Chinese Memory Line

All images (C) MK
Artists Moira Kenny and Callum Moncrieff made 100 wooden boats and worked with the Wah Sing and all of the Chinese Communities in a series of workshops painting the boats to reflect Diaspora, movement and settlement in a project called Chinese Memory Line 2004.
The boats were exhibited in the Museum of Liverpool Life and later thrown into The River Mersey from one of the Mersey Ferries. The work was recorded with aerial photography and film. One of the boats was kept for the Museum collection. Some of the boats were painted by famous Calligraphy Masters visiting from China and would now be worth a lot of money. Look out for them next time you go on the ferry or e-bay!