SHI YONG 施勇
b. 1963, works and lives in Shanghai
To some extent, the concept of “Europe” is a concept very similar to the concept of “a castle”. Of course, it shows an unshakable initiative: it can attack as well as defend.
For me (a Chinese of Asian background), “the castle” of “the other” is Kafkaesque: you can see it, but you can't enter. Rather, you cannot enter actively (since you are not a participant in this rule), you can only wait passively, waiting to be granted some kind of privilege to enter. A VISA in the name of multiculturalism. In this sense, therefore, the theme of "Opened Europe" is only a good wish, but cannot be opened in a real sense. This work is the expression of such a reality.
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