明冥之中 = To: The Other World
Paper effigies are paper replicas of everyday items, burnt by believers to provide material comfort for departed loved ones in their afterlife. This traditional custom is practised by many Chinese communities to venerate their ancestors and it is an act of remembrance that holds value for both the d...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-744172019-12-10T13:07:31Z 明冥之中 = To: The Other World Sim, Shannon Pei Xin Ang Song Nian School of Art, Design and Media DRNTU::Visual arts and music Paper effigies are paper replicas of everyday items, burnt by believers to provide material comfort for departed loved ones in their afterlife. This traditional custom is practised by many Chinese communities to venerate their ancestors and it is an act of remembrance that holds value for both the deceased and the living. 明冥之中 (To: The Other World) relates to the intrinsic significance of the age-old custom to re-introduce and re-present it. The work is at once an imagination of the afterlife; and an appreciation of the custom. Bachelor of Fine Arts 2018-05-17T07:37:03Z 2018-05-17T07:37:03Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/74417 en Nanyang Technological University 40 p. application/pdf |
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Paper effigies are paper replicas of everyday items, burnt by believers to provide material comfort for departed loved ones in their afterlife. This traditional custom is practised by many Chinese communities to venerate their ancestors and it is an act of remembrance that holds value for both the deceased and the living. 明冥之中 (To: The Other World) relates to the intrinsic significance of the age-old custom to re-introduce and re-present it. The work is at once an imagination of the afterlife; and an appreciation of the custom. |
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