WHAT: “Digital Secrets of a Legendary Chinese Painting” by Alfreda Murck, an RASBJ Zoom talk followed by Q&A

WHEN: July 15, 20:00-21:00 Beijing Standard Time

NOTE: THIS EVENT BEGINS AT 8 PM BEIJING TIME

MORE ABOUT THE EVENT: The eleventh-century handscroll Going up the River on Qingming Festival is a masterpiece of genre painting. The detailed depiction of architecture, technology, costume, and customs justify its fame. But it was the painter’s sense of humor and insights into social interactions that made this painting China’s most coveted scroll. Today, digitization allows observers to linger over these delightful scenes, removed from the time-and-space pressures that often distract visitors when they view this famous painting in a museum. For a preview, check out scrolls.uchicago.edu 

MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKER: A student of Song dynasty painting, Freda Murck lived in Beijing from 1997 to 2013. In Beijing’s flea markets she collected other people’s castoffs such as objects related to the mangoes that Mao Zedong gave to workers in 1968. She taught at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and at Peking University, but her favorite job was helping with translation in the IT department at The Palace Museum.

HOW MUCH: This event is free and exclusively for members of the RASBJ and of other RAS branches.

HOW TO JOIN THE RASBJ: To become a member (or, for PRC passport-holders, to become an Associate) please email [email protected] or on Wechat add MembershipRASBJ giving your full name, nationality, mobile number and email address plus the annual subscription amount (or, for Associates, the suggested donation) of RMB 300 for those resident in China, RMB 200 for those living overseas and RMB 100 for students. To learn more about the RASBJ go to www.rasbj.org

HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT: If you wish to become an RASBJ member in order to attend this talk, please submit your payment at least two days before the talk, so that you can receive the event notice with the advance registration link. After registering in advance, you’ll receive a confirmation email with a login link and passcode; use them to log in about 10 minutes before the talk.

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