MUNICH.- The Udo and Anette Brandhorst Stiftung has co-commissioned a new work by Isaac Julien, which was completed in 2010 and will be presented in Germany for the first time starting for the public 30 March 2011 in the Museum Brandhorst. Ten Thousand Waves is a 9-channel video installation, which the artist worked on for almost four years. The main scenes were filmed in China under participation of several internationally-celebrated actresses, including the legendary Maggie Cheung and Zhao Tao. The video artist Yang Fudong, as well as the poet Wang Ping and calligraphy grandmaster Gong Fagen also stood before the camera. The starting point for Julien was a Chinese legend concerning the goddess Mazu whose special powers include the safe escorting of those imperiled at sea to quieter shores. Clips of old photographs conjure up this story; however, Julien relocates the main character, played by Maggie