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Never Mind the Translation: Tong Yang-tze's Art of Writing in Dialogical Perspective

Yang, Chia-Ling

Art in translation, 2019-01, Vol.11 (1), p.97-118 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Never Mind the Translation: Tong Yang-tze's Art of Writing in Dialogical Perspective
Author: Yang, Chia-Ling
Subjects: art of writing ; Calligraphy ; Chinese languages ; Collaboration ; contemporary calligraphy ; cross-threshold art ; dialogical perspective ; post-1970s' Taiwanese art ; postvisuality ; Tong Yang-tze ; Writing
Is Part Of: Art in translation, 2019-01, Vol.11 (1), p.97-118
Description: In her calligraphic work, Tong Yang-tze (Dong Yangzi 董陽孜, 1942-) aims to break away from narrative tradition and to open up new modes of looking. Her collaborations with artists, Jazz musicians, dancers, fashion designers, film, the pop music industry, and architects have led to multi-sensual experiences. Her intentionally abstracted writing also provides an opportunity for people unable to read Chinese to translate the writing, to surpass linguistic and cultural barriers. While spontaneity is emphasized, this article views Tong's intention of creating calligraphy with cross-threshold media from a dialogical perspective: her work aims to challenge traditional perceptions and practice, in a quest for contemporaneity and postvisuality in her art of writing.
Publisher: Abingdon: Routledge
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1756-1310
EISSN: 1756-1310
DOI: 10.1080/17561310.2019.1582935
Source: Taylor & Francis Current Content Access

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