Culture Noodle 文化面条

Creator(s)

Dong SONG 宋冬

Preview

Date

1994

Format

Photograph

Exhibition Event Title

宋冬1990-2015年创作回顾德国个展 Song Dong: 1990-2015, Dusseldorf, Germany

Date of Exhibition Event

2015

Location of Exhibition Event

The Kunst­hal­le Düs­sel­dorf, Germany

Materials

Books, shredder, and (some of them with) televisions

Description

The procedure of this artwork is rather simple and straightforward. The artist shredded pages of Chinese book with a shredder, and allowed the processed scraps to accumulate on floor. The finished slices of paper resemble greatly to the popular folk food noodle in China, thereby the work acquired its name "Culture Noodle". Making allusions to food with the work's title, Song might want to highlight the necessity of books, the literary symbolism for culture, the food for human within spiritual dimension. (Pace Gallery 佩斯画廊, 宋冬1990-2015年创作回顾德国个展, 2015, available on http://www.artda.cn/view.php?tid=9936&cid=14) (Jerry Wu'23).