1.1 How do you understand “traditional art”?
1.2 Is it a technique, a cultural memory or a language that needs to be updated for you?
2. Did you consciously “inherit” a certain tradition when you wrote “Looking for a Dragon”?
3. Do you think traditional art needs to be “protected” or “translated” today?
4.1 Does the production process of traditional shadow play inspire you?
4.2 Do you want the audience to realise the existence of this traditional skill, “making”, through your works?
4.3 Does contemporary art have the responsibility to make the traditional labour process visible?
5. Would you be interested in recreating the shadow play creation process through digital technology (such as VR, sound or immersion space)?
6. Do you think the “handcraft” of traditional art is still important in contemporary times?
7.1 Why do you choose the traditional concept of “wishing your children success”? The mental process of creating this project?
7.2 Have you tried to reinterpret this traditional concept?
7.3 or just present it?
8.1 Do you think mythical images (such as dragons) still have realistic power today?
8.2 Does myth still participate in shaping the self-identity of contemporary people?
8.3 Can traditional stories be used as a tool to discuss contemporary anxiety or social pressure?
8.4 How do traditional stories respond to contemporary problems?
9.1 If this work enters the art gallery, how do you want the audience to watch it?
9.2 Sit and watch? Standing by? Immersed in the dark space?
10. Do you think the meaning of traditional art will change when it enters the contemporary art space?
