The Oriental Scene is a research-based project, which artists start in 2021. And she is planning to finish it by 2025. This project investigates the concept of Chinoiserie architecture in the UK in the context of de-colonialism. The project uses a replica of the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing in Kew Gardens as the main object of investigation, which includes objects, drawings and documents to show how the pagoda was represented in various mediums. This project explores the appropriation, de-contextualization, and reassignment of meaning to oriental symbols across time and space. The project is concerned with the interrogation of Orientalism and the authoring of visual narratives. This project uses photography to present these images in a contemporary form. Through the erasure of Orientalism, the architectural redaction engages with the debate on the cultural ownership of the East, revealing the history of cultural colonisation behind the oriental scenes created by the West and the institutional problems of the museum. Funding will contribute to the completion of the UK and European shoots, capturing the presence of Chinoiserie architecture. This includes transport costs as well as basic expenses. 2. Printing Fees plan to collaborate with a printing studio and use techniques such as photo-etching, photopolymer, and screen printing. 3. Production Material Cost for covering the production materials, including films, developing the film, ink, paper and other printing supplies.
