rong xiang (2009)
8:34 min| DV | color | sound
RONG
XIANG is a work on architectural replicas, piracy and its political consequences.
It is a comparison of LeCorbusier's chapel Notre Dame Du Haut in Ronchamp,
France with its exact replica in Zhengzhou, Henan province East China.
The work further compares LeCorbusier's human-scale informed "Modulor"
concept with ancient Tao philosophy of Confucius and master builders of the Han dynasty.
The Ronchamp replica
in Zhengzhou is now a legend - it was short lived, erected in 1994 and demolished
in 2006 after a three year lasting dispute with the "Foundation LeCorbusier"
in Paris.
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This project was funded in parts by NYSC / Experimental Television Center
