Esplanade Visual Arts: Soaring Dragon 飞龙在天
From 13 Jan to 30 March 2014, you can enjoy visual arts Soaring Dragon by Carl Cheng Chi Ming 郑志明 from Hong Kong, at the Esplanade concourse steps. This installation is held in conjunction with Huayi Chinese Festival of Arts 2014.
Synopsis ( From Esplanade website)
"Soaring Dragon is based on the qian chapter of the Book of Changes (Yi Jing), one of the oldest Chinese classic texts and a book of divination and wisdom.
The title of this installation is taken off a translation of the fifth “nine” (unbroken line) of the qian trigram, “When a dragon is in the sky, it will do good to meet with a great person – everyone who sees him may count himself blessed.” With the dragon a symbol of greatness and the sky a symbol of transcendence, Soaring Dragon suggests that people of greatness are now in the right places to lead others to success.
The title of this installation is taken off a translation of the fifth “nine” (unbroken line) of the qian trigram, “When a dragon is in the sky, it will do good to meet with a great person – everyone who sees him may count himself blessed.” With the dragon a symbol of greatness and the sky a symbol of transcendence, Soaring Dragon suggests that people of greatness are now in the right places to lead others to success.
This new work is made of 200 firm bamboo ladders (symbolising one of four aspects of nobility and good social standing in Chinese culture) constructed in the form of a dragon; it represents the economic and social success of the Chinese, achieved through hard work."
Soaring Dragon
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