Why did these people live on the roof?The reason is simple: They had no place to stay. In the beginning, they built a pigeon loft on the roof. After a few years, they started to store their things in the pigeon loft.
Because almost everyone can shoot a video now, an ordinary person, who used to be a viewer only, becomes the viewer, recorder and one who is viewed by others at the same time. Science fiction films and television series such as Person of Interest and Black Mirror show what will be changed in journalism, laws and interpersonal relationships, when cameras are watching us everywhere like “the big brother”, and videos can be searched and played back at any time in a much more accurate precision and
The Mirror Hall is an installation with found wood window frames and mirrors set on the walls in the foyer of RAM, creating a bedazzling illusion of crowdedness in a narrow space……
“You were born poor, and no matter how rich you become in the future, poverty runs in your blood.” The words of Song Dong’s mother have left an enduring imprint on his mind. He believes that “the poor”, as demonstrated in one of his lasting art project “Wisdom of the Poor”, does not refer to those who own little wealth or property, “instead, it refers to everyone faced with ‘predicament’ in life.”
Song Dong bridges the division of art and life by adding artistic value to the most common things and images in daily life. He sees the whole exhibition, entitled “Song Dong: I Don’t Know the Mandate of Heaven”, as one living piece of artwork with multiphle concepts whose boundaries are blurred.
We recruit people born in 1966 as our guests to share their life experiences during a tour in the exhibition with Song Dong.
Xu Zhe，A visual artist and member of “Zuzhi”, an artist group. He received his master’s degree from the Art School of Aix en Provence in France, and was one of the winners of the fellowship grants for artists offered by the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) in 2016.
The globalization and modernization process undermines the uniqueness of every city. Nowadays nearly all cities are full of similar high-rises, similar landmarks and similar architecture complexes. Meanwhile at the dining table, soybean juice, fried flour sticks and porridge have gradually been replaced by milk, coffee, bread and salad for breakfast.
