"Wichitsongkram Street" (威奇宋卡拉姆街)
// BLURB //
I’ve always wondered what the end of the world would look like from my window. The more I was looking at the street and the passing cars, the infinite-looking busy cities and its weirdos, the more I thought this wouldn’t go on forever. Every noodle has its end. It could be a long-awaited Judgment Day, or we could all die in a scientifically well explainable manner. Self-proclaimed Media Messiahs predict it every year, whether it be an alien spaceship coming behind a comet or a computer virus that is supposed to destroy civilization in 2000, 2012, 2018… But they are all wrong. I am right. I’m always right in different ways, depending on the view. One of my windows looks out to the West, one to the East. Sometimes I look out to see the mountains and people who fear of the earth. I see oceans and great floods. I see deserts and a barren future. But when I feel out of character, the Sun comes up and reminds me to hit the next level.
I’ve always wondered what the end of the world would look like from my window. The more I was looking at the street and the passing cars, the infinite-looking busy cities and its weirdos, the more I thought this wouldn’t go on forever. Every noodle has its end. It could be a long-awaited Judgment Day, or we could all die in a scientifically well explainable manner. Self-proclaimed Media Messiahs predict it every year, whether it be an alien spaceship coming behind a comet or a computer virus that is supposed to destroy civilization in 2000, 2012, 2018… But they are all wrong. I am right. I’m always right in different ways, depending on the view. One of my windows looks out to the West, one to the East. Sometimes I look out to see the mountains and people who fear of the earth. I see oceans and great floods. I see deserts and a barren future. But when I feel out of character, the Sun comes up and reminds me to hit the next level.
STATUS
SOLD. Private collection, London.
SOLD. Private collection, London.
EDITION, MEDIA, SIZE & WEIGHT
Unique Edition, Shanghai 2018
RGB LED display, acrylic painting on Plexiglas, paper collage, black-stained teakwood frame
52(W)×52(H)×5.5(D) cm // 9 kg
TECH SPECS
• 1×SLC SD Card
• 2×MWLPV20-5 (INPUT 100~240VAC@0.55A / OUTPUT 5V@3A)
• (1+1 spare)×RGB P4-1921-HL3.0 / P4SMD220221-141T/1A/200-A1
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
66(W)×66(H)×21(D) cm // 22 kg
EXPOSURE
“Disaster Diaries” at island6 Shanghai Main Space
CREDITS
Owen 欧文 (painting) • Zoé Charvériat-Young 杨素儿 (model) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction, animation) • András Gál (blurb)
Unique Edition, Shanghai 2018
RGB LED display, acrylic painting on Plexiglas, paper collage, black-stained teakwood frame
52(W)×52(H)×5.5(D) cm // 9 kg
TECH SPECS
• 1×SLC SD Card
• 2×MWLPV20-5 (INPUT 100~240VAC@0.55A / OUTPUT 5V@3A)
• (1+1 spare)×RGB P4-1921-HL3.0 / P4SMD220221-141T/1A/200-A1
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
66(W)×66(H)×21(D) cm // 22 kg
EXPOSURE
“Disaster Diaries” at island6 Shanghai Main Space
CREDITS
Owen 欧文 (painting) • Zoé Charvériat-Young 杨素儿 (model) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction, animation) • András Gál (blurb)
BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO