Bianca Argimon - Báizhǐ Yùndòng lanterns

This work draws inspiration from the White Paper Movement (Báizhǐ Yùndòng) in China, where a blank sheet of paper became a powerful symbol of resistance. What appears empty is in fact full: it speaks of everything that cannot be spoken, of words silenced before they can be written. The installation takes the form of paper lanterns, painted with scenes reminiscent of idealized classical Chinese landscapes.By placing these fragile papers at the heart of a poetic scene, the work becomes a meditation on freedom of expression. It reminds us how even the simplest gesture, a sheet of white paper, can appear dangerous to authoritarian regimes; and how silence itself can become a language of resistance.