A Couple of Stories About Flying Machines by Li Sun

This series depicts childhood memories and historic events from the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the photographer was fascinated by all things military. Cold War rumours published in military magazines; Second World War artefacts left behind by the Japanese military; his father’s ability to identify the sound of different types of aircraft; playing with his friends in decommissioned military planes – these were all important parts of Li Sun’s childhood. They became even more valuable to him in retrospect, more than 20 years later, when he started to create temporary sculptures inspired by the model kits of his childhood, exploring the connection between history, memory and reproduction.