Re-Collecting China

“Re-Collecting China” (7 minutes) is based on “An Archeology of Modern China: Artifacts of Revolution and Reform,” an exhibit at the London School of Economics and Political Science, April 2016. For information about this exhibit. When I lived in China in 1985-86, I became obsessed with pencil sharpeners. They came in all shapes: televisions, telephones, and cars; tigers, elephants, and giraffes; pistols, Maotai bottles, and brandy bottles; violins, pianos, and Laughing Buddhas. In one year, ..