XU Zhen 8848-1.86

XU ZHEN 徐震

2005

single-channel video

8 minutes 11 seconds

Edition of 5 + 2AP

XZU062

In August 2005, XU Zhen together with his team climbed the 8848.13 meters high Mountain Everest. They succeed in cutting the hill top and took it down from the mountain. His video installation “8.848-1.86” (2005) documents an expedition to Mount Everest. Here, XU Zhen removed 1.86 meters of the mountain’s peak and transported it home to be exhibited in a large display cabinet. The video, among other allusions, is a subtle and humorous commentary on China’s policy of expansion.

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Related Exhibitions:

ShanghART Video Art Salon / Talk & Screening: Black Ponderings No. 5, ShanghART Video Room 11.18, 2017 -11.25, 2017

15 Years Chinese Contemporary Art Award (CCAA), Power Station of Art, Shanghai 04.26, 2014 -07.20, 2014

XU Zhen: A MadeIn Company Production, UCCA, Beijing 01.19, 2014 -04.20, 2014

Moving Image in China: 1988-2011, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai 09.09, 2011 -11.27, 2011

Shanghai Kino, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland 05.30, 2009 -07.19, 2009

Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art 2005, Yokohama, Japan 2005

Related Texts:

Text of Video: '8848-1.86' TEXT 2006

8.848-1.86 TEXT 2008

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