Chinese artist Red Hong Yi wished legendary martial artist, stuntman and actor Jackie Chan a happy 60th birthday on April 7 in a fairly unusual fashion: She made a portrait of him ... using 64,000 chopsticks. Whether Chan will hurl himself through it in a hair-raising stunt remains to be seen. The first part of the video references a scene in Chans Fearless Hyena, where an exchange between teacher and student involving chopsticks gradually escalates to Chan-ian proportions. The second part of the video shows Hong Yi constructing the portrait: She created it by hanging bundles of chopsticks – some containing dozens, some just a few – vertically from a large rack. I used disposable bamboo chopsticks to show that disposable materials can be reused and made into something else more meaningful and beautiful, Hong Yi explains on YouTube. I spent a month collecting these chopsticks from cafes, stalls and factories in Zhejiang and Beijing, then tying each of them up. Hong Yi presented Chan with the portrait at a birthday concert in Beijing on April 7. Hopefully it lasts longer than the scenery in most of his films.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:03:14 +0000
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