Zine Collection N°8 : My dreamed Stream
Wei Bi
Éditions Bessard
Chinese and English
Softcover
39 Pages
150 x 210 mm
2013
ISBN 9791091406093
This group of compositions was photographed from 2008 to 2010. Then, Bi was in Dalian, which located in Northeastern China, 2000 kilometers away from thier hometown. Commuting between Hunan and Dalian, they finished this group of works. Mengxi, which means dreaming of streams, is the name of their hometown. In their view, in the photographs, there is the belief that a farmer’s descendent holds for earth, the nostalgia for the hometown because of their depression and failure in the cities and the desperate emotions when facing sadness and sorrow. The interposition of calligraphy is a natural course just like the growth of a seed. They intended to narrate their childhood, Bi intended to rede how they ran on this land, from this bay to that hillock.
(source: https://www.anzenbergergallery-bookshop.com/book/511/zine_collection_n%C2%B08:_my_dreamed_stream_(signed+print_-_last_two_copies)-wei_bi)
About the Series
The Zine Collection is a prestigious collection of short photographic works, which contains 40 pages including the cover. The usual format will be of a maximum of 34 photographs.
About the Artist
Wei Bi (b.Hunan Province, China) made himself know at the Guangzhou Photo Biennial Nostalgic for his native region, his photographs mix calligraphy, and evoke his childhood memories in Hunan Province.
(source: https://www.chinesenewart.com/chinese-artists11/weibi.htm#biography)
About the Publisher
Editions Bessard is a paris-based independant publishing house created by pierre bessard in 2011. Focusing on working with artists, writers and curators to realise intellectually challenging projects in book form.
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