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WORLD PREMIERE VISUAL ART AUSTRALIA
Chinese-Australian artist Tianli Zu presents two major installations at OzAsia Festival, featuring in both the Visual Arts program and Moon Lantern Trail. Zu is a multi-award-winning mixed media artist who has presented works around the world in both solo and collaborative exhibitions. A two time Archibald Prize finalist, Zu has been commissioned for exhibitions and works for Vivid Sydney, National Library of Australia, Powerhouse Museum, and Disney. At OzAsia Festival, Tianli Zu will present Gate of Grace, a festival commission for Moon Lantern Trail, as well as A New World on Earth, a moving image work exhibited on Adelaide Festival Centre’s King William Road screens.
A NEW WORLD ON EARTH
A New World on Earth is Tianli Zu’s newest video animation created from her signature papercuts, featuring a soundtrack by Australian composer Andrew Zhou. A New World on Earth creates connections and renews the relationships between human kind and nature. It comprises a metaphorical procession with 10 phases of transformation between mysterious shadow and peculiar light, intertwined with contradictions, growth, decline, rebirth, and the cosmos. A New World on Earth reveals the traces of handmade, the ephemeral, and emotions. This digital work provides viewers with a meditative experience, to wander, to contemplate, to regain energy, and to imagine a new world that is sustainable for our planet.
KING WILLIAM ROAD SCREENS ADELAIDE FESTIVAL CENTRE 20 OCT > 6 NOV
GATE OF GRACE
Tianli Zu lights your way with Gate of Grace, the new entrance to the Moon Lantern Trail. Gate of Grace carves out the forms of the sun, the moon, plants and fruits, streams of water, and other aspects of the natural world. Encouraging people to look around them at the beauty of nature, Gate of Grace’s design includes wattle, banksia, eucalyptus, and other iconic Australian natives, while also exploring Asian culture through images of pomegranates, peaches, and mandarins. Natural elements, and what they culturally represent, are brought to life. Nestled amongst the trees of Tarntanya Wama/Pinky Flat, Gate of Grace welcomes everyone to Moon Lantern Trail.
