Paperbush 梦花 which is a metaphor for

which is a metaphor for their arduous struggle toward freedom itself

In the long line of Herlinde Koelbl’s projects

From the local markets

Born out of a time of burnout and quiet exhaustion

Paperbush 梦花 which is a metaphor forPaperbush by Chen Xiaoyi Last spring, I met it for the first time in the mountains: the branches had not grown leaves but were blooming with light yellow stamens while the vines were knotted and twisted. An old man living in the nearby village squinting his eyes, said to me, This is the Meng flower. I showed a confused expression in a daze, and he continued, Meng, the Meng in zuomeng (dreaming). It was a cloudy afternoon with a cold wind. I stopped at