Beijing

Cervantes art

Singer and Academy Award winner Marketa Irglova is to start her first China tour with her band in Beijing. For the 23-year-old, life seems to have made the decision of choosing her calling.

In 2006, at the age of 18, she was chosen to act and write music for a small independent movie that would thrust her into a global spotlight on Hollywood's biggest night.

That moment and the subsequent success of her musical career as one half of band The Swell Season, were the furthest thing from her mind when she accepted the role of "girl" in the film Once.

In 2011, Irglova released her first full-length solo album Anar, in which she shows a creative outlet to document and express her personal experiences with music and self-discovery over the last few years.

8 pm, Aug 17. Yugong Yishan. West Courtyard Former Site of Duan Qirui Government, Zhang Zizhong Road 3-2, Dongcheng district. +010-8402-8477. Ticket information at http://siyouyinyue.taobao.com/

Shanghai

Assembly Line

Li Xiaofei is presenting a series of video clips and photographs about assembly lines in the manufacturing industry. He has worked on the project for years and visited more than 60 factories doing interviews with workers, managers and so on. With the work, Li explores relationships and conflicts, such as workers versus management, human versus machinery, factories versus individuals, and so on.

Jul 28-Sep 3, 10 am-6 pm, Tuesday to Sunday

OV Gallery, Rm 207, Building 4A, 50 Moganshan Rd, 018-139-1637-3474

Mock-up

Mock-up: Architecture of Spatial Art, 2012 is a special show focusing on contemporary Chinese living spaces. The exhibition space will be abstractly divided into 10 domestic spaces, including a living room, kitchen, study, bedroom, bathroom and so on. Ten teams of architects are invited to employ conceptual designs to express their understanding and interpretations of their respective spaces.

Aug 4-Sep 2, 10 am-9:30 pm, Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, 231 Nanjing Rd W, People's Park, 021-6327-9900

Arirang Quintett

The Arirang Quintett was founded in 2002 and comprised five musicians from the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, which has more than 130 years of history. The Arirang-Quintett was selected by Jeunesses Musicales Germany out of many chamber music ensembles, to represent Germany for the International Showcase of Young Musicians 2004 in Croatia. During their tour in China, they will perform Overture to "The Magic Flute" and Serenade C Minor KV 388 by Mozart and Divertimento B flat major by Haydn.

7:30 pm, Aug 19, Shanghai Concert Hall, 88 Jinling Rd M, 021-6386-2836

Go Green!

Those with original and creative ideas to recycle garbage and go green are invited to take part in a competition at Plaza 889. There will also be an exhibition featuring art works created from recycled garbage.

11 am, Aug 15, Plaza 889, 889 Wanhangdu Rd, 021-5109-8699

China Daily

(China Daily 08/12/2012 page15)