Syndicated from Design China
Beijing-based illustrator Ray Lei has just sent us details of an upcoming exhibition he will be taking part in (alongside collaborators Thomas Sauvin and Zafka); from 18-27 May 2013, Today Art Museum will showcase their new Recycled animation (sneak peek above). Ray Lei tells us more.
The following images “come from negatives salvaged from a recycling plant on the edge of Beijing, where they had been sent to be filtered for their silver nitrate content. Over the years, French collector Thomas Sauvin built an archive of more than half a million 35mm negatives, depicting the capital and the life of her inhabitants over the last thirty years.
From 2011 to 2012, Chinese artist Ray Lei selected over 3000 photos to create the [Recycled] animation…an almost epic portrait of anonymous humanity”. The animated film has won awards at Holland International Animation Film Festival 2013 and Annecy International Animation Festival 2013.