"After Dusk" (黄昏之后)
// BLURB //
I have watched the past two hundred and thirty nine sunsets alone. There is something haunting about a sunset, the finality of everything you can and will achieve encapsulated into one sweeping moment- blink and you’ll miss it. But really it's what follows after that concerns you. The way you watch, powerless, as everything you know morphs into a sinister version of itself. Yes, there is real cruelty in darkness. You try to relive the feeling of warmth over and over again, embellishing its loving embrace; remembering how everything was OK when sunlight bathed your naked flesh. Then the stark reality hits you; no one is there to coo you to sleep anymore. Over and over again you search the bleak expanse of nothing, trying to take refuge in the life you had before you were unwillingly plunged into the abyss. But for now you take a breath and try to enjoy this moment, alone.
I have watched the past two hundred and thirty nine sunsets alone. There is something haunting about a sunset, the finality of everything you can and will achieve encapsulated into one sweeping moment- blink and you’ll miss it. But really it's what follows after that concerns you. The way you watch, powerless, as everything you know morphs into a sinister version of itself. Yes, there is real cruelty in darkness. You try to relive the feeling of warmth over and over again, embellishing its loving embrace; remembering how everything was OK when sunlight bathed your naked flesh. Then the stark reality hits you; no one is there to coo you to sleep anymore. Over and over again you search the bleak expanse of nothing, trying to take refuge in the life you had before you were unwillingly plunged into the abyss. But for now you take a breath and try to enjoy this moment, alone.
EDITION, MEDIA, SIZE & WEIGHT
Unique Edition, Shanghai 2014-2018
RGB LED display, Chinese papercut (Jian Zhi 剪紙) on Plexiglas, paper collage, Corian & teak frame
89.5(W)×89.5(H)×5.5(D) cm // 26.4 kg
TECH SPECS
• SLC SD Card
• 6×ELN-30-5 (INPUT 100~240VAC@0.75A / OUTPUT 5V@5A)
• 3×MWLPV20-5 (INPUT 100~240VAC@0.55A / OUTPUT 5V@3A)
• 10×RGB P5-2727(6)-64×32-8S-HL3.0 / D180219
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
102(W)×102(H)×17(D) cm // 49.5 kg
EXPOSURE
• ART PARIS 2014 at Grand-Palais
• “The Geometry Of Binary Life” at island6 Main Space
CREDITS
Tang Dashi 汤大师 & He Dashi 贺大师 (Chinese paper cutting 剪紙) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction & technical guidance) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Kim Shillam (blurb)
Unique Edition, Shanghai 2014-2018
RGB LED display, Chinese papercut (Jian Zhi 剪紙) on Plexiglas, paper collage, Corian & teak frame
89.5(W)×89.5(H)×5.5(D) cm // 26.4 kg
TECH SPECS
• SLC SD Card
• 6×ELN-30-5 (INPUT 100~240VAC@0.75A / OUTPUT 5V@5A)
• 3×MWLPV20-5 (INPUT 100~240VAC@0.55A / OUTPUT 5V@3A)
• 10×RGB P5-2727(6)-64×32-8S-HL3.0 / D180219
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
102(W)×102(H)×17(D) cm // 49.5 kg
EXPOSURE
• ART PARIS 2014 at Grand-Palais
• “The Geometry Of Binary Life” at island6 Main Space
CREDITS
Tang Dashi 汤大师 & He Dashi 贺大师 (Chinese paper cutting 剪紙) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction & technical guidance) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Kim Shillam (blurb)
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BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO
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