4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art commissioned me to create a series of short comics from stories from Chinatown regulars, locals and visitors. The result was a combination of stories of childhood, business, local clubs, students and residents. These shorts were collected in a graphic novel, ‘Chinatown’, and launched at the Sydney Opera House’s Graphic Festival 2011 with a lion dancing troupe performing in front of a projection of their comic strip.
The Jin Wu Koon martial arts academy allowed me incredible access to their training gym, Moon festival performances around Sydney, dinners and social outings. A scrolling 11m comic strip developed after embedded observational drawing with a martial arts troupe preparing for lion dancing performances at the Moon Festival, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art.
