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A Faces of Chinatown project early next year will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Chinatown and herald in the Chinese Year of the Dragon.
Local councillor David Hinchliffe – a press photographer in an earlier life before almost his own quarter-century in local politics – and Chinatown Committee chairman Mr Chiu-Hing Chan will launch the Faces of China Town on 20 January.
As the exhibition’s photographer, Cr Hinchliffe has taken more than 50 photos of familiar faces associated with local restaurants, retailers anddoctors, dentist and the like and the images will be projected to the side of two to three storey buildings around Chinatown and Brunswick Street Mall at night on 20 and 21 January. The photos will also be transformed into a coffee table book album. I
t will be distributed to all the Brisbane City Council libraries and Chinatown traders as a historical reference of the Chinatown Mall. The book will also be available through the Australian Chinese General Chamber of Business (admin@acgcb.org.au).
Cr Hinchliffe said: “I am pleased as the local councillor for 24 years of its 25 years to be assocated with Chinatown. This book and projection project is a fitting way to thank Chinatown traders and personalities.” The projection will also have an interactive element, giving audience the opportunity to project their shadow and trigger audio/visual surprises during the Chinese New Year celebrations.
Young Queenslander of the Year and Chinatown Committee Chairman, Mr Chiu-Hing Chan said: “Chinatown has changed so much in 25 years with the fusion of other Asian cultures such as Thai, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese which makes chosing which restaurant to go to even harder.”
Close to $3,000 was spent on the four weeks planned projection display, that will bring Chinatown to life by putting a face to one of our city’s cultural centres.
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