Monday, March 12, 2007

Not the Only Global Misfit: Bar Rouge and Lita CY


And the there was Lita CY
A performance artist, world trekking bohemian and sometimes television producer who does this balloon on the head gag in which she pulls different objects she has stashed down her shirt out into the balloon that is engulfing her head and upper body: magazines, teddy bears, etc. It's about orphans and her own ophan identity. She is Chinese raised by Belgians and now living in Paris.
So there she was at Bar Rouge, Shanghai's most overrated pretentious dump. Sitting pretty overlooking the neon oblivion of the Bund, this very red venue hosted Lita, her balloon tricks, Zhang Zongmei, her famous photographer for hire, a few just off from work expats tourists and a scratchy head staff of 20 too many.
Monday night Shanghai


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