Chen Haiyan 陈海燕
Fortuneteller Bird 算命鸟, 1998
Copper plate print 铜版画
39 3/8 x 19 3/4 in
100 x 50 cm
100 x 50 cm
Edition of 38
'Dream- August 7th, 1998. I saw a group of boys battling on the street. I asked Xingyuan if they play this kind of war game in Areland, he said he...
"Dream- August 7th, 1998.
I saw a group of boys battling on the street. I asked Xingyuan if they play this kind of war game in Areland, he said he didn't know. Then the scene changed to a group of colorful little bird gathered behind a big tree, talking about something. I wanted to catch a bird, but only got hold of one foot of a peacock-like green bird. I caught another bird's tail, it flew away. I gave it a hug and said:""Fly! I won't hurt you."" It then turned into a minority man, the other one turned into a man as well. He had his arms around me and started to tell my fortune. He asked me if I have a son. I said yes. He looked at my palm and I was willing to show him. He saw that I had many fine palm lines, I can tell from his expression that he was hiding something from me. I asked him to tell me directly no matter what it is. A woman suddenly interrupted with some question when he was just about to say. He then changed our conversation to another topic, talking about how kids would please me. "
"梦1998.8.7
我见一群小男孩在街心打仗，问星原是不是他们在爱尔兰打仗，星原说不知道。又变成一群可爱的五彩缤纷的小鸟凑在一棵大树后在说着什么。我想我伸手可抓住一个，结果一下抓住一条腿。是一只像孔雀般的碧绿色的鸟。我又抓另一鸟的尾巴，它飞了，我抱了它一下就放回树边上，说：“你自己飞吧，我不伤害你。”它变成一个少数民族的男子，另一个也变成男子，他抱着我给我算命，他问我是否有儿子，我说有，他拉起我的手看，我很愿意让他看。只见我手细纹太多，从他的表情上来看，我仿佛有什么事他不想对我说。我说你尽管直说。正要说，这时来了一个妇女也凑上前问他这儿，那儿，打断了他要对我说的什么。他转了话题，是说小孩子如何会讨我好等。"
I saw a group of boys battling on the street. I asked Xingyuan if they play this kind of war game in Areland, he said he didn't know. Then the scene changed to a group of colorful little bird gathered behind a big tree, talking about something. I wanted to catch a bird, but only got hold of one foot of a peacock-like green bird. I caught another bird's tail, it flew away. I gave it a hug and said:""Fly! I won't hurt you."" It then turned into a minority man, the other one turned into a man as well. He had his arms around me and started to tell my fortune. He asked me if I have a son. I said yes. He looked at my palm and I was willing to show him. He saw that I had many fine palm lines, I can tell from his expression that he was hiding something from me. I asked him to tell me directly no matter what it is. A woman suddenly interrupted with some question when he was just about to say. He then changed our conversation to another topic, talking about how kids would please me. "
"梦1998.8.7
我见一群小男孩在街心打仗，问星原是不是他们在爱尔兰打仗，星原说不知道。又变成一群可爱的五彩缤纷的小鸟凑在一棵大树后在说着什么。我想我伸手可抓住一个，结果一下抓住一条腿。是一只像孔雀般的碧绿色的鸟。我又抓另一鸟的尾巴，它飞了，我抱了它一下就放回树边上，说：“你自己飞吧，我不伤害你。”它变成一个少数民族的男子，另一个也变成男子，他抱着我给我算命，他问我是否有儿子，我说有，他拉起我的手看，我很愿意让他看。只见我手细纹太多，从他的表情上来看，我仿佛有什么事他不想对我说。我说你尽管直说。正要说，这时来了一个妇女也凑上前问他这儿，那儿，打断了他要对我说的什么。他转了话题，是说小孩子如何会讨我好等。"
