Moving Parallel Lines 移动的平行线

Creator(s)

Qiang WANG 王强

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Date

1995

Format

Photograph

Materials

Plexiglas, styrofoam, water

Dimensions

Plexiglas box: 70 x 70 x 32 cm; styrofoam: 60 x 60 x 25 cm

Description

Four Plexiglas boxes are placed parallel to each other in a room, and are at the same height, with same width and length. A certain amount of water is poured into each box, and four identical styrofoam pieces are put on the water boxes respectively. As the styrofoam pieces float on the water, their movement breaks the original parallel setting of this work, thus creating “moving parallel lines” as the caption the artist provided indicates. See link below for photograph of one sample Plexiglas box. (Yifan Shang ‘25)