Practical Fridays is a workshop series, founded and coordinated by artist Philip Matesic since 2013. The series expands practically on the "Each One, Teach One" philosophy of Theory Tuesdays. Instead of discussing a theoretical text, participants have a hands-on, collective experience of learning something practical from a non-professional. Each workshop is run by a different person at various locations in and around Zurich, Switzerland.

Friday 12th December 2014, 8:00pm

“Mandarin 101 – Tiān Rén Hé Yī” with Pei

During this Practical Fridays session, artist and part-time Mandarin teacher Pei introduced Mandarin characters and pronunciation. During the workshop, participants began with one of the simplest Mandarin characters – 人 Rén (human, person). The goal was to familiarize the group with basic components of the Mandarin characters; from the strokes, to the units and finally, the assembly.

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