Why do we see certain colours even when they aren't there? The filmmaker meticulously analyzes the one hundred CNY bill, which carries a portrait of MAO Zedong, and finds that – despite official representations and general perception – the banknote is pink rather than red. In a serious tone and colourful images, she also casually challenges entrenched notions about digitalization, globalisation, capitalism and gender.
Tang Han is an artist who lives and works in Berlin. Her practice is based on her own experience of cultural collision, and critically revolves around questions and phenomena in everyday life by using diverse artistic mediums including video, film, installation, and text. Her work has been shown in exhibitions at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2022), Kunsthaus Dresden (2021), OCAT Shenzhen (2020), and HOW Art Museum, Shanghai (2020). She has screened work at film festivals including the International Festival of Films on Art, Montreal (2022), Taiwan International Documentary Festival (2022), DOK Leipzig (2021, 2022), Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel (2021, 2022), and Image Forum Festival, Tokyo (2020).