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45 Photo by Xiao Mingliang 1. Shoe exhibition
News clickers 4. Floral tribute marks The extreme trends in footwear, from
noteworthy month tiny Chinese slippers to high-heeled
1. Suzhou Creek canoe race to conduct a survey of what residents Turkish clogs, are on exhibit at the HKRI
needed or wanted. Themed flower displays adorned the Taikoo Hui shopping mall in a display
Eight of the paddlers competing on the district recently to mark National Day called 鈥淪hoes: Pleasure and Pain.鈥?Suzhou Creek this month visited Peng- 鈥淭hey wanted space to air clothes and and the Communist Party of China鈥檚
puxincun No. 1 Primary School to teach an indoor sports venue,鈥?he said. 鈥淪o, I 19th National Congress. The exhibition, mounted by Britain鈥檚
students canoeing skills. designed a retractable cover on the old Victoria and Albert Museum, features
sports site and installed some clothes More than 450,000 flowerbeds were more than 140 pairs of shoes from all
They are among nearly 200 canoe ath- lines alongside the fitness equipment. redesigned, with the accent on red. over the world, dating back as far as the
letes, from more than 10 countries such Today, the space functions as public 鈥渓iv- Poinsettias and scarlet hibiscus, among 1370s.
as the Netherlands and the United King- ing room,鈥?a place to dry clothes and other blooms, created a floral tribute and
dom, who are taking part in a world-class a free indoor sports center for rainy holiday atmosphere. At some road inter- It shows how footwear reflects the so-
competition held on Suzhou Creek. days.鈥? sections, floral terraces were shaped in cial fabric of various epochs.
special designs, such as butterflies.
Yu Biao, director of Jing鈥檃n Sports Bu- Siming provides an excellent example Highlights include a pair of shoes for
reau, said: 鈥淲e not only want to provide of how small changes can make big dif- 5. Cross-stitch work showing bound feet that are smaller than the
the public access to the top athletes and ferences, district officials said. It will social vicissitudes palm of an adult hand. The shoes fea-
games, but also aim to trigger a wide serve as a blueprint for similar renova- ture exquisite craftsmanship, with silk,
passion over sports.鈥? tions in other neighborhoods. More than 300 residents in Pengpu sequins and metal thread embroidery.
Town spent more than a month creating Beautiful to behold, but the shoes were
2. Small changes, 3. Italian film culture a 10-meter-long cross-stitch embroidery a pain to wear in the 17th century, when
big differences in old tapestry detailing the history of the bound feet were considered the feminine
neighborhood Three acclaimed Italian movies made town. ideal.
their debut in Shanghai this month at
A disused community sports venue the Jing鈥檃n Cultural Center as part of It consists of 40 scenes, displaying There is also a pair of 29-centimeter-
that became a dumping site for neigh- the 17th Italian Language in the World before and after 鈥渟napshots鈥?of 20 high bath clogs, a potent symbol of
borhood junk has been renovated to Week. spots, from shabby houses to modern wealth and status in the old Ottoman
provide a meeting place for residents apartments, from old factories to new Empire.
and fitness facilities for everyone. 鈥淟鈥檃more Molesto鈥?(鈥淣asty Love鈥? is industrial parks.
adapted from Elena Ferrante鈥檚 novel of Shoes designed by iconic designers,
The conversion occurred in the Siming the same name. It chronicles a young Huo Shihong, who is in her 60s, cross- like Jimmy Choo and Vivienne West-
neighborhood, a typical old, crowded woman who re-examines her family stitched the old look of Baiyiqiao Village wood, and worn by celebrities like David
Shanghai residential complex. Tongji relationships following her mother鈥檚 鈥?old dump piles, rutted roads, illegal Beckham and Naomi Campbell are also
University Professor Li Yanbo visited suicide. structures and overgrown weeds. exhibited. Included are 14 shoes worn by
the neighborhood last year and was Chinese pop singer Karen Mok.
dismayed by what he found. 鈥淚l Racconto dei Racconti鈥?(鈥淭ale of 鈥淭oday, you can hardly find a trace of
Tales鈥? is adapted from a 17th-century the village past,鈥?she said. The exhibition will run through No-
鈥淚 had expected to see old people sit- fairy tale collection by Italian poet Gi- vember 5.
ting on benches chatting and young ambattista Basile. The movie comprises Another embroider, Yang Lu, moved to
people using fitness equipment,鈥?said Li. three tales of people rethinking the na- Pengpu in 2004. 2. Star exhibition
鈥淏ut what I saw were alienated residents ture of love.
and messes everywhere.鈥? 鈥淥ver the years, illegal buildings were Urban dwellers would be hard-pressed
鈥淯n Bacio鈥?(鈥淥ne Kiss鈥? is adapted demolished, waterways were cleaned up to go outdoors and see a starry night in
He pondered the problem of how to from a novel by director Ivan Cotroneo. and roads were widened,鈥?she said. 鈥淔a- the city, so the Shanghai Natural History
create a public space that would revive It focuses on campus bullying and how cilities for the elderly have been built. I Museum has brought the nighttime sky
the spirit of the community and bring teenagers seek happiness. It has been feel like the government cares.鈥? indoors in a special exhibition.
residents closer together. He teamed screened at the Beijing International
up with the neighborhood committee Film Festival. Called 鈥淪tarry Sky Illumination,鈥?it pro-
vides visitors with a stellar experience
with the sky projector Super Megastar
II. It can recreate the positions of more
than 22 million stars, extending beyond
what the naked eye can see.
The exhibition also includes more
than 110 landscape and celestial photos
taken by top photographers, and a seven-
minute video showing how stars move
throughout the night with the Earth鈥檚
rotation.
The exhibition will run through No-
vember 26. Admission is free.
