This work originated from participating in a group exhibition 《Chambers+》exhibited in #FFFFFF. #FFFFFF is a window space composed of three pieces of glass. It is open for viewing 24 hours a day, but it can only be viewed from the outside, and the audience cannot enter the space. After many discussions, we decided to make two pieces of installations on the glass in the shape of poking lottery, so that there is an additional trigger point before the viewing process, "poking open". And the agreement allows each exhibitor to live in #FFFFFF in Yancheng during a one-month period, and publish and produce works through their respective time, or just sleep in the space for one night. The act of poking is connected to the relay, like revealing the backstage of the creation (creator), and opening an entrance for viewing in the white #FFFFFF that cannot enter the space. This is the premise of the work 《A day of Yancheng 》.
I only have three days to stay at Yancheng as a creator, which is essentially like a temporary artist-in-residence, but not exactly. I am also like a passing tourist, especially in Yancheng where The Pier-2 Art Center are located. The line between the daily life of residents and the tourism of tourists has been blurred with each other.When I enter the Yancheng and move in this area, I seem to have two eyes, one is a traveler, the other is a resident, a temporary resident.
I left the #FFFFFF at 9:50 in the morning, walked along the administrative boundary of Yancheng District. I recorded the edge of Yancheng with my mobile phone lens, and returned to the gallery at next day.Through the way of the lens description, maybe can understand the outline of Yancheng.