Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves mugs Oxidized silver starfish bangle

Oxidized silver starfish bangle

equally unexpected is the often monumental scale of her works

Zooming down from a glamorous planet

In August 1971

Perfectly simple and incredibly useful

Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves mugs Oxidized silver starfish bangleTen Thousand Waves is a complex nine screen piece that interweaves a number of ghost like stories, unwinding simultaneously. Shot on location in China, it involves footage of contemporary Shanghai together with period scenes set on the back lots of the mid 20th century Shanghai film studios. Julien casts Maggie Cheung as the time travelling goddess Mazu, from the 15th century mythological Tale of Yishin Island. Mazu hovers over the rolling oceans,