LONDON, June 2 (Xinhua) -- A series of short films showcasing the creative voice of 25 Chinese artists were launched on Monday night at the Hayward Gallery by London's South bank Center, Britain's largest arts center. Capturing the prevailing mood of life in China today, My China Now is a collection of 33 short documentaries, animations, art house films and features that are to be screened for the first time in Britain. Throughout June and July this year, the collection will be screened at the Hayward and selected venues across Britain as part of China Now, the country's largest ever festival of Chinese culture.

"With the limited funding, we try to commission Chinese artists to explore in a visual sense the transformation, economy, people's life and the human part of China," said Karen Smith, curator of the project who is based in China.

"We want the artists who are not necessarily film-makers to make their own expressions through documentaries, youth culture or animation, and challenge the many negative British perceptions of China with humor, art, talent and freedom," added Smith who is considered one of the leading Chinese contemporary art specialists.

My China Now, in collaboration with Intelligent Alternative Beijing, approached 25 leading creative talents, each of whom are helping to define contemporary culture in modern China, and asked them to provide a film for the project that captured their impressions of China today. The collection includes 12 new commissions by China's leading contemporary artists Wang Qingsong, Cao Fei and Xue Li and award-winning film director Pan Baocheng.

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