"Yashinon-DX"
// BLURB //
The Yashinon-DX doesn’t make an entrance. It arrives quietly, already in the room, already watching. It observes with the calm of something that has seen impossible things and chosen not to brag about them. Light passes through its glass like a secret identity made believable. What it gives you back isn’t spectacle, but story. There’s a gentle drama in how it renders the world. Highlights glow like morning sun through tall windows. Shadows gather like they’re holding onto mysteries. Colors feel heroic without trying. You start to notice its favorite subjects: a pair of glasses slightly askew. A red tie catching the breeze. A figure standing in a crowd, unmistakably alone, as if listening to a frequency no one else can hear. Someone who looks ordinary, yet somehow not bound by it.
The Yashinon-DX doesn’t make an entrance. It arrives quietly, already in the room, already watching. It observes with the calm of something that has seen impossible things and chosen not to brag about them. Light passes through its glass like a secret identity made believable. What it gives you back isn’t spectacle, but story. There’s a gentle drama in how it renders the world. Highlights glow like morning sun through tall windows. Shadows gather like they’re holding onto mysteries. Colors feel heroic without trying. You start to notice its favorite subjects: a pair of glasses slightly askew. A red tie catching the breeze. A figure standing in a crowd, unmistakably alone, as if listening to a frequency no one else can hear. Someone who looks ordinary, yet somehow not bound by it.
The Yashinon-DX loves the in-between moments, the pause before the leap, the breath before the reveal. It frames strength as something tender, almost shy. Its softness feels intentional, like a disguise carefully chosen. Nothing is too sharp, too loud, too exposed. Through this lens, the world becomes a place where myth walks around in sensible shoes. Where the extraordinary pretends to be mundane. Where saving the day might look exactly like catching a falling notebook or holding a door open. And maybe that’s its real superpower: making quiet moments feel legendary.
EDITION, MEDIA, SIZE & WEIGHT
One-of-a-kind work, issued as a unique edition
Shanghai 2025
TFT display, media player, IR sensor, acrylic painting on Plexiglass, Vietnamese linen embedded in hand cast resin, teakwood frame
120(W)×120(H)×6(D) cm // 46 kg
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
132(W)×132(H)×21(D) cm // 86.9 kg
EXPOSURE
“The Fourth Wall” at island6 Shanghai
CREDITS
Wang Chuanwen 王传文 (painting) • Yang Ziqi 杨子奇 (performance) • Helen Chen 陈韵涵 (art direction) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction & animation) • Tiara Alvarado-Leon (blurb)
One-of-a-kind work, issued as a unique edition
Shanghai 2025
TFT display, media player, IR sensor, acrylic painting on Plexiglass, Vietnamese linen embedded in hand cast resin, teakwood frame
120(W)×120(H)×6(D) cm // 46 kg
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
132(W)×132(H)×21(D) cm // 86.9 kg
EXPOSURE
“The Fourth Wall” at island6 Shanghai
CREDITS
Wang Chuanwen 王传文 (painting) • Yang Ziqi 杨子奇 (performance) • Helen Chen 陈韵涵 (art direction) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction & animation) • Tiara Alvarado-Leon (blurb)
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