10/04/2022
"Punti—Shenzhen’s Weitou Dialect" by WEN CUILING
The theme of this artwork is "Disappearing Shenzhen Dialects". This artwork consists of 6 scrolls, a documentary-style video, and a tape. Dialects are gradually disappearing and fading out of view due to accelerated urbanization, frequent population movements, and the widespread use of Mandarin. Therefore, I take Shenzhen's Weitou dialect as the research direction, reflecting that the Shenzhen dialects are gradually disappearing and raising the alarm and need people to preserve and inherit them. At the same time, this work aims to make everyone aware of the importance and significance of dialects.