re-engraved
2024 25min
The fragile materialities of Yangzhou wood engraving and analog film converge in Lei Leiβs fractal portrait of labor and craft. Exploring techniques of light and poetry, wood and celluloid, re-engraved montages demonstrations of expertise with a cacophonous electronic soundtrack and the personal histories of the women whose labor sustains these traditions.
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The fragile materialities of Yangzhou wood engraving and analog film converge in Lei Leiβs fractal portrait of labor and craft. Exploring techniques of light and poetry, wood and celluloid, re-engraved montages demonstrations of expertise with a cacophonous electronic soundtrack and the personal histories of the women whose labor sustains these traditions.