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April Week21-24
I am exploring the figurative nature of poetic expression in autopoetic theory, and I was inspired by the use of the human figure in Akira Kurosawa’s film Dreams to represent the soul of the peach tree, the fox and many other concepts. It reminded me of Pina Bausch’s modern dance in which the girl in…
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March Week19-21
Monthly Highlights Kew Garden Italy Trip– Bologna Florence & Rome BCBF -BOLOGNA CHILDREN’S BOOK FAIR Blue creations Other: MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna Site of Research: Kew Garden The last time I was in Kew was in 2020, I wonder if the creatures here remember me. The blue butterfly recovers its lost spring…
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February Week15-19
Monthly Highlights TATE MODERN SKILLZ WEEK Performance Art Inspirations Diamond Sūtra & Prose： WILL YOU PAINT A BUTTERFLY Other：FILM，DRAWING LAB，Performance Inspiration The Wandering Earth –WEEK 15 Feelings: the joy of watching a Chinese film in London, the vision of loving peace, the mission of a world community, the brevity and insignificance of human life, the…
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Week14: 23/1/23-29/1/2023
Weekly record highlights: 99 BUTTERFLIES IPS Presentation Photo lithograph–last layer Artist: Bernard Faucon Mu Xin’s Documentary 99 BUTTERFLIES Review & Reflection During the week I finished editing the 99 butterflies. That is, 99 propositions from blue butterflies, because I found that they were not all blue and moved on to investigate how they became among…
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Week13: 16/1/23-22/1/2023
Weekly Record Highlights: · LITHO STONE ·WIP show opening · Etching–Hard ground · Sites of research:London Art Fair LITHO STONE This week I completely finished the stone boards I had made last term and spent a few days trying out different colours and how the collage would look. After the stone had been left for…
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Week12: 9/1/23-15/1/2023
Weekly record highlights： Art work and the Lion King White Cube Exhibition: David Altmejd Site of research: Fool’s Journey Anish Kapoor: Breathing Blue Art work and the Lion King This week I went to see the Lion King musical. Even if the plot is familiar, it is still very moving when presented in front of…
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Break1: 12/12/22-8/1/2023
Vacation schedule: –Customers/Clients and illustration Creations –Promote & curate art therapy exhibition ”Stories of the third hand” –Gathering with friends & traveling Customers/Clients and illustration Creations Sweet and Sour Riso Print Inspired by the proverb: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. I used the fruit, lime, to complete the illustrated drawing of Sweet and…
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Week11: 5/12/22-11/12/2022
Highlights of the week: The Color of Pomegranates CPP Inspirations The Color of Pomegranates The Color of Pomegranates is a 1969 Soviet Armenian art film written and directed by Sergei Parajanov. The film is a poetic treatment of the life of 18th-century Armenian poet and troubadour Sayat-Nova. The film is a biography of the Armenian…
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Week10 : 28/11/22-4/12/2022
Weekly record highlights: Venice Biennale inspiration The Tao of Pooh Venice Biennale inspiration The Tao of Pooh I borrowed the only paperback copy of the UAL and hoped to understand TAO（道） from another language and text. As I read the book, the words “大道至简” came to my mind, meaning that the real way（“大道”） (basic principles,…