How are memories influenced by context?
In "Pink Mao", TANG Han analyzes the 100 yuan banknote, which bears a portrait of Mao Zedong, and discovers that, despite official representations and general perception (due to the collective memory of the Red Regime), the banknote is pink, not red.
Pink is often stereotyped as a feminine color, while the portrait of the male leader lends the image a strong masculine character, more associated with red. Reflecting on the past and future of Chinese society, the work debunks some preconceived ideas about digitalization, globalization, capitalism and gender.
Interviews
Image and sound: B Paolucci and Julia Gil
Editing: B Paolucci and Julia Gil
Recording of the works
Image: Helena Wolfenson, Marcos Yoshi and Tom Butcher Cury
Sound: Tomás Franco
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