ShanghART Gallery 香格纳画廊
中文

There is one thing I do better than others
ZHANG QING 章清
2011
multi-channel video
Surveillance Video, Plexiglass, LCD screen ,Cardreader, Fan, Sponge, Wood
120(H)*80*15.5cm
Edition of 3
ZQ_5234

There is One Thing I Do Better than Others showed the replica of an enlarged makeup kit whose contents were replaced by fourteen screens set in diversified colour temperature and chromatic aberration. Twelve of them were for video display while the other two English subtitle. ZHANG Qing recorded daily life of a female escort whose funs, games and talkings were both ordinary and absurd. She narrated her life to a stranger (the artist), including the profession she had been engaged with, past time and certain privacy. The entire story was laced by an overly dignified tone, which as a result, completely blocked listeners from understanding the truth behind. "There is one thing I do better than others", mentioned several times during the monologue, possibily spoke the consciousness held by this individual in society. Whereas the "makeup kit" appeared to signify the profession of an escort, the behaviour of making-up and colouring laid to some extent in alignment with disguise of human nature.

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