Opposite Space (Detail)

A video installation with surveillance cameras set up in two identical rooms built in a mirrored setting within the exhibition venue. Surveillance images are displayed in real time on the TV screen of the other room, with no recording of images. Once a visitor enters a room, the lights will be triggered on and the door will be locked for 1 minute (if no other visitor opens the door from outside); as a result, visitors in each room are captured as the object of surveillance in addition to being the voyeur of each other.

Please refer to Artistic Working Manual of Zhang Peili, Lingnan Meishu Chubanshe, Guangzhou, 2008, p 194 for more information.

Alternative title

Xiang Dui De Kong Jian (Xi Jie)

Access level

Online

Publication/Creation date

1995

Creation place

China

Medium

Video installation with surveillance cameras and TV displays (14 inches)

Dimension

10m x 2.8m x 3.5m

Content type

artwork documentation

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