"Paper Tale" (纸上故事)
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Look closely around you and what do you see? In one way or another we are all connected as if by an invisible thread, the thread of fate. Yuanfen (缘分) or “Fateful Coincidence” is the concept describing destiny, or in other words the driving forces behind everything that happens in life. Psychologist Carl Jung has a similar term for this phenomenon, Synchronicity, or meaningful coincidences. If you focus your attention these events will become more noticeable until being impossible to ignore. While this may have serious repercussions for the concept of free will, the sooner you can come to terms with this reality, the sooner you’ll be able to live authentically. Protagonist, Meursault, in the French novel L'Étranger (The Stranger), is only able to accept his fate after realizing he is just a constituent part of existence. Therefore, fate is real, there’s meaning and purpose behind every coincidence, and we are all linked through stories or experiences. Come what may I now realize we are all cut from the same piece of paper.
STATUS
SOLD. Hotel collection, Haute-Nendaz, Switzerland
EDITION, MEDIA, SIZE & WEIGHT
Unique Edition, Shanghai 2020
TFT display, CCD camera, RGB LED display, Chinese papercut (Jian Zhi 剪紙) on Plexiglass, paper collage, teakwood frame
65(W)×46.5(H)×5.5(D) cm // 10.3 kg
TECH SPECS
• 1×SLC SD Card
• 2×MWLPV20-5 (INPUT 100~240VAC@0.55A / OUTPUT 5V@3A)
• (1+1 spare)×RGB P4-1921-8S-V2.0 / SWP4191102KMFF-0293/3260
• 2×1/3" Sony SUPER HAD II CCD (HS1177) with OSD, 600TVL, 10 mm lens (INPUT DC5~22V)
• 2×TFT 2.4" LCD / (Board GD24TWD+ screen GTT24P138) - (INPUT DC12V)
• 2×MWLPV20-12 (INPUT 100~240VAC@0.55A / OUTPUT 12V@1.67A)
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
81(W)×61(H)×22(D) cm // 25 kg
EXPOSURE
Bright Lights, Flashy Lifestyles” at island6 Shanghai Main Space
CREDITS
Tang Dashi 汤大师 & He Dashi 贺大师 (Chinese paper cutting 剪紙) • Zoé Charvériat-Young 杨素儿 (performance) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction & animation)
CLOSE-UPS
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