by Suelin | Mar 19, 2023 | china 2023
The third time is the charm, and week 3, 14-17 March, did not disappoint. Here are the highlights. On Tuesday, 14 March, we bused to China Film International Cinema, probably the largest cineplex I’ve ever been in, covering 13,000 square meters, 15 theatres, and all...
by Suelin | Mar 11, 2023 | china 2023
There is a checklist I follow when I leave home: passport and purse in hand, utilities turned off; family knows where I am supposed to be. Oh, and a packet of Crix crackers: vital supplies. Week 1: Friday, 24 February to Sunday, 5 March. It’s been an extended week, I...
by Suelin | Mar 10, 2023 | china 2023
Week 2: Monday, 6 March to Friday, 10 March. I barely had time to recover from my Great Hall experience on Saturday, when I was re-entering Beijing Asia Hotel, going back into the ‘closed loop’ arrangement ahead of participating in Foreign Minister Qin Gang’s press...
by Suelin | Mar 6, 2023 | eccles fellowship british library
I am an artist and writer and is based in Grenada; I was a 2020 British Library Eccles Visiting Fellow. My days as an Eccles Fellow at the British Library, from July to August 2022, were happily spent pouring over maps, ledgers, bound letters, loose papers, and other...
by Suelin | Mar 6, 2023 | eccles fellowship british library
I am a Grenada-based artist and was a 2020 Eccles Centre Visiting Fellow at the British Library. During my Eccles Fellowship research at the British Library in summer 2022, I came across a familiar image: a print of a stipple engraving and etching of a memorial at the...