In 1999, French artists Philippe Parreno and Pierre Huyghe purchased the copyright of a Japanese character they found in a manga catalog for about US$400 at that time. The two artists named the character "Annlee."
Taiwanese artist and filmmaker Chia-Wei Hsu is the winner of the tenth Eye Art & Film Prize (2024). In his work, Hsu probes the cultural history and geopolitics of Southeast Asia.
In 1999, French artists Philippe Parreno and Pierre Huyghe purchased the copyright of a Japanese character they found in a manga catalog for about $400 at that time. The two artists named the character "Annlee." For the next three years, Annlee was given diverse identities through some 30 paintings, sculptures, videos, books and music by 20 artists. These works were put together in Zurich in 2002 at the exh.