(Assumed Attribution) Evidence of Life, 14 Days of Documentation（生命的证明，14天记录）

Creator(s)

Yong-Bin LI 李永宾

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Date

1994

Format

Photograph

Exhibition Event Title

THE SEVENTH SHENZHEN SCULPTURE BIENNALE

Date of Exhibition Event

October, 2012

Location of Exhibition Event

Shenzhen, China

Materials

Seed, mud, wood, and shirt.

Description

"Less than a year later (1994), Li shaved his face and head, piled a wooden bed with earth in the form of a human, scattered it with grass seeds and covered it with a piece of black cloth. For the next 14 days, he watered the soil and took a photograph of himself every day; these images show the growth of Li’s hair and beard, the gradual emergence of the grass through the cloth, and its subsequent withering. Titled The Evidence of Life, 14 Days of Documentation, the work is a succinct portrait of time passing." (Lu, "Time after Time", Frieze, April 2012, available on https://www.frieze.com/article/time-after-time) (Jerry Wu'23).