The Sky of Brooklyn — Digging a Hole in Beijing (Exhibition View)

Excerpt from 'Wang Gongxin & Lin Tianmiao website' (http://wanggongxin.com/):

'The artist digs a hole several meters deep in his house, and in the hole he plays a videotape that he shot in Brooklyn, New York. On the screen there’s nothing but the blue sky. The video work deals with the one-way watching and understanding of the west and the east. The clear sky seems to imply the indifference of those who are being watched towards those who are watching, while a persisting hollow voice seems to indicate the watchers’ complicated psychology: ''What are you looking at? What is there to look at'' This work expresses the west’s watching attitude towards the east.'

Alternative title

Bu Lu Ke Lin De Tian Kong

Access level

Online

Publication/Creation date

1995

Creation place

China

Medium

1-channel video Installation (TV set and audiotapes, colour, stereo)

Dimension

Depth: 350cm

Content type

artwork documentation

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The Sky of Brooklyn — Digging a Hole in Beijing (Exhibition View), 布魯克林的天空