ShanghART Gallery 香格纳画廊
中文

Sleepwalking Is a Therapy III
YANG ZHENZHONG 杨振中
2007 ~ 2013
single-channel video
14 minutes 59 seconds
Edition of 5 + 2AP
YZZ_6655

The majority of YANG’s video installation is reminiscent of his previous “Sleepwalking Is a Therapy” videos. A camera walks through the city of Shanghai experiencing the busy streets and city sounds. The audience soon learns that the camera is looking for a dark hole, any dark hole. Once a hole is found and the camera is given escape from society, the person behind it may breathe. At one point the camera is no longer held by a person walking through the city, instead it is in an aircraft over the city accompanied by radio music and talk. As it gets closer the radio becomes clearer, but from further away one hears more and more static. This illustrates the chaotic nature of city that can only truly be observed from a distance. And only when one is alone may they be free. The video is presented in a manner that extenuates the overall message. In order to view the video one must place their heads in a hole in the wall. Just as the camera is surrounded by city, overwhelmed and needing air, so is the viewer.

Richelle Simon in July 2007

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Video Stills

Related Exhibitions:
YANG Zhenzhong Video Works at AVIFF Art Film Festival Cannes, Cannes, France 05.15, 2014 -05.21, 2014
Trespassing, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai 08.16, 2013 -12.01, 2013


Related Texts:
Elephant Magazine Showcase TEXT 2014-01-06
E-Books:
YANG Zhenzhong Solo Exhibition: Trespassing PDF 2013-09-18


Related Works:
Sleepwalking Is a Therapy II
Sleepwalking Is a Therapy I