2012. Dutch Consulate General in Shanghai and Xindanwei will host the film festival. We will present you a Dutch movie every night for the week. The opening party will take place at 6:30pm on April 23. Peter Potman, the Consul-General will also be here to talk about the film and culture.

Time:
1) 6:30-9:00pm, Monday, April 23. Dutch Film Festival Opening, The Hell of ’63 (screening)
.
Guest: Mr. Peter Potman, Netherlands Consul- General in Shanghai.
2) 6:30-9:00pm, Tuesday, April 24, Selected Dutch Shorts (screening).
Guest: Ms. Ingrid d’Hooghe, sinologist, the spouse of Netherlands Consul- General in Shanghai.
3) 6:30-9:00pm, Wednesday, April 25, Duska (screening).
Guest: Mr. Huub Buise, Netherlands Consul in Shanghai.
4) 6:30-9:00pm, Friday, April 27, Documentary:Dusk Electric Shadows (screening).
Guest: Mr. Huub Buise, Netherlands Consul in Shanghai; Yilan, main character of the documentary

Venue: Xindanwei, 50 Yongjia Rd.
Language: English
Cost: Free（reservation only), including free coffee and tea
Organizer: Dutch Consulate General in Shanghai, Xindanwei
Notice: This event is by reservation ONLY. Please complete the reservation form on this page before you come.

About Films:

1) The Hell of ‘63

The Hell of ‘63

Director: Steven de Jong
Screen: Steven de Jong, Maarten Lebens, Jean Ummels
Genre: drama
Language: Dutch
Subtitle: English

Four stories typifying the spirit of the 10,000 skates on that fateful freezing day in 1963. When conditions are right an infamous nice-kating race is held in the north of the Netherlands. The 200 km race must be completed by midnight and everyone who finishes receives a medal. The film is based on the true facts of the fateful day in 1963 when, due to plunging temperatures and rough terrain, thousands of skaters suffered frostbite and shocking injuries. Only a small number would cross the finish-line, but for this who did, it was to be life-changing event!

2) Selected Dutch Shorts

Selected Dutch Shorts

Director：Jos Stelling; Hanro Smitsman; Arne Toonen
Screen：Steven de Jong, Maarten Lebens, Jean Ummels; Robin Noorda & Bethany de Forest; Marinus Groothof; Jochem de Vries
Genre：Short features
Language：Dutch
Subtitle：English

Cocky Love
Director: Hanro Smitsman Time: 10’
An old farmer prepares his favorite rooster for a contest. His wife tries to capture his attention too. It is time to make a choice.

Drop Dead
Director: Arne Toonen Time: 10’
What begins as an exciting adventure takes a nightmarish turn…

Red-end and the seemingly symbiotic society
Director: Robin Noorda & Bethany de Forest Time: 15’
Ant Red-end differs from the rest and tries an experiment…

Sunset from a rooftop
Director: Marinus Groothof Time: 10’
10′ While Belgrade is being hit by NATO-bombings, Ivana is preparing herself for a night out and tell her boyfriend the news of her pregnancy.

Bingo
Director: Timur Ismailov Time: 27’
BINGO is a young gypsy from Moldova who tries his luck in Hooland.

Missing
Director: Jochem de Vries Time: 11’
A mother and her 7-year old daughter are dealing with the little problems of every day life.

3) Duska

Duska

Director: Jos Stelling
Screen: Jos Stelling and Hans Heesen
Genre: drama
Language: Dutch
Subtitle: English

A Dutch film critic and a poor Russian vagabond make for a very odd couple. Bob, an intellectual film critic and screenwriter visits and obscure film festival in Kiev, where he meets the poor but engaging vagabond Duska. “Whenever you’re in Hooland, do not hesitate to visit me,” the over-enthusiastic Bob suggests, knowing for sure that Duska will never leave Kiev. He is therefore stunned when, a few months later, Duska is standing at his door. The timing couldn’t be worse. Since Bob is finally meeting the girl he was longing for: the attractive cashier from the movie theatre across the street.

4) Documentary: Electric Shadows

Director: Mariëtte Faber
Genre: documentary
Language: Dutch
Subtitle: English

Su-Ying and Yilan are both Dutch woman of Chinese descent and both daughter of restaurant owners. Su-Ying has been striving all her life for equal rights for the Dutch Chinese. Photographer Yilan, through her project ChinAware, is trying to unravel how her Chinese roots have formed her as an individual. Many young Chinese like Su-Ying and Yilan saw their first images of the culture of their parents and grandparents during the nocturnal Chinese film shows that started in the 1960′s. These film shows eventually led to the Kung Fu craze that captivated the whole of Holland for decades.

To mark 40 years diplomatic relations between China and the Netherlands, Dutch Week is being organised. Dutch Week is organised by the Dutch business community in Shanghai and the Dutch Consulate General in Shanghai. During Dutch Week a number of activities are being organised to show Dutch Excellence to the Chinese community. More about Dutch Week 2012.

Dutch Film Festival is a part of the Dutch Week 2012. Dutch Consulate General in Shanghai and Xindanwei will host the film festival. We will present you a Dutch movie every night for the week. The opening party will take place at 6:30pm on April 23. Peter Potman, the Consul-General will also be here to talk about the film and culture.

Time:
1) 6:30-9:00pm, Monday, April 23. Dutch Film Festival Opening, The Hell of ’63 (screening)
.
Guest: Mr. Peter Potman, Netherlands Consul- General in Shanghai.
2) 6:30-9:00pm, Tuesday, April 24, Selected Dutch Shorts (screening).
Guest: Ms. Ingrid d’Hooghe, sinologist, the spouse of Netherlands Consul- General in Shanghai.
3) 6:30-9:00pm, Wednesday, April 25, Duska (screening).
Guest: Mr. Huub Buise, Netherlands Consul in Shanghai.
4) 6:30-9:00pm, Friday, April 27, Documentary:Dusk Electric Shadows (screening).
Guest: Mr. Huub Buise, Netherlands Consul in Shanghai; Yilan, main character of the documentary

Venue: Xindanwei, 50 Yongjia Rd.
Language: English
Cost: Free（reservation only), including free coffee and tea
Organizer: Dutch Consulate General in Shanghai, Xindanwei
Notice: This event is by reservation ONLY. Please complete the reservation form on this page before you come.

About Films:

1) The Hell of ‘63

The Hell of ‘63

Director: Steven de Jong
Screen: Steven de Jong, Maarten Lebens, Jean Ummels
Genre: drama
Language: Dutch
Subtitle: English

Four stories typifying the spirit of the 10,000 skates on that fateful freezing day in 1963. When conditions are right an infamous nice-kating race is held in the north of the Netherlands. The 200 km race must be completed by midnight and everyone who finishes receives a medal. The film is based on the true facts of the fateful day in 1963 when, due to plunging temperatures and rough terrain, thousands of skaters suffered frostbite and shocking injuries. Only a small number would cross the finish-line, but for this who did, it was to be life-changing event!

2) Selected Dutch Shorts

Selected Dutch Shorts

Director：Jos Stelling; Hanro Smitsman; Arne Toonen
Screen：Steven de Jong, Maarten Lebens, Jean Ummels; Robin Noorda & Bethany de Forest; Marinus Groothof; Jochem de Vries
Genre：Short features
Language：Dutch
Subtitle：English

Cocky Love
Director: Hanro Smitsman Time: 10’
An old farmer prepares his favorite rooster for a contest. His wife tries to capture his attention too. It is time to make a choice.

Drop Dead
Director: Arne Toonen Time: 10’
What begins as an exciting adventure takes a nightmarish turn…

Red-end and the seemingly symbiotic society
Director: Robin Noorda & Bethany de Forest Time: 15’
Ant Red-end differs from the rest and tries an experiment…

Sunset from a rooftop
Director: Marinus Groothof Time: 10’
10′ While Belgrade is being hit by NATO-bombings, Ivana is preparing herself for a night out and tell her boyfriend the news of her pregnancy.

Bingo
Director: Timur Ismailov Time: 27’
BINGO is a young gypsy from Moldova who tries his luck in Hooland.

Missing
Director: Jochem de Vries Time: 11’
A mother and her 7-year old daughter are dealing with the little problems of every day life.

3) Duska

Duska

Director: Jos Stelling
Screen: Jos Stelling and Hans Heesen
Genre: drama
Language: Dutch
Subtitle: English

A Dutch film critic and a poor Russian vagabond make for a very odd couple. Bob, an intellectual film critic and screenwriter visits and obscure film festival in Kiev, where he meets the poor but engaging vagabond Duska. “Whenever you’re in Hooland, do not hesitate to visit me,” the over-enthusiastic Bob suggests, knowing for sure that Duska will never leave Kiev. He is therefore stunned when, a few months later, Duska is standing at his door. The timing couldn’t be worse. Since Bob is finally meeting the girl he was longing for: the attractive cashier from the movie theatre across the street.

4) Documentary: Electric Shadows

Director: Mariëtte Faber
Genre: documentary
Language: Dutch
Subtitle: English

Su-Ying and Yilan are both Dutch woman of Chinese descent and both daughter of restaurant owners. Su-Ying has been striving all her life for equal rights for the Dutch Chinese. Photographer Yilan, through her project ChinAware, is trying to unravel how her Chinese roots have formed her as an individual. Many young Chinese like Su-Ying and Yilan saw their first images of the culture of their parents and grandparents during the nocturnal Chinese film shows that started in the 1960′s. These film shows eventually led to the Kung Fu craze that captivated the whole of Holland for decades.