Aiming to inspire the people of various countries to learn Chinese, the video series The Imagination of Art was released Oct. 24, 2022.
The project, (joint) produced by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation and Central Academy of Fine Arts, selects multiple art pieces created by four artists: Wu Jian'an, Kang Lei, Lu Zhengyuan and Zhang Fan.
Under the theme of "Chinese language plus arts", the series (comprise) of two parts, the first part of which contains four episodes, each (feature) one artist. The second part will see education experts guide Chinese learning according to above (work).
In the first episode, Wu, one professor of School of Experimental and Sci-Tech Arts at the academy, (share) his creation procedure of The Heaven of Nine Levels, hand-carved piece inspired by Shan Hai Jing. The second introduces The Garden of Forking Paths, artist Kang's painting, title is inspired from Jorge Borges' novel. The work demonstrates Kang's reflection on time, as she paints different objects in different places and at different times worldwide (record) her feelings and experiences.
The other two episodes are respectively about Lu's work Solid Liquid and Zhang's work Tianxin, both of which have a (power) effect on people learning Chinese.