Monthly Archives: January 2019

#FMP Chinese 24 solar terms ‘Jun’

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五月

Grain in Ear (6th Jun):


  • Awns (beard of grain) grow
  • Abundant rainfall
  • Rising temperature

芒种

一候螳螂生

二候鹏始鸣

三候反舌无声

 

Summer Solstice (21st Jun):

  • Summer extreme (of sun’s height)
  • Some shade loving creatures began to appear
  • The positive ones start to decline

夏至

一候鹿角解

二候蝉始鸣

三候半夏生

#FMP Chinese 24 solar terms ‘Feb’

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There are two terms in every month, Start of Spring and Rain Water are the terms in February.

一月（正月）

Start of Spring (4th Feb):

  • the ground began to thaw
  • the insects woke up slowly in the hole
  • the ice in the river began to melt
  • the fish began to swim up to the surface

立春

一候东风解冻

二候蜇虫始振

三候鱼陟负冰

 

Rain Water（19th Feb)

  • the otters are fishing
  • the geese began to fly back to north
  • the grass and trees began to sprout in the spring rain

雨水

一候獭祭鱼

二侯鸿雁来

三侯草木萌劝

 

#FMP Why TIME?

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My final major project concept is TIME, there are two parts. The first one is time traces in daily life, such as something that has been with me for long time, the second is 24 Chinese solar term, but I’m not sure if this concept will work well in the Uk, lots of elements I can’t find from here, anyway I want to challenge myself.

The candle sculptures by Urs Fisher, and Ishiuchi Miyako inspired me in my work “Time Traces in Daily Life.” Time and gravity, life and death, these are what I saw from their works.

 

Mother’s #5, 2001, Gelatin Silver Print Mounted Between Plexiglas and Aluminium

Magazine of Marie Claire China December 2018 gave me an idea of 24 Chinese solar term, I didn’t know much about this culture before I saw the shooting, so I hope people will know more about this interesting culture in a fashion way.

Start of Spring

 

Major Snow

 

Major Heat

 

There two parts are extremely different, one is more like personal time documentary, another one is more fashion image, the final outcomes will be a series of shoots.