BEATRICE CORON'S CHINA BLUES

My chinese series includes papercutting tableaux made in 1994 for an exhibition at Maison de la Chine in Paris.

Exposition ne compter que sur ses propres forces music
Invitation for the exhibition
at Maison de la Chine, 1994
to rely on your own strength
1994
Music animation from an illustration made for Asia Society, HKG 1999
Asian Heritage poster
for BMCC, 1998
(click on images for larger view)
Some clues: "to rely on your own strength." This slogan was used during the cultural revolution. Incidentally, the Chinese term for bicycle is "to generate your own locomotion." 
In memory of Cai Lun who invented paper in the year 105 A.D. in the Chinese capital ChangAn of the Han dynasty.
 
 
Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Béatrice Coron