Transnation/transmedia/transtext: border-crossing from screen to stage in Greater China

Author: Ferrari, Rossella

Source: Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Volume 2, Number 1, 1 May 2008 , pp. 53-65(13)

Publisher: Intellect

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Abstract:

This essay attempts to reconceptualize transnational Chinese cinema along transmedial and transtextual lines by examining two collaborative stage projects devised by major film-makers and theatre practitioners from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the People's Republic of China under the aegis of Hong Kong art collective Zuni Icosahedron. The multimedia performances Journey to the East '97 and Experimental Shakespeare: King Lear exemplify a trend in Chinese transnationalism which transgresses and transcends not only regional and geopolitical borders but also textual, linguistic and disciplinary ones. The essay further investigates the ways in which transmedial frictions and interactions are exploited in these productions to articulate chronotopic dichotomies of presence/absence and appearance/disappearance in relation to Hong Kong's fate and inter-Chinese political developments after 1997.

Keywords: Transnational Chinese cinema; Chinese experimental theatre; transmediality; transtextuality; Zuni Icosahedron; Hong Kong

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jcc.2.1.53_1

Affiliations: 1: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Publication date: 2008-05-01

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Journal of Chinese Cinemas is a major refereed academic publication devoted to the study of Chinese film, drawing on the recent world-wide growth of interest in Chinese cinemas. An incredibly diverse range of films has emerged from all parts of the Chinese-speaking world over the last few years, with an ever increasing number of border-crossing collaborative efforts prominent among them. These exciting developments provide abundant ground for academic research.
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