Anyway, about me? I'm a British born Chinese. I consider myself British with an Asian background. It's really useful to have each hand in both cultures, I can speak Cantonese and Hakka Chinese. However, I can't actually read or write in Chinese (Hence why I've failed my Chinese A-levels.
I've chosen animation as it's quite new to me and I'm interested in the processes. I would quite literally like to bring my drawing to life just to see what happens.
One particular animation film that really appealed to me is Darkness/Light/Darkness by Jan Svankmejer. Although personally I wouldn't work with the technique as I favour drawing, I was captured by the gritty, powerful and dark content. I love the surrealist notion of the video. The man who worked to become someone finds himself trapped in the end, quite literally.
Whilst At the Tate Modern, I found the "8th Paper Octagonal" By Richard Tuttle. It intrigued me as to me, it was barely there. Almost a painting, almost an installation. Like Schrodinger's cat, it seemed there but notthere. It was irregular, completely flat. I wondered whether it was part of a wall or an object of it's own attatched to a wall. "As an object that is untra thin. Takes place between painting and sculpture."
To take to a desert island? Um.. To be practical, I'd take a machete. Sharpened to perfection. And I'd take Ray Mear's Survival Guide. I've read it though and I find it an interesting read and rather useful too. That leaves three more items for fun.
1. Machete - Obvious choice.
2. Ray Mear's Survival Guide - for guidence.
3. Another machete - just in case I misplaced my first one.
4. A plane wreckage - to salvage things (Does that count?)
5. A stranger (I hope it's a nice person.)
1. Machete - Obvious choice.
2. Ray Mear's Survival Guide - for guidence.
3. Another machete - just in case I misplaced my first one.
4. A plane wreckage - to salvage things (Does that count?)
5. A stranger (I hope it's a nice person.)
