Mei Creek & the real journey: when Chen HangFeng met Santa Claus
According to an old family book, there is a small Chinese village that has more than 1000 years of history and can be traced back to the Song Dynasty. This village now produces more than 50% of China’s Christmas exports. All of them are handmade; some of the ornaments are designed and improvised by the villagers themselves, and most of the tools they use to make these Christmas ornaments are farming related objects.
Shanghai based artist Chen HangFeng embarked on a trip to discover this uniq
Tue-Sun 10.00-17.00
Closed Mondays
Free entry.
Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Market Building, Thomas Street, Manchester M4 1EU
Fri 29 Nov to Sun 22 Dec 2013