WARDOUR STREET SCULPTURE COMMISSION

Hsiao-Chi Tsai and Kimiya Yoshikawa
The Lion, a symbol of greeting and guardianship, forms the basis for this sculpture. Thousands of individual brightly coloured Perspex shapes would be used to create The Lion, each representing the variety of East Asians living and working in different occupations and participating in different activities in the UK. It would be a bold, vibrant statement at the entrance to Chinatown.

Hsin-Chiao Shih
Influenced by the different gestures and movements that are synonymous in many East Asian dances, and also the brightly coloured and patterned fabrics often found in many East Asian costumes, this sculpture would be made from zinc tubing and Perspex blocks that have been baked in CYK colours. When sunlight shines through or when illuminated at night, it would almost look like the figure were dancing as people pass by.

Asaki Kan
The lotus flower is the influence for this sculpture. It is often used in Far East Asia to symbolize purity, creation, fertility, long life, health, and good luck. The flower closes and sinks underwater at night and then rises and opens at dawn again. The work would be created in copper, using techniques of origami to create the shapes, and coloured like the lotus flower. The artist hopes the work would send a message of realisation of universal time to those passing by.