"Měinǚ Maniac" (美女疯子)
// BLURB //
Do you find difficulties blending in to the seemingly cheerful Asian culture? Do you sometimes find yourself lost in a busy crowd you just can’t relate to? Even after years and years living on the oriental land do you still feel alienated? If you’re not enjoying your life here, look away please. But if you are, please do allow me to share something with you here - my favorite thing to do living here is to watch the Měinǚ Maniacs. The selfie ladies you see on the street know precisely how to fully realize their desires and to be desired publicly. They know how to pose cute, pretending not to give a shit about their larger audience that’s living in the moment with them and watching the whole spectacle. Me, I just shift my gaze a little bit to see the longer view of things… a picture much larger than any of the ones being taken by the beautiful maniacs I live amongst.
Do you find difficulties blending in to the seemingly cheerful Asian culture? Do you sometimes find yourself lost in a busy crowd you just can’t relate to? Even after years and years living on the oriental land do you still feel alienated? If you’re not enjoying your life here, look away please. But if you are, please do allow me to share something with you here - my favorite thing to do living here is to watch the Měinǚ Maniacs. The selfie ladies you see on the street know precisely how to fully realize their desires and to be desired publicly. They know how to pose cute, pretending not to give a shit about their larger audience that’s living in the moment with them and watching the whole spectacle. Me, I just shift my gaze a little bit to see the longer view of things… a picture much larger than any of the ones being taken by the beautiful maniacs I live amongst.
EDITION, MEDIA, SIZE & WEIGHT
Unique Edition, Shanghai 2022
RGB LED display, acrylic painting on relief Plexiglass cutout, Vietnamese linen embedded in hand cast resin, teakwood frame
46(W)×65(H)×5.5(D) cm // 10.6 kg
TECH SPECS
• 1×SLC SD Card
• 3×MWLPV20-5 (INPUT 100~240VAC@0.55A / OUTPUT 5V@3A)
• (2+1 spare)×RGB P4-1921-8S-HL3.0
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
61(W)×80(H)×20(D) cm //26 kg
EXPOSURE
“The Freaky Deaky island6 Circus Show” at island6 Shanghai
CREDITS
Katrina Louy 卡萨琳娜 (performance) • Ryan Nimmo (painting) • Thomas Charvériat (animation) • Jiang Linping 江琳萍 (art direction) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Mark Mehanni (casting) • Lin Zang 臧琳 (blurb)
Unique Edition, Shanghai 2022
RGB LED display, acrylic painting on relief Plexiglass cutout, Vietnamese linen embedded in hand cast resin, teakwood frame
46(W)×65(H)×5.5(D) cm // 10.6 kg
TECH SPECS
• 1×SLC SD Card
• 3×MWLPV20-5 (INPUT 100~240VAC@0.55A / OUTPUT 5V@3A)
• (2+1 spare)×RGB P4-1921-8S-HL3.0
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
61(W)×80(H)×20(D) cm //26 kg
EXPOSURE
“The Freaky Deaky island6 Circus Show” at island6 Shanghai
CREDITS
Katrina Louy 卡萨琳娜 (performance) • Ryan Nimmo (painting) • Thomas Charvériat (animation) • Jiang Linping 江琳萍 (art direction) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Mark Mehanni (casting) • Lin Zang 臧琳 (blurb)
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