Yesterday she and I went to 798, and today we went to the National Art Museum of China. We only saw about half of what's at NAMOC today, and will go back tomorrow.
Here are some highlights from 798.
To enter this tunnel you enter a white cavity in a wall. As soon as you enter, the tvs surrounding you overwhelm your senses with the different sounds and visuals coming from each. You have to take care, walking on the narrow path of metal sheets and stairs...It felt a lot like walking down the city streets, everything blaring and throbbing around you as you try to navigate your way through space. At the end of the tunnel there's a steep slide rapidly plopping you in a new gallery space you didn't realize you were already in. (I'm glad I had company. It could have been awkward riding a slide and uncontrollably giggling all by myself.)
This is a portion of a room-filling installation by Yin XiuZhen titled 'Introspective Cavity.' It was awesome to be in and to walk around. It's made of a metal framework with clothing of a somewhat monochromatic pallet sewn together. To enter there's a shiny buffed silver tunnel and inside the floor is at least a foot thick floor of foam. In the center of the space is a structure made of large mirrors. Because the clothing is mostly pink the space sort of glows pink light inside.
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This reminds me of Nam June Paik... was there any similarity in the actual content on the TVs ?
I don't think so. I honestly didn't pay close enough attention to each screen to find out though.
All I remember is that CCTV (China Central TV) channels were playing on some. Oh, and I remember music videos and English.
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