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"Double Blind" (双盲) |
| ARTIST |
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Liu Dao 六岛 |
| MEDIA |
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LED display, Chinese papercut (Jian Zhi 剪紙), paper collage, teakwood frame |
| EDITION |
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Unique |
| DATE |
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Made in island6, Shanghai 2011 |
| SIZE |
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108(W)×108(H)×9(D) cm | 42.5(W)×42.5(H)×3.5(D) inches |
| TECH SPECS |
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7×MW LPV-60-5 (INPUT 100-240V AC /1.2A 50/60 HZ - OUTPUT 5V/8.0A) |
| WEIGHT |
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UNCRATED: 45.5 kg | 100.3 lb • CRATED: 80.8 kg | 178 lb |
| CRATE SIZE |
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121(W)×121(H)×20(D) cm | 47.6 (W)×47.6(H)×7.9(D) |
| EXPOSURE |
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Exhibited in "Far Beyond the Firewall" |
| CREDITS |
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Nicole Skorik (performance) • Loo Ching Ling 吕晶琳 (video) • Jack Mur (video assistant) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production coordination) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction & technical guidance) |
| ABOUT |
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In Liu Dao’s “Double Blind”, a papercut silhouette of an exotic tree appears centered to the eternal swinging of two ladies, perfectly synchronized. The delicate features remind of the careful line in human ethics that exists in scientific experimentation. Bias, whether it is conscious or not, can undermine the credibility of any expensive pharmaceutical test. Double-blind experiments thus help eliminate this problem by ensuring both the researcher and the subjects are not aware of what medicine is being tested on each individual. Like the girls unable to see one another behind the tree creates a Liu Dao masterpiece, experiments done blindly permit medical miracles. [Jack Mur] |
| STATUS |
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N/A. Private collection, Shanghai. |
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