Architecture in a suitcase: installations by a Chinese artist

Art knows no boundaries. Each of us is familiar with such types of perpetuation as sculpture, painting, photo and video shooting. But the Chinese artist Yin Xiuzhen went further. You can take the architecture of the craftswoman with you. The girl creates streets and even entire cities in miniature from unusual materials.

Yin's works are small in size, but filled with great meaning. The craftswoman makes reduced copies with the help of suitcases and the contents from them. A wide variety of items are used: old clothes, belts, buckles, handkerchiefs, etc.

The idea of ​​an art project is relevant for the modern world. Humanity lives an active life in which everything is built on constant movement. Yin also collects things for projects from the residents of the exact city she wants to recreate. Thus, the girl conveys the culture, energy, atmosphere of the prototype.

The installations that are of the greatest value to the author herself are associated with her hometown. The state of the environment prompted the artist to create projects that drew attention to this problem. The girl emphasized the fragility of nature with the help of the materials used in the works: clothes, plastic, cement and other building materials.

Also among the works of the artist are miniatures of such cities as Shenzhen, Melbourne, San Francisco, Jiayuguan, Vancouver, etc. Xiuzhen lived in each of them for some time and managed to feel love for them. Art objects of the craftswoman are not corny copied postcards with a city landscape. This is a collection of personal emotions and memories enclosed in a suitcase.

Suitcases that can become the basis of your equally impressive project (or be used for its intended purpose) can be found in the this section.