Moveable Type, Moveable Feast

Moveable type printing was invented in China in the 11th century 400 years before the Gutenberg press. The first types were ceramic followed by carved wooden types at the end of the 13th century. Carving of individual wooden types is a disappearing art still practiced in only a few villages in China today. Two scholars, Stories of Things veteran, Karolina Pawlik joined by her colleague, digital heritage imaging practioner, Wu-Wei Chen, work on the creative project - "Moveable Type, Moveable Feast". The project is based around a near full set of antique types (many thousands in 28 trays) found in a Shanghai flea market years ago, and donated to the project by the private collector. It further leads to the collaboration of a documentary short toward the national ICH (Intangible Cultural Heritage) inheritor - Mr Wang Fa-Wan.

・Documentary short of the national ICH inheritor - Mr Wang Fa-Wan
・Presentation of the project at Royal Asiatic Society in Shanghai