Variation #49: Gein Wong
Text:
In the construction of a country, it is not the practical workers but the idealists and planners that are difficult to find…powerful people have liberty.
~ Sun Yet-Sen, revolutionary who help throw down the last emperor of China
Image:
![](https://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/ce12cd3139fcebe78379759df735f0b054be676a/74207/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nushu.jpg)
Sound:
![](https://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/a4691474b73271dad27a32fa18570eeb969ae981/42ffd/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/gein-wong-256x300.jpg)
Gein Wong is an interdisciplinary director, playwright, composer, poet and video artist. Her show
Hiding Words (for you), delves into nushu, a secret language created in 400 A.D. when Chinese women were not allowed to read or write. It runs from September 13 – 23 at Harbourfront Centre’s Enwave Theatre, and tickets can be purchased
here.
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