Sino-Dutch creativity

Close Encounters - Dutch on Stage, at the National Center for the Performing Arts, will have artists, designers and filmmakers showcasing some creative results of the dynamic Sino-Dutch exchange.

For example, Chinese artist Ni Haifeng's photos, videos and installations draw attention to the cyclical undercurrents in people's lives, reflecting patterns of colonialism and globalization.

Ni belongs to an early generation of Chinese experimental artists active in the mid-1980s. He now divides his time between Amsterdam and Beijing. A lot of his works center on the relationship between material production and consumption as can be seen from the display Para-Production at JoyArt in the 798 Art District.