[Lecture Notice] “The Secret of Picture Books” — Meet Tian Yu at the Capital Library on the morning of May 24th

The third activ­i­ty of the sev­enth ses­sion of Cap­i­tal Library & Red Mud’s “Sow­ing the Seeds of Hap­pi­ness” seed sto­ry­teller train­ing.

Lec­ture time: May 24, 2015 (Sun­day) 9:30–11:30 am

Lec­ture loca­tion: Audio­vi­su­al Read­ing Room on the 3rd floor of the old build­ing of Cap­i­tal Library (south­east cor­ner of War­wick Bridge)

Lec­ture Top­ic: The Secret of Pic­ture Books

Speak­er: Tian Yu (Lead­ing Instruc­tor of the Pic­ture Book Cre­ation Stu­dio at the Cen­tral Acad­e­my of Fine Arts, cre­ator of the pic­ture book Lord of the Flies)

Intro­duc­tion:

In Chi­na, the inter­pre­ta­tion of pic­ture books lacks a clear direc­tion. As an inde­pen­dent art form, pic­ture books pos­sess their own unique artis­tic lan­guage. Ana­lyz­ing and inter­pret­ing pic­ture books based on this artis­tic lan­guage is a blind spot in the pro­mo­tion and under­stand­ing of pic­ture books in Chi­na. Based on our teach­ing prac­tice at the Pic­ture Book Cre­ation Stu­dio at the Cen­tral Acad­e­my of Fine Arts, we have grad­u­al­ly dis­cov­ered this per­spec­tive and direc­tion for under­stand­ing and inter­pret­ing pic­ture books.

What is the unique lan­guage of pic­ture books? We will inter­pret clas­sic pic­ture books through inten­sive read­ing. Unrav­el­ing the secrets of pic­ture books, lay­er by lay­er, we will explore the struc­ture and cre­ative log­ic hid­den with­in them. Expe­ri­ence the cap­ti­vat­ing medi­um of pic­ture books and feel their allure.

In shar­ing, we will also com­bine our own cre­ations with those of pic­ture book cre­ation stu­dios, and share the cre­ators’ expe­ri­ences in under­stand­ing and cre­at­ing pic­ture books. This will help us inter­pret and under­stand oth­er excel­lent pic­ture books in the future.

Reg­is­tra­tion and reser­va­tion: This event is a free char­i­ty event and you are wel­come to par­tic­i­pate freely.