Taking it up a notch

Hand painted wooden clogs by Swedish fashion designer Asa Westlund and half-naked robots by China's Unmask are among the art works at the Nordic-China Arts Festival that opened on Saturday.

Themed "Notch 2009-Identity" and based on the New Sanlitun Building, on the north side of Sanlitun Village, the festival features 70 artists from Nordic countries or China and will continue until Nov 7.

"We want to bring art to the larger public through creative artworks and common products," says Liu Zhan, one of the three Chinese members of Unmask that created the robots.