When his father, opera director Ma Ke, begins to suffer from Alzheimer’s, noted visual artist Maleonn comes up with his most ambitious and personal project to date: a years-in-the-making theater piece populated by robotic puppets, which he sees as an homage to his father and his last chance to work with him. Our Time Machine is the story of what it means to be an artist in China in the 20th century and today. From the condemnations of the Cultural Revolution to contemporary financial and social challenges of putting on a complex and wholly original hybrid art performance, directors S. Leo Chiang and Yang Sun examine artistic impulses across generations. Using evocative imagery and discovering haunting moments, Our Time Machine is about the consolation and mystery of art against the ravages of time. Winner of Best Cinematography in a Documentary Film at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. This presentation is co-sponsored by University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center.
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