Shi Tou
painter, photographer and filmmaker, she graduated from Guizhou Art Academy China. She moved in 1992 to the Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace) artist's village in Beijing, the first contemporary artists' village in China, where she continued her artistic work.
In 2000, she was the first to publicly address the issue of homosexuality on a television program, alongside sociologist Li Yinhe and film professor Cui Zi'en. The program attracted 300 million viewers.
Her leading role in "Fish and Elephant" (Yu Li, 2001) contributed to the recognition of this first lesbian Chinese feature film, which won awards at the Venice, Berlin and Toronto festivals.
Mingming
Mingming is a photographer and filmmaker. She directed the documentary "Dream on the Wall," which won Best Short Film at the Hong Kong Chinese Documentary Film Festival in 2010. This environmental protection documentary tells the story of children and residents living along the Xianghai Pass in China, one of the world's most important bird migration routes.
About Shi Tou and Mingming
Shi Tou began collaborating with Mingming in 2001, using photography of performance and installation, videos and documentaries to portray the social changes in contemporary China. as well as issues of sustainable ecology and gender diversity. Now their observations and expressions will be extended to more regions.
They combines artistic creation with social practice，in 2008, with friends established a films tour group. From 2008 to now, they go to different places every year, traveling all over China, from cities to towns, and have held over 400s screenings, with tens of thousands of audiences watching and communicating.
Their art works and films have been showed in many exhibitions and film festivals all around the world, including the U.S, Sweden, Germany, France, Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Spain, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China, etc. Their art works and films are collected by universities and art museums.
A year in the garden
When art meets nature, life, and food, everything comes alive and is imbued with flavor.
Connecting with the land and its people has always been our desire. We want to observe closely and feel the manifestations and rhythms of nature throughout the four seasons in Normandy, visit local gardens, and cook with them using local ingredients. We want to document these experiences, draw inspiration from them, and find joy in them.
It all begins with the first plantings, which require perseverance and hard work. In the mornings, we discuss what we want to plant this year, and in the afternoons and evenings, we harvest the seeds from the previous year in preparation for the next plantings. This fills us with hope.
Let's listen together, throughout the year, to what the land and the sea tell us, and let's always be grateful for the gifts of nature and the mutual support among human beings.
