10,000 rabbits Project

About

The 10,000 Rabbits Project has been devised by members of the Australian-Chinese community in conjunction with the Chinese Youth League of Australia (CYL) to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit (2011).

The aim is to bring together people from many different backgrounds to create a single artwork inspired by the Chinese tradition of unfolding a blank scroll at the entrance of a special occasion to enable everyone taking part to record their name. The result becomes a lasting visual reminder of the spirit of togetherness and the invisible connections that endure.

Join us in signing in to the New Year by painting your own rabbit, and be one of the many rabbits in the 10,000 Rabbits Project, collaborating in an event bringing people together across space and time.

During the year, the artwork will be travelling across Sydney to give many more members of the general public the opportunity to take part. Notable artists will also participate by contributing their own rabbits, and by weaving a red thread across the surface of the work to symbolise the idea that we are all connected by an invisible thread.

The Red Thread, or red string of faith, also referred to as the red thread of destiny, is an East Asian mythical tradition… according to Chinese legend, the old Lunar deity Yue Lao (Old Moon) connects soulmates with an invisible red thread – regardless of time, place and circumstance – a magical cord which can stretch or tangle but never break.

The 10,000 Rabbits Project aims to attain a finished artwork which is an expression of diversity & individuality, connectivity & wholeness.

On completion, the work will be publicly displayed and will be used to raise funds for various charities including Eyes on China, Chinese New Year Festival charity partner, the Fred Hollows Foundation and others to be confirmed.

We wish you a year imbued with the qualities of the Rabbit – kind and loving, graceful and affectionate, cultured and well-mannered, cautious yet strong-willed, gentle yet playful, peaceful, determined and resilient.


一萬隻兔子繪畫活動
該活動是澳洲僑青社與華人社團為2011年春節特別開展的額活動。目的是，讓各個不同文化背景的人們都參與製作傳統的中式畫軸。這個項目將在悉尼各地開 展，讓更多的人可以參與，包括知名藝術家也將在同一幅畫卷上作畫，描繪可愛的兔子，並將每隻兔子用紅線聯起來，意義取自月老紅線。

完成後的作品將向公眾展出，並且將用於慈善拍賣。

我們祝愿您金兔迎新，富貴吉祥。