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My Dream is currently showing at Galerie Gavriel in Germany!
My Dream by Verena Hanschke and Echao Jiang 2007/2009
Posted in animation, Illustration, Visual communication
Some installation shots of ‘My Dream’ presented at Gallery Sketch night.
My Dream 2009 All Rights Reserved
My Dream 2009 All Rights Reserved
My Dream 2009 All Rights Reserved
‘My Dream’ is an animation about the effect of climate change in the Amazon rainforest, a part of
Map Making 2007, RCA.
Directed by Echao Jiang and Verena Hanschke
Music by Kate Newell, Jo Willis
Many thanks to Lisa Hirnsberger
Echao Draws is another blog of mine focusing mainly on drawing and illustration.
An archive of images of various styles and themes.
eachart.blogspot.com
My photographs from Dunhuang and Yadan landform park have been published in Yoonna Choi’s new book ‘Place, Practice and Ten Dialogues’.
The book is a collections of ten interviews with artists and designers from ten different countries who live and work abroad.
Carefully selected and interestingly conducted by Yoonna, the book discusses about many aspects of being ‘foreign’, from its physical conditions such as geographical locations, languages to more philosophical and cultural approaches. The book looks at a the subject from a designer’s point of view which offers many unique perspectives, definitely worth reading.
Available to purchase online at www.yoonnachoi.com
My piece for RCA show II has been awarded with a commendation for Helen Hamlyn Design Awards 2009 
Posted in animation, Illustration, Visual communication
The Mihinacu people of the Amazon have lived happily in the rainforest for countless generations, sustaining an isolated of way of life up to the present day. However, like most of the indigenous communities still remaining in South America, their immediate future is now threatened by the ill effects of climate change, rapid deforestation and monoculture. Verena Hanschke and Echao Jiang’s recent short movie “My Dream”, highlights the dangers of environmental degradation in a gorgeous animated montage combining natural and imaginary beauty. Their stunning landscapes conceal a great sadness, as the lush rainforest vistas fade away into dystopian images of environmental catastrophe. A Mihinacu youth swims alongside schools of fish in the warm depths of the Amazon, but far above the river’s surface is littered with felled trees…
- Dean Kissick, Tank Magazine Editor
Animation and Art Direction: Verena Hanschke, Echao Jiang
Sound: Kate Newell
Many Thanks to: Lisa Hirnsberger
All Rights reserved, Royal College of Art 2008
Echáo Jiang is a Communication Designer, artist and cultural observer based in London.
If you would like to discuss any ideas or commissions, please email me at: echao.jiang@gmail.com
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