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  • Beijing, Nov. 26,2016 : Chinese multi artist Han Bing arrives in a forest in order to embrace a tree on the outskirts of Beijing as a reminder of the importance of nature and life.Trees help fight climate change. Through the natural process of photosynthesis, trees absorb CO2 and other pollutant particulates, then store the carbon and emit pure oxygen.
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  • Beijing, Oct. 2, 2017 : Multi artist Han BIng performs by the Wenyu river on the outskirts of Beijing, China.Performance artists had been in the vanguard of China’s art scene as it opened up to Western ideas and values in the 1980s, testing the limits of the law and social norms according to Reuters.But increased pressure on many forms of art, which comes as President Xi Jinping has been shoring up Communist Party control over all aspects of society, has had a chilling effect on the performance art scene in particular.In 2014, Xi urged all artists to “carry forward the banner of socialist core values”.As a result of this policy artists such as Han Bing have seen performances cancelled and shifted to locations where there performances at best are documented by storytellers before they fade into the archives.
  • Beijing, Oct. 2, 2017 : Multi artist Han BIng performs by the Wenyu river on the outskirts of Beijing, China.Performance artists had been in the vanguard of China’s art scene as it opened up to Western ideas and values in the 1980s, testing the limits of the law and social norms according to Reuters.But increased pressure on many forms of art, which comes as President Xi Jinping has been shoring up Communist Party control over all aspects of society, has had a chilling effect on the performance art scene in particular.In 2014, Xi urged all artists to “carry forward the banner of socialist core values”.As a result of this policy artists such as Han Bing have seen performances cancelled and shifted to locations where there performances at best are documented by storytellers before they fade into the archives.
  • Beijing, Oct. 2, 2017 : Multi artist Han BIng performs by the Wenyu river on the outskirts of Beijing, China.Performance artists had been in the vanguard of China’s art scene as it opened up to Western ideas and values in the 1980s, testing the limits of the law and social norms according to Reuters.But increased pressure on many forms of art, which comes as President Xi Jinping has been shoring up Communist Party control over all aspects of society, has had a chilling effect on the performance art scene in particular.In 2014, Xi urged all artists to “carry forward the banner of socialist core values”.As a result of this policy artists such as Han Bing have seen performances cancelled and shifted to locations where there performances at best are documented by storytellers before they fade into the archives.
  • Beijing, Oct. 2, 2017 : Multi artist Han BIng performs by the Wenyu river on the outskirts of Beijing, China.Performance artists had been in the vanguard of China’s art scene as it opened up to Western ideas and values in the 1980s, testing the limits of the law and social norms according to Reuters.But increased pressure on many forms of art, which comes as President Xi Jinping has been shoring up Communist Party control over all aspects of society, has had a chilling effect on the performance art scene in particular.In 2014, Xi urged all artists to “carry forward the banner of socialist core values”.As a result of this policy artists such as Han Bing have seen performances cancelled and shifted to locations where there performances at best are documented by storytellers before they fade into the archives.
  • Beijing, Oct. 2, 2017 : Multi artist Han BIng performs by the Wenyu river on the outskirts of Beijing, China.Performance artists had been in the vanguard of China’s art scene as it opened up to Western ideas and values in the 1980s, testing the limits of the law and social norms according to Reuters.But increased pressure on many forms of art, which comes as President Xi Jinping has been shoring up Communist Party control over all aspects of society, has had a chilling effect on the performance art scene in particular.In 2014, Xi urged all artists to “carry forward the banner of socialist core values”.As a result of this policy artists such as Han Bing have seen performances cancelled and shifted to locations where there performances at best are documented by storytellers before they fade into the archives.
  • {quote} Death by Pollution{quote} is an extract of a long term project between artist Han Bing and the photographer which aims at highlighting environmental pollution in various parts of China using forests , lakes and rivers as a background.
  • Beijing, Aug.4, 2018 performance artist Han Bing acts during an art project in a polluted lake on the outskirts of Beijing.
  • Beijing, July 30 : performance artist Han Bing stands in a polluted lake during an art project on the outskirts of Beijing.
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  • Beijing, August 12 : performance artist Han Bing lies in a dirty puddle during an art project in a polluted area on the outskirts of Beijing.
  • Beijing, July 30 : performance artist Han Bing scratches himself during an art project in a polluted lake on the outskirts of Beijing.
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  • Beijing, July 30 : performance artist Han Bing lies in a polluted lake during an art project in a polluted lake on the outskirts of Beijing.
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  • Beijing, Aug. 12.2018 : performance artist Han Bing during an art project in an agricultural area on the outskirts of Beijing, China.
  • Beijing, Aug. 3.2018 : performance artist Han Bing poses during an art project in Beijing, China.
  • Beijing, Nov. 26,2016 : Chinese multi artist Han Bing embraces a tree on the outskirts of Beijing as a reminder of the importance of nature and life.Trees help fight climate change. Through the natural process of photosynthesis, trees absorb CO2 and other pollutant particulates, then store the carbon and emit pure oxygen.
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