Zhou Yan Contemporary Chinese Art Archive 周彦当代中国艺术档案
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Date
1995
Format
Slide
Materials
TV, wood, video
Description
In the installation, "The Old Bench" (1995), Wang Gongxin, “...enlivens actual ‘dead’ objects by performing them in new situations – that means within new space and time relations...the bench is animated by the looped projection of a finger touching it and as an element in an installation that invites the viewer to use the bench as a sitting device...By employing a loop structure, the action is temporalized and in consequence enlivened. The viewer becomes a participant because he or she is invited to touch the bench, or even take a seat” (Hopfener, Birgit. (2012). "‘Embodied Criticality’ in Moving-image Installations by Wang Gongxin and Zhang Peili." Journal of Visual Art Practice 11, no. 2 and 3: 193-208.) (Russ, Hannah ‘18)
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