DRAGONRISE
A YAYUE (雅樂) MORCEAU OF TWO SPARKS
Project details
雅 樂
I’ve travelled to China in search of vestigial lighting. I was prepared to find warmth of tradition and inspiration of industriousness, but the Sichuan province presented me with an incandescent narrative gift that cooled my thirst for transcendence: the birth of a fiery dragon. A Tai-chi master, whose story I am yet to share, translated for me a crisp mundane spark into an entropic mythical beast. He thus dissipated into dream an illusion of immortality, by proving to me that even the most majestic creatures are ephemeral. The dragon is incrementally born, quixotically allowing himself to be hunted by my viewfinder, he battles the shadows surrounding my camera, and then, with a bamboo sigh, leaps into digital folklore. The Shifu’s hands seem to find rest within the operatic labor. I feel like I have been vouchsafed a mystical tattoo. I involuntarily look at my camera and can’t help but think: “Hic sunt leones!”
About the Dragon Master:
Mr. Liu Suibin is his name and I didn’t ask about his age. His hands seem destined to tame paper and parchments, not to wield weapons. He is nimble in both movement and rest, yet his hair seems to remain undisturbed even by the most sudden gestures... > read more on: DRAGONRISE, A YAYUE (雅樂) MORCEAU OF TWO SPARKS.
About the photo session:
So, we met on a trepid midweek afternoon. A few hours later, for the sun is always irreverent to our imminence, the Master releases the Dragons for me. Our Dragons! The fiery beasts are thus birthed and projected upon my photo lenses... > read more on: DRAGONRISE, A YAYUE (雅樂) MORCEAU OF TWO SPARKS.
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