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YAO QINGMEI 姚清妹
b. 1982, works and lives in Paris, France and Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province
YAO QINGMEI 姚清妹
2022 ~ 2023
single-channel video
Single-channel HD video, color, sound
8 minutes 30 seconds
Edition of 5 + 2AP
YQM_9675

A professional burlesque dancer moves rhythmically to the cadence of the artist's sound poem.This  poem  melodically  emphasizes  various  body  parts: eyes, neck, shoulders, breasts, hips.The  dancer's  choreography  highlights  the  contours  of  the  female  form, evolving  into more provocative gestures until she sheds her long-nailed gloves and heavy makeup.The actress's intense, challenging gaze questions the dynamic of watching and being watched. The performance's first half concludes with the line,《Words pierce my skin.》 In the ensuing darkness,Chopin's Nocturne plays, and the stark light from a phone screen casts an eerie glow on  parts of the dancer's  body, now  bare of makeup and stage attire, wearing casual workout  clothes.She  collapses, lying  flat  on  the  floor, with  her  eyes  and  arms  seemingly ensnared by the smartphone's light.

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Related Exhibitions:
Cao Shu, Yao Qingmei, Yin Yunya: Lie Between, ShanghART Beijing, Beijing 05.20, 2025 -06.29, 2025



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