About Bo Wang & Lu Pan
Bo Wang was born in Chongqing and is currently based in Amsterdam. Through his research and personal experiences, Wang creates films that examine the complex power structures, economy, and ideology that affect capitalism and globalization in contemporary China. Wang’s work has been presented at solo exhibitions including The Revolution Will Not Be Air-Conditioned, LUX, London (2022); Song for the Dreamless, Yell Space, Shanghai (2019); and Heteroscapes, Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Guangdong (2011). He has participated in numerous festivals and screenings around the world including, the e-flux Film Award Screening, New York (2024); Mirage Film Festival, Oslo (2023); New Narratives Film Festival, Taipei (2020), and the Beijing International Short Film Festival (2021). Wang is the recipient of various awards and fellowships including the Grand Prix André S. Labarthe Award (2023); Cosmos Award for the Best Innovative Film (2023); and the Award for Excellence from the 36th Image Forum Festival, Tokyo (2023). He holds a BS in Physics and Mathematics from Tsinghua University, Beijing (2004), a MS in Physics from Tsinghua University (2007), an MFA in Photography, Video, and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts, New York (2011), and a PhD from the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (2024).
Lu Pan is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Chinese Culture, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her practice involves research, curation, writing, and she has often partnered with artist, Bo Wang, to produce films. Lu has produced and co-directed various films including Anachronic Chronicles: Voyages Inside/Out Asia (2021); Many Undulating Things (2019); and Traces of an Invisible City (2016). In 2017, her film Miasma, Plants, and Export Paintings, received the Award for Excellence at the 32nd Image Forum Festival in Tokyo. Her work was exhibited in Para Site at the Garden of Six Seasons, Hong Kong (2020). She is the author of three monographs and a book entitled Image, Imagination, and Imaginarium: Remapping World War II Monuments in Greater China, published in 2020. Lu studied at the Technical University of Berlin (2008), Harvard-Yenching Institute, Cambridge (2011), Taipei National University of the Arts (2018), and was a researcher in residence at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (2016).