Healing City Series VI: Altar of the God of Wine 城市疗愈系列六: 酒神祭坛

Creator(s)

• Xin CANG 苍鑫

Preview

Date

8-14-2022

Format

Photograph

Location of Exhibition Event

Purple Space Three Glasses Beer Hall, Chengdu, China

Dimensions

45 mins

Description

The performance was completed through 33 rounds of drinking. Medical staff drew blood from the artist’s body using needles and poured it into the alcohol. The participants raised their glasses together, repeating the cycle 33 times (four people vomited). After the drinking, the artist’s body was covered with wine lees by 32 participants. The artist then stood up and set the wine lees on fire using solid alcohol. At the same time, the police arrived. (source: artist website: https://cangxinart.com/work/performance-art/healing-city-series/altar-of-the-god-of-wine-healing-city-series-6.html) (Angela Tan '28)