"Nonghao Nanjing Lu" (侬好，南京路)
// BLURB //
It’s the middle of the day, on the side of Nonghao Nanjing Lu a bubblegum-haired woman enters a call booth. She picks up the phone. This is the moment she’s been waiting for. "Hello?" she says, her voice quivering with emotion. At the other end of the line, she listens to the voice, the sound echoing through the phone like a steady heartbeat. It blends with the daily traffic orchestra composed of cars, sanlunche, pedestrians, and mobike travelers. They talked for hours, the sun went down, their words weaving together a never-ending tale. They spoke of love and loss, dreams and desires, and the endless possibilities that lay before them. And as they talked, the woman felt something stirring inside her, a restlessness that she had been suppressing for far too long. She wanted to see the world, taste its flavors, feel its rhythms. Without a second thought, she dropped the call, let the phone fall from her fingers, left the booth, and hit the road. She didn't know where she was going, didn't have a plan or a destination. All she knew was that she had to go and answer the call from the open road. As the chengyu suggests, “advance bravely without hesitation!” (一往无前)
It’s the middle of the day, on the side of Nonghao Nanjing Lu a bubblegum-haired woman enters a call booth. She picks up the phone. This is the moment she’s been waiting for. "Hello?" she says, her voice quivering with emotion. At the other end of the line, she listens to the voice, the sound echoing through the phone like a steady heartbeat. It blends with the daily traffic orchestra composed of cars, sanlunche, pedestrians, and mobike travelers. They talked for hours, the sun went down, their words weaving together a never-ending tale. They spoke of love and loss, dreams and desires, and the endless possibilities that lay before them. And as they talked, the woman felt something stirring inside her, a restlessness that she had been suppressing for far too long. She wanted to see the world, taste its flavors, feel its rhythms. Without a second thought, she dropped the call, let the phone fall from her fingers, left the booth, and hit the road. She didn't know where she was going, didn't have a plan or a destination. All she knew was that she had to go and answer the call from the open road. As the chengyu suggests, “advance bravely without hesitation!” (一往无前)
STATUS
SOLD. Private collection, London.
SOLD. Private collection, London.
EDITION, MEDIA, SIZE & WEIGHT
Unique Edition, Shanghai 2023
TFT display, acrylic painting on Plexiglass, IR sensor, 8-bit microcontroller, media player, teakwood frame
46(W)×65(H)×6.5(D) cm // 12 kg
TECH SPECS
• 1×SLC MICRO SD Card
• 1×LS424 media player • E3Z-D62 • Arduino Uno
• 15" TFT LCD display with LED backlight - TKUN JT1500-HD (INPUT 12V 4A)
• 1×MWLPV20-5 (INPUT 100~240VAC@0.55A / OUTPUT 5V@3A)
• 1×MWLPV20-12 (INPUT 90~264VAC@0.55A / OUTPUT12V@1.67A)
• 1×ADP-48D12 (INPUT 100~240VAC@1.5A / OUTPUT 12VDC@4A)
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
62(W)×81(H)×21(D) cm // 29.8 kg
EXPOSURE
“Welcome To The Neighborhood” at island6 Shanghai
CREDITS
Wang Chuanwen 王传文 (painting) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Camilla Zhao 赵莹 (performance) • Tiara Alvarado-Leon (blurb) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction & animation)
Unique Edition, Shanghai 2023
TFT display, acrylic painting on Plexiglass, IR sensor, 8-bit microcontroller, media player, teakwood frame
46(W)×65(H)×6.5(D) cm // 12 kg
TECH SPECS
• 1×SLC MICRO SD Card
• 1×LS424 media player • E3Z-D62 • Arduino Uno
• 15" TFT LCD display with LED backlight - TKUN JT1500-HD (INPUT 12V 4A)
• 1×MWLPV20-5 (INPUT 100~240VAC@0.55A / OUTPUT 5V@3A)
• 1×MWLPV20-12 (INPUT 90~264VAC@0.55A / OUTPUT12V@1.67A)
• 1×ADP-48D12 (INPUT 100~240VAC@1.5A / OUTPUT 12VDC@4A)
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
62(W)×81(H)×21(D) cm // 29.8 kg
EXPOSURE
“Welcome To The Neighborhood” at island6 Shanghai
CREDITS
Wang Chuanwen 王传文 (painting) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Camilla Zhao 赵莹 (performance) • Tiara Alvarado-Leon (blurb) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction & animation)
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