Chasing new arts

Singer-songwriter Long Kuan is making music again after a long hiatus. But she's finding methods to express herself in many other ways, she tells Chen Nan.

Not many female Chinese singer-songwriters have made a career abroad before making their mark in the domestic market. Few have been able to break into the scene overnight with an eccentric music style. And few have had the audacity to withdraw from the limelight at the peak of her career. Long Kuan has done all of the above and more.

Rarely having been seen in public for years, Long showed up at a flea market at Treescape Gallery in Qianliang Hutong in downtown Beijing and introduced herself with a new identity: a designer of eco-friendly products.