"Odessa Steps" (2022) Experimental film Tan Tan
Martin Lukanov’s Review on Odessa Steps 2022 (2022)
In: https://asianmoviepulse.com/
“This mistake of the conquered with the conqueror speaks points not only to the widespread confusion about where some of Russia’s greatest pieces of art come from, but also of the cultural diversity and geopolitical complexity in that region of the world.
This makes “Odessa Steps 2022” a fiercely political piece of filmmaking.”
"Whose Eyes" (2011) Experimental film/video art Tan Tan
Yomi Braester's paper on "Whose Eyes"
Yomi Braester is a professor, Byron W. and Alice L. Lockwood Professor in the Humanities, University of Washington.
"‘Whose Eyes’ focuses on the deterioration of collective moral standards. Yet as a video artwork, Tan Tan’s piece foregrounds more explicitly the visual properties of surveillance videos and their effect on perceptions of public space. The direct referential value of the moving image gives way to a mediatised temporal and spatial indexicality that challenges the ethical efficacy of reassemblage."
"Unknown Ritual No.1" (2017) Experimental film/ intermedia art Tan Tan
Cao Kai's review on "Unknown ritual No.1"
"From documenting the event, to creating the event, to the live event" (2017)
Cao Kai is the director of China Independent Film Festival (CIFF), and a well-known film/art curator, artist in China.
The review was specially written on the occasion of the premiere of the 30min version film "Unknown Ritual No.1" in China, at Qingdao Independent Film Festival 2017, December， 2017.