Events

Helen Couchman in conversation: WORKERS 工人
At Images and Organization the launch and first seminar in the inVisio series,
The Photographer's Gallery, London. 14 October 2008

Solutions for a Modern City
Architectural exhibition including fifty-five portraits from the series WORKERS 工人
Park Court, Pacific Place. 31 July – 3 August 2008

Hong Kong book launch of WORKERS 工人
Book signing
Kelly & Walsh, Pacific Place. 31 July 2008

China in Motion
A group exhibition including eight portraits from the series WORKERS 工人
Phase 2, London. 7th July - 4th October 2008

London book launch of WORKERS 工人
Book signing with an introduction to the project by Dr Jennifer Greitschus, Curator.
The Photographers' Gallery, 26th June 2008

Beijing book launch of WORKERS 工人
Panel discussion and book signing
Speakers: Stacey Duff, art critic for Time Out Beijing (US), Wang Kan NGO Director of ZXD (China), John Pauline, PTW Architects (Australia), moderated by Jeremiah Jenne, Qing Dynasty historian.
The Bookworm, 20th June 2008

 

Press
2008	The Age online, www.theage.com.au/multimedia/beijing08/workers1/gallery.html, audio slide show, They built this city - Mary-Anne Toy
	The Age newspaper, (7th August) Silent workers get their moment to shine before the games begin - Mary-Anne Toy. Melbourne
	The Sydney Morning Herald, (7th August) Workers - Mary-Anne Toy
	That's Beijing (August issue) Helen Couchman's Workers feature - Peter Walters
	ESPN Star Sports Singapore (August) interview and television short by Christy Simson. Beijing
	Beijing 2008 Image of the day (13 August) Building a dream, www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5x6lgE97P4 - television short by Jennifer Eden.
	South China Morning Post (30 July) Photographer puts faces to construction on iconic Games sites - Ng Tze-Wei. Hong Kong
	Urbane Magazine (July issue) Coffee Table Q&A, WORKERS 工人 - Kit Gillet. Beijing
	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (30 June) CBC Radio One, Q: Arts and Culture, podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/qpodcast_20080630_6503.mp3 - live interview with Jian Ghomeshi, London
	China Radio International (21 June) http://english.cri.cn/4026/2008/06/21/1901@371406.htm, Images of Chinese Migrant Workers in Foreign Artist's Lens - interview with Xiao yu. Beijing
	Polskie Radio Europe (15 July) 7 do Sajewicza, www.polskieradio.pl/_fileseuro/20080516131712/2008072105023276.mp3 - interview with Tomasz Sajewicz, Beijing
	Polish Television Information Agency (July) television short - Robert Goralczyk. Beijing
	The New Yorker, www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2008/06/work-unit.html (19 June) The Book Bench, WORK UNIT - Ligaya Mishan.
	Danwei, www.danwei.org (17 June) Workers book launch - Jeremy Goldkorn. Beijing
	Jottings from the Granite Studio, http://granitestudio.org/2008/08/07/helen-couchmans-workers (16 June) Two Bookworm events this week for those of us still left in Beijing... - by Jeremiah Jenne. Beijing.
	City Weekend Magazine (6 June issue) Explain your art - WORKERS 工人. Beijing