The gunshot that changed Chinese art history — caught on tape.
In 1989, a group of avant-garde artists who had collaborated in private for years received permission to organize their own exhibition at the National Art Museum of China. However, one of the terms was to exclude performance artists from participating. The seven artists who were left out took action. At the opening ceremony, their lives changed as the sounds of gunfire rang out.
Direction
Wen Pulin assembled decades of forbidden footage.
Editing
Cuts between 1989 tension and present-day silence.
Director
Wen Pulin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Two Shots' performance is now taught as the birth of Chinese contemporary art, but was criminal vandalism at the time.
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