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China is a video exploration of
China's past and present with a different take on
issues within and outside a country of growing
influence in the present day. The video transcribes
a collection of found and original footage into a
display of 22 re-designed porcelains ( fine
china ) with banal and iconic (and ironic)
images like the panda bears, Jackie Chan,
MacDonald's and Mao. In a way, the video is a
search for China's identity in the new millennium.
Revisiting the recent history while also tracing
personal and collective memories, Fine
China provides an alternative
perspective for an aging civilization as it
re-invents itself into a possible super power of the
future.
The blue and white porcelain design
has been quite central and influential to many
Eastern and Western cultures. Fine
China highlights this
simplicity and universality, making it both
contemplative and resonant to all viewers.
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