Covers I & II form part of susan pui san lok's ongoing project RoCH Fans & Legends, which draws on fan uploads of over forty different media adaptations of The Condor Trilogy by Jin Yong, a classic ‘new wuxia’ epic first published in the 1950s. The films seek to evoke the idea of multiplicity, simultaneity and lag, by animating a series of Drawings (2014) based on publicity stills from various adaptations of The Condor Trilogy, with corresponding reverse/chronological soundtracks compiled from their theme songs.

RoCH stands for Return of the Condor Heroes, the second book in the trilogy; wuxia is a martial arts swordplay genre of Chinese fiction, television and cinema, usually featuring the adventures of male and female ‘knight errants’. RoCH Fans & Legends explores some of the genre’s fantasies, landscapes, and archetypes, the trilogy’s numerous translations across popular culture, and recurring images of weightlessness.

Commissioned by QUAD and CFCCA (Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art) in partnership with Animate Projects and University of Salford. Supported using public funding from the National Lottery by Arts Council England.