GET IT LOUDER (UK Exhibits)
London Guest City programme of Beijing Design Week
Talking Innovation
Design UK Front Page
IYDEY 2007 Award
IYDEY 2006 Award
Design in the UK
Yan Jun
Yan Jun, independent curator and organizer of experimental music and sound art realm. He is a well-known music critic, poet and driving force of China's indie music and sub-culture scene for years.Yan was born in Lanzhou in 1973. He holds B.A. degree in Chinese Language & Literature from North-West Normal University. now lives and works in Beijing. Yan runs the new music labels Sub Jam and KwanYin Records, as well as Waterland Kwanyin, a weekly events of experimental / impro music and sound art. Since 2005 he organizes the outdoor experimental music/sound festival MINI MIDI. He also curates music and sound projects for Dashanzi Internatioanl Art Festival since 2004. As a artist, he has also initiated Tie Guan Yin, a free-form electroacoustic improv project. He had performed in Paris (Nuit Blanche), Amsterdam, Berlin (Transmediale), Kuala Lumpur (Street Roar), Seoul (Bulgasari), Oslo, Brussels And toured in Taiwan. As a writer he published 6 books on topic of Chinese new music.