{"product_id":"lotus-family-by-tim-yip","title":"Lotus Family by Tim Yip","description":"\u003cdiv title=\"Page 9\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 10\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLotus Family\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 10\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1992, Australia\u003cbr\u003ePrint on Hahnemuhle Baryta Paper (framed), 80 x 53 cm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 10\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is a famous scene in \u003cem\u003eCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon\u003c\/em\u003e directed by Ang Lee: Chow Yun-fat chases Zhang Ziyi as the two leap across the lake’s surface with lightness skill, their feet skimming over blankets of lotus leaves. I served as the art and costume director for this film, and I went to great lengths to achieve the lotus pond effect Ang Lee envisioned. I never said ‘no’ to any \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof the director’s set design requests, always replying ‘Sure, sure, it’s fine.’ But it was only after that experience that I realized just how difficult it was to bring a lotus pond to life on screen. Initially, we asked the props team to procure a large number of lotus plants, yet they required a long period of cultivation before blooming. In the end, we had no choice but to film the scene with the two actors leaping over clear lake water instead.The lotuses in this photograph had not yet bloomed into the effect we desired. I chose to render it in black and white because I wanted the reality captured in my lens to carry meaning; monochrome lends an abstract quality to these otherwise concrete, tangible lotus plants.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Tim Yip \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis work is part of \u003cem\u003eMIRROR OF THE META: Incredible Reality\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea solo exhibition at Asprey Studio by Hong Kong-born artist and art director Tim Yip. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe exhibition explores parallel dimensions of reality where myth, memory and technology meet. It offers an intimate, contemplative encounter with Yip’s sculptural works, photography, and a sculptural reinterpretation of a traditional Chinese dress — each piece reflecting the artist’s enduring fascination with how imagination shapes our experience of the world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 16\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 16\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTim Yip (b. 1961, Hong Kong) is an acclaimed artist, director, art director, costume designer and photographer for film and stage. He won the Oscar for Best Art Direction, and the BAFTA award for Best Costume Design for the film \u003cem\u003eCrouching Tiger Hidden Dragon \u003c\/em\u003e(dir. Ang Lee, 1999). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough his prolific works in art, film, theatre and literature, Tim Yip has honed his thesis New Orientalism, which proposes that-far from being determined-supposed boundaries of geography and time are porous. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Asprey Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54022393168147,"sku":null,"price":5000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/2474\/7795\/files\/21.png?v=1775646942","url":"https:\/\/aspreystudio.com\/products\/lotus-family-by-tim-yip","provider":"Asprey Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}