Synopsis

In 2013, we collected a number of black-and-white photos from Chinese flea markets and imagined that all of them belonged to one fictional Chinese person. Through rendering, collage, and a cyclical process of hand-colouring, scanning, and printing, we created connections among the photos.

Lei Lei

Lei Lei is an up-and-coming multimedia Chinese animation artist with his hands on graphic design, illustration, short cartoon, graffiti and music also. In 2009, he got a master’s degree in animation from Tsinghua University. In 2010, his film This is LOVE was shown at Ottawa International Animation Festival and awarded the 2010 Best Narrative Short. In 2013 his film Recycled was selected by the Annecy festival and was the Winner Grand Prix shorts – non-narrative at Holland International Animation Film Festival. In 2014 he was a jury member at animation festivals in Zagreb and Holland. Also, he won the 2014 Asian cultural council grant.

Thomas Sauvin

Thomas Sauvin is a French photography collector and editor who lives in Beijing.