The installation consists of 3 'faux walls' covered by wallpaper, set up to form a triangular space in the centre but leaving a 60-inch gap between walls. Each wall is fitted with a 14-inch TV screen hidden behind a double-sided mirror with frame, which functions like a mirror reflecting the videos' viewers' faces when the videos show black screens intermittently. Viewers looking into the screen might see the video images sometimes, but the screen will switch into a reflection of their own faces when the video shows a black screen. The 3 videos were recorded without sound at the artist's home and the following contents are displayed throughout the 3 screens on the walls:
1) A breath directed towards a mirror, which blurs it, followed by a wiping clean of the mirror surface;
2) An opening up of a mouth followed by a sticking out of the tongue;
3) A close-up view of the eyes, involving a rolling of the eyes.
Please refer to Artistic Working Manual of Zhang Peili, Lingnan Meishu Chubanshe, Guangzhou, 2008, p 222 for further information.
Length of video: 7 minutes
Ping Feng (I) (Xi Jie)
Online
1997
China
Video installation with 3 channels, 3 screens
artwork documentation
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