Fake? Or Supposed To Be Fake?

Dec 2023
Installation

Color printing on coated paper pieces, Fresh orange, Plate for worship, 0.3*0.3*0.5m

If people believe buring fake money can worship someone, why they serve fresh fruit? The money can be used by people passed away are money that doesn’t functions in real world. Similarly, the food is fake for alive can be real for dead people. In that case, the oragne is supposed to be fake. What is fake? The orange? The mind of worship? The world after dead?
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彩印铜版纸碎片,新鲜橘子,供盘,0.3*0.3*0.5m

如果人们相信烧纸钱可以祭奠逝者,那他们为什么还要供奉新鲜水果呢?那些逝者能用的钱,在现实世界里是无法流通的。同理,对生者而言是假的食物,对逝者来说可能就是真的。如此说来,橘子按理说也应该是假的。可什么是假的呢?是橘子?是祭祀的心意?还是死后的世界?

Project Lead: Alex BAI
Supervisor: Elke Reinhuber


Artwork showcased at:
  • International symposium Imagining Reality, Run Run Shaw CMC, CityUHK