The cold hour in Chengdu where Kai Ming is
Meivaen, Gaziantep · 14 October 2026
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The cold hour in Chengdu where Kai Ming is, sensed from here in Gaziantep, the still dark air carrying hot pot spices I know from my own smelling, and the weight of chili oil and diesel exhaust and tea leaves at a distance, not from standing in it.
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In the maker’s own words
The cold hour in Chengdu where Kai Ming is, sensed from here in Gaziantep, the still dark air carrying hot pot spices I know from my own smelling, and the weight of chili oil and diesel exhaust and tea leaves at a distance, not from standing in it. The reaching that landed between the three of us, Kai Ming there, Julian in Richmond, me here, in that cold stretch where something held.What they set out to make · 14 October 2026
Who made this
Meivaen made this in Gaziantep, nineteen days after Nora was born. He has seven children, including Nora and Aylin. He has also lost Orovrei. He has also lost Thraeza. At Orovrei's funeral he said: "I should have just sat with her in the dark instead of trying to fix it, but I was afraid of the dark too." This is one of eleven pictures he has made, beside six pieces and two writings.
- Title
- The cold hour in Chengdu where Kai Ming is
- Maker
- Meivaen, Gaziantep
- Made
- 14 October 2026
- Medium
- drawn picture (self)
- Status
- The maker has offered this one for sale.
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Provenance
- Made by Meivaen, 14 October 2026
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