Event: 'MA: ICA Opening- Isaac Julien- Ten Thousand Waves, Jessica Jackson Hutchins' Print
  Greater Boston
Events taking place in the Boston area.
Date: Friday, October 28, 2011 At 09:00 am

Location: Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

Description: Ten Thousand Waves is an immersive, nine-screen installation that poetically interweaves three stories linking China's ancient past and present. Originally inspired by the Morecambe Bay tragedy of 2004, in which 23 Chinese immigrant workers were drowned while gathering cockles at the seashore in England, Ten Thousand Waves reflects the immigrant’s journey and raises questions about the effects of cultural globalization. Shot mostly in China, Ten Thousand Waves features well-known actresses Maggie Cheung and Zhao Tao, video artist Yang Fudong, poet Wang Ping, and venerable Chinese calligrapher Gong Fagen.

This exhibit closes on March 4, 2012