The Rising Tide (2008)

The California State Northridge Art Gallery will present "The Rising Tide."

The Rising Tide (2008), Robert Adanto's debut feature-length documentary, explores China’s
meteoric march towards the future via the words and works of some of the Middle Kingdom's
most talented photographers and video artists, including the celebrated Wang Qingsong, Cao Fei,
Chen Qiulin, Xu Zhen, Yang Yong, BirdHead, and O Zhang. Shot in Beijing, Shanghai,
Guangzhou, and Shenzhen in the summer of 2006, this unflinching and incisive study captures
the confusion and ambiguity that characterize the new China. “An often surprising and thought-provoking documentary,” wrote WICN’s Mark Lynch, “The rest of us better make an effort to
grasp what their work is about, or get out of the way. An “eye-opener” in every sense of the
word, if you are an artist, curator or art teacher be sure to catch this film.” Richard Vine, Senior
Editor, Art In America and author of New China, New Art wrote, "If you want a living sense of
China’s contemporary art scene—and the artists who are shaking it up—check out Robert
Adanto’s The Rising Tide. It reveals some of the brightest and best new talents, capturing their
works, their words, and their faces amid a swiftly changing environment."

For more information about The Rising Tide visit http://therisingtidefilm.com/v2/index.php

For more information about Robert Adanto visit www.pearlsontheoceanfloor.com