(2012), Rakowitz reconstitutes German books destroyed by British bombers in WW2 by commissioning master stone carvers from Afghanistan and Italy, using stone quarried from the region where the Taliban destroyed sixth - century statues of Buddha. (theseenjournal.org)
Hayley Atwell (as the noblewoman turned fleece merchant Aliena) and Eddie Redmayne (as Jack the gifted stone carver with a mysterious background) also impress. (thedigitalbits.com)
To produce it, he found a group of traditional stone carvers in a small Chinese village outside Xiamen in Fujian Province where he lived and worked alongside them for months. (artnews.com)