Buddha’s Tears

Buddha’s Tears exposes the hidden story of organ harvesting in China from prisoners of conscience, such as Falun Gong practitioners. Statistical information is juxtaposed with poetic rendering of a legend of a statue of Buddha, who weeps in times of crisis. Each page is filled with dates, graphs, maps, drawings and stories, concluding with a sutured image of China, a symbol of healing. The accordion pages unravel to form a long scroll, a traditional form of Chinese storytelling, to lay out the facts of China’s cruelty.

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Metadata

Title:

Buddha’s Tears

Other titles:

Organ Harvesting

Date of publication:

2015

Place of publication:

Rosendale, NY

Publisher:

Women's Studio Workshop

Subjects:

China, politics, organ harvesting, persecution, prisoners of conscience, falun gong

ISBN:

978-1-893125-99-5

Dimensions:

20.75 x 46.5 cm

Number in edition:

50

Paging:

13

Paper:

Somerset Book 175 g

Printing method:

Silkscreen, Letterpress, Digital

Typeface:

Helvetica, Heiti

Binding:

Hard cover bound

Structure:

Throw out accordion

Funding source:

National Endowment for the Arts, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Windgate Charitable Foundation

Signature:

yes

Writer:

Wei Jane Chir

Printer:

Wei Jane Chir, Mara Hyman, Chris Petrone

Binder:

Emma Bilyeu, Mara Hyman, Chris Petrone