Artist paints ghostly portraits

Kevin at Dark, But Shining pointed me to this excellent article of an upcoming Edinburgh art exhibit in The Scotsman:

A grove of banana palms will be planted in the gallery, with fragments of Chinese and Scottish ghost stories inscribed on the leaves. Overnight, surveillance cameras will film the trees which, according to Chinese folklore, summon female ghosts to appear. Footage from this ghost watch will then form part of the exhibition. In preparing his Edinburgh exhibition, Guo-Qiang said he was struck by the presence of spirituality in Scotland. He said: "The culture and religion of the past, including pre-Christian culture, has a special hold still. Edinburgh is famous as a city of ghosts and its ghost stories resound today." He said it was a real challenge for artists to try to depict the "unseeable", such as the spirit world. He added: "Visual art has historically struggled with that which is not seeable. I am trying to deal with these issues. "The idea is not to conjure superstition or practice but provide a departure point to discuss our relationship with the forces in the world around us and the belief systems in which they take root."

More on the exhibit here and about the artist here. If I get a sugah momma in time, I'm going.