Peppermint
Quilin Chen
9783954762644
176 pages
Distanz Verlag Gmbh Llc
Overview
Although Chen Qiulin (b. Yichang City, 1975; lives and works in Sichuan
Province, China) primarily works with moving images, she also
creates performances, photographs, and installations. She is especially
interested in the reality of “ordinary” people in today’s China. Her
work investigates collective memories, social injustices, and rapid
development and the changes it brings, but also seeks to capture a
touch of nostalgia, irritation, and hope.
“Peppermint” is about a very particular recollection. A phone call and
a photograph of her old martial arts team transport Chen back to the
summer of 1983. The artist probes her personal history to appeal to
our elementary human experiences and raise existential questions
about how we became who we are. Explorations of her own past, her
works are thus also studies on the power of memories to shape our
lives and the passing of time.
With essays by Chen Qiulin, Christian Ganzenberg, Sunny Sun, and
Yan Ge.
