Chengdu
Mass-produced shadow puppets, dancing to pop rap songs in the street, surrounded by tourists and shoppers. A single dance capturing the direction in which China is moving.
Category Archives: Lighting
Up in the Sky
Moron
As entertainment becomes louder, brighter and more 3D, we are drowning out the sensory delights nature has to offer. Should it be a rarity to hear the flapping of an eagle’s wings flying overhead? Should it be a surprise to look up and see a blanket of stars?
Kvosgol
Moonlight over the lake
Faked Fake
Macau
One incoherent overhyped show later, and we are shuffling once again through hordes of tourists back in what is supposedly a 5-star hotel. I guess these new mega-hotels provide everything that the new affluent Chinese tourist wants from a holiday. Free coaches to shuttle them around to shops to consume big brand names until they drop, and some kind of backdrop to pose for photos in front of. Is this China’s answer to Vegas or Disneyland? It seems to neither deliver the kitsch over-the-top fake promise of “living the dream” that Vegas does, nor does it create a complete Disney-like dream world of characters that sets a child’s imagination alive. I cannot help but be reminded instead of packed shopping malls in Hong Kong at the weekend. It appears that the new Macau is full of promises, but not quite right.
Streets of London
Golders Green, London
Paintings in the sky.
Great Impressions
Hangzhou
Impression Westlake 印象西湖
A sad love story produced by Zhang Yimou, music by Kitaro, performed by a cast who dance on water. It may be a tourist attraction atop an artificial lake, but it is impossible not to be impressed.
Unglazed
Coach from Kunming to Jinghong
Ventilated brick wall.
Mengzhe Town
Wooden windows.
Jinghong
Stairway with cable access.