"18 Sang Yuan Street" (桑园街18号)
"18 Sang Yuan Street" by island6 Art Collective (Liu Dao)
// BLURB //
"You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur” -Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride
The voyeur stands behind windows, thoughtfully, discreetly peeking on the other side. What might lie across the road stimulates the voyeur’s curiosity. The thrill and excitement of secretly observing others without their knowledge separates the voyeur from others, he can never truly understand their experiences. 18 Sang Yuan Street is teeming with life, a concrete jungle mess of pedestrians, scooters, bikes, and cars. Like a generous buffet for the eyes, the voyeur cannot help but take a bite. And who is to blame really? Is it not the human condition to succumb to our earthly desires? Curiosity is a fundamental drive in human behavior. Our desire to know, to learn, to see. Sometimes we just have to take a glimpse, we are forced to open the box, pull back the curtains, peer through the keyhole. There are complexities to human behavior and yet it can also be so simple.
Do it. Take a look. You are your own voyeur.
STATUS
SOLD. Private Collection, London.
EDITION, MEDIA, SIZE & WEIGHT
Unique Edition, Shanghai 2022
RGB LED display, Vietnamese linen embedded in hand cast resin, teakwood frame
124.6(W)×124.6(H)×7.2(D) cm // 49 kg
TECH SPECS
• 1×SLC micro SD Card
• 7×MWLPV-60-5 (INPUT 100~240VAC@1.2A / OUTPUT 5V@8A)
• 1×MWLPV20-5 (INPUT 100~240VAC@0.55A / OUTPUT 5V@3A)
• (26+1 spare)×RGB P4-1921-64X32-8S-S1 / SWP4190826XMJF-0238/7112
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
138(W)×138(H)×24(D) cm // 99.1 kg
EXPOSURE
Welcome To The Neighborhood” at island6 Shanghai
CREDITS
Dong Zhe 董哲 (painting) • Camilla Zhao 赵莹 (performance) • Clementine 华苓 (performance) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction & animation) • Tiara Alvarado-Leon (blurb)
CLOSE-UPS
VIDEO
BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEOS
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