Aug 16: Drink & Draw
Drinking and drawing might just be the perfect combination. Head over to Modernista on Tuesday night, grab a drink and get the creative juices flowing. You don’t have to be a serious artist to participate. Just pick up a brush or pencil and see what happens. There will even be a model on site to help you practice. A winner will also be chosen and will get a free drink.
Tues Aug 16, 9.30pm. Modernista, see event listing.
Aug 19: Multimedia performance prez
Audiovisual duo False Object is heading all the way to Beijing via London. Their performance will feature music from acclaimed musician Alberto Ruiz Soler. Noise Arcade will also be performing, J will provide some visuals while gogoj will create the audio and visuals for her performance. Get ready for a sensory overload.
Fri Aug 19, 9pm. RMB40. Meridian Space, see event listing.
Aug 20: Brew Cruise on Houhai Lake
Jing-A and 4corners are throwing the ultimate boat party… on Houhai. The party institutions are bringing food and booze to Beijing’s most notorious lake, where partygoers can rent boats with friends and purchase picnic baskets from 4corners with Jing-A beer. Expect fun freebies and surprises – plus “live music on the lake,” whatever that means.
Sat Aug 20, 2pm; 4corners.
Aug 21: Aim High in Creation
A revolutionary comedy-cum-documentary from Australian director Anna Broinowski, Aim High in Creation both satirizes and pays tribute to DPRK propaganda filmmaking.
Determined to stop a new gas mine near her Sydney home, Broinowski travels to the DPRK to learn from the masters of propaganda cinema. Pyongyang’s top directors, composers and movie stars take her to script rehearsals, Taekwondo stunt fights, dances and drunken picnics to teach her Kin Jong-il’s techniques. Once back in Sydney, Broinowski’s band of fighters follow instructions to produce a socialist melodrama, complete with song and battles, in which “heroic workers” rise up to defeat the “evil, gas-fracking miners.” Intense.
Koryo Tours acted as executive producers of the film and after the screening, founder Nick Bonner will take part in a Q&A and plus talk about the Pyongyang International Film Festival taking place in September.
Sun Aug 21, 7.30pm; free; Pop-Up Beijing.
Aug 21: Water Wars Game
Still summer, still sweaty AF. Though they can’t change the season, outdoor adventure company Imagine can solve the latter problem with its two Chaoyang Park ‘water wars’ events. If you’re over the age of 18 but miss being a child, or just like getting wet, cool off with an afternoon of water fights and games. Ticket price includes all equipment needed for the water war.
Sun Aug 7 and 21, 2-4pm; RMB70 (RMB50 advance); Chaoyang Park, go to imagine-china.com for more information.
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