Wuhan Ecological Art Park is a place frequented by an illegal pyramid scheme organization. The salesperson would lead a tour and give random meanings to the public sculptures in order to persuade the public to join their organization. The artist interrupted the tour with similarly or even more absurd acts, such as talking to a bronze figure. The salesperson was freaked out by Zhu’s performance and left. Zhu then took over and told a story to the crowd about the battles between the real estate and East Lake, rise of central China, Capitalism, and the desire for success.
《作业一号》展示常规化验血样採集的影像：以消毒无脂棉球擦拭手指、用採血锥扎破手指、出血、玻璃吸管採血、用消毒棉花擦去手指上的血迹、挤压手指使其再次出血、用吸管採血。如此重复数次，最后将吸管内的血滴在玻璃片上，刮片。作品的影像均以慢速播放。这个有严格流程的纪录片让我们联想到人体控制的技术。一如张培力同时期的其他作品，《作业一号》让观众质疑作品所记录的严格流程，实际来自种种经编制的身体操控技术，把原本让人不适的过程转换为例行公事甚至沉闷的步骤。
Production was the work of art Wang Jianwei presented on the 10th Documenta in Kassel. This work could be both considered as a documentary film and a video work. Wang filmed a few groups of people in the public spaces of Sichuan. In this 60-min clip without any traces of interviews, large sections its dialogues and monologues did not build up a central narrative, on the contrary, its discontinuous empty shots and its intentionally added artificial noise done in post-production engendered a kind of ambiguous and mixed – either politically or aesthetically – visual presence. Likewise, the title of the artwork equally embraces this bewildering character. “Production” is both a terminology rich in every day and local experiences, and a technical term with critical and theoretical implications. In all, this work is not only prescient for Wang Jianwei’s ongoing ambivalent attitude and approach thereafter, but also underscores the wavering conditions between “left and right” for contemporary Chinese art.
On the Pedestrian Street in Wuchang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, Li Liao closed his eyes, waited for a slap in the face from the perpetrator who volunteered online. After the slap, Li Liao continued to maintain his eyes closed until the perpetrator left.
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