Seven Days
video 01:26:02
2015
The video “Seven Days” was collectively made by me the artist and the left-behind residents of Tongyuanju from 2013 to 2014. Like home videos,it focuses on daily life of the residents,such as wedding and funeral customs, handicrafts and music, and worship day in a house church. Though the seven footages may seem as repetitive and tedious as one week may seem, they do create a sense of freshness and vividness. Moreover, we learn,from the video with a time width,the status quo of a group of people who have a glorious past and a marginalized present. The tenacity they show,while feeling being left out,partakes the virtues of human nature.
Background: Built in the year of 1905,Tongyuanju covered an area of 200 acres and mainly functioned for the production of copper coins. Taken over by the Communist Party at 1949, it was renamed as Changjiang Electric Factory,which then was expanded and refurbished by the expert from the Soviet Union to become an ammunition factory. In its prime time,it has 7500 workers and totally 17000 residents including those workers' families and siblings. It became a civil use factory in 1980. In 2001,the factory signed the land exchange agreement with Hong Kong Rongqiao Group and started demolition ever since.
video 01:26:02
2015
The video “Seven Days” was collectively made by me the artist and the left-behind residents of Tongyuanju from 2013 to 2014. Like home videos,it focuses on daily life of the residents,such as wedding and funeral customs, handicrafts and music, and worship day in a house church. Though the seven footages may seem as repetitive and tedious as one week may seem, they do create a sense of freshness and vividness. Moreover, we learn,from the video with a time width,the status quo of a group of people who have a glorious past and a marginalized present. The tenacity they show,while feeling being left out,partakes the virtues of human nature.
Background: Built in the year of 1905,Tongyuanju covered an area of 200 acres and mainly functioned for the production of copper coins. Taken over by the Communist Party at 1949, it was renamed as Changjiang Electric Factory,which then was expanded and refurbished by the expert from the Soviet Union to become an ammunition factory. In its prime time,it has 7500 workers and totally 17000 residents including those workers' families and siblings. It became a civil use factory in 1980. In 2001,the factory signed the land exchange agreement with Hong Kong Rongqiao Group and started demolition ever since.
“Tong Yuan Ju art tutorial project”
haichuanwang.weebly.com/3810820803236163574521010-8203tongyuanju-project.html, initiated by Wang Hai Chuan in T1 project room, is a relational art project. From 2009, the artist began a series of art activities in this community, meanwhile established a good relationship with residents and offered a communication link based on the medium of art. “Tong Yuan Ju art tutorial project” initiates from the artist's plan to organize local residents to create and exhibit,and in the end becomes a series of art events including education tutoring, self-creating and exhibiting, etc. The dialogue between art and community will become more compact,autonomous and natural |