"Whispers Of The Paper Spirit" (纸灵低语)
// BLURB //
A paper airplane asks very little of the world. Folded from something ordinary, it has no engine, no destination, no guarantee of landing gracefully. And still, we throw it into the air. Below, Shanghai rises in glass and steel; a city built to reach upward, while somewhere among its towers, a child looks outward and imagines flight. From the ground, the buildings seem enormous. From above, they become lines, grids, and patterns. Perspective has a funny way of rearranging what we believe to be important. Perhaps this is why the paper airplane feels almost philosophical. It reminds us that perspective is not a change in the world, but a change in where we stand within it. Chinese philosophy has long considered the value of seeing beyond a single position. The Dao moves without insisting on a straight path; water changes course without losing its nature. The airplane does something similar. It rises, drifts, turns, descends, never quite following the path we imagined. Maybe life is less about knowing exactly where we are going and more about learning how to catch the wind. Change the perspective, and the impossible begins to look like play.
A paper airplane asks very little of the world. Folded from something ordinary, it has no engine, no destination, no guarantee of landing gracefully. And still, we throw it into the air. Below, Shanghai rises in glass and steel; a city built to reach upward, while somewhere among its towers, a child looks outward and imagines flight. From the ground, the buildings seem enormous. From above, they become lines, grids, and patterns. Perspective has a funny way of rearranging what we believe to be important. Perhaps this is why the paper airplane feels almost philosophical. It reminds us that perspective is not a change in the world, but a change in where we stand within it. Chinese philosophy has long considered the value of seeing beyond a single position. The Dao moves without insisting on a straight path; water changes course without losing its nature. The airplane does something similar. It rises, drifts, turns, descends, never quite following the path we imagined. Maybe life is less about knowing exactly where we are going and more about learning how to catch the wind. Change the perspective, and the impossible begins to look like play.
EDITION, MEDIA, SIZE & WEIGHT
One-of-a-kind work, issued as a unique edition. A preliminary prototype may exist within the collective’s archive and may serve as a museum proof for future exhibition or provenance traceability.
Shanghai 2026
RGB LED display, Giclée print face-mounted on plexiglass, stainless steel frame
206(W)×72.5(H)×5.4(D) cm // 56 kg
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
214.5(W)×86(H)×21(D) cm // 99 kg
EXPOSURE
“The Fourth Wall” at island6 Shanghai
CREDITS
Yang Ziqi 杨子奇 (performance) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Helen Chen 陈韵涵 (cinematography) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction) • Tiara Alvarado-Leon (blurb)
One-of-a-kind work, issued as a unique edition. A preliminary prototype may exist within the collective’s archive and may serve as a museum proof for future exhibition or provenance traceability.
Shanghai 2026
RGB LED display, Giclée print face-mounted on plexiglass, stainless steel frame
206(W)×72.5(H)×5.4(D) cm // 56 kg
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
214.5(W)×86(H)×21(D) cm // 99 kg
EXPOSURE
“The Fourth Wall” at island6 Shanghai
CREDITS
Yang Ziqi 杨子奇 (performance) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Helen Chen 陈韵涵 (cinematography) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction) • Tiara Alvarado-Leon (blurb)
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