Artist Statement
Rain Sheng is a Chinese Illustrator who finished her BFA degree in Parsons the School of Design. While researching new media, she came across a debate on whether the government should protect the artform known as Pi Ying shows, an ancient form of Chinese shadow puppetry form, even though it is no longer popular among young audiences. As an art lover, she was appalled that anyone even considered allowing such precious culture to die. Moreover, keeping the cultures and traditional arts in a novel art form is essential. There comes the question: what is the way to do this? She started all her creation and experiment with this question.