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“PlayandLoopII”CuratedbyNickYu
Featuredartists:SophiaAl-Maria,PattyChang,LukeChingChinWai,HaoJingban,IsaacJulien,JiangZhi,LaiLonHin,LeungChiWo,NiraPereg,ShenXin,VictoriaSin,AngelaSu,PilviTakala,EasonTsangKaWai,WangBing,WongKitYi,MingWong,WongWaiYin
30June–22August2020
Venue:BlindspotGallery(15/F,PoChaiIndustrialBuilding,28WongChukHangRoad,WongChukHang,HongKong)OpeningHours:TuesdaytoSaturday,10:30amto6:30pm(SundayandMondaybyappointmentonly);closedonpublicholidaysWEEK8:Progress|WangBing,JiangZhiWeek8istitled“Progress”,andfeaturesWangBing’sCrudeOil(2009)andJiangZhi’sTheNail(2007).UsingcontemporaryChinaasacasestudyofrapideconomicgrowth,thisweek’sscreeningtracesthemanysidesofprogress,itsmanypromisesanddisillusionment.Tomoveforwardandtodevelopareinnatehumandesires,butwhentheseindividualaspirationsconflictwitheachother,orcontradictinstitutionalandsystemicteleology,thequestionarisesastowhosevalueswinoverandwhoseideologyprevailsintheconstructionofhistory.Whatonepartytoutsasprogress,anotherseestransgression.Whenoneseesforwardmovement,anotherexperiencesadamningentrapment.Revealingtheunderbellyofcapitalism,“Progress”documentstheexperiencesofthoseleftbehind,trampledon,orexploitedbythegrandforwardmovementofhistory.WangBing’sCrudeOilisa14-hourlongdocumentarydepictingscenesofoilwellsitesintheGobidesertinQinghaiprovince,China.Thecamerashootsfrom8amto10pm,withoutbreaks,andeachdaycoversanewshootinglocation
oranotherjobsite.OriginallycommissionedfortheRotterdamFilmFestivalin2008,thefilminstallationplays7hoursperday,andthewholefilmtakestwodaystocomplete.Ahybridofcinematicandmovingimageinstallation,Wangearnestlyconveystheauthenticandunembellishedrealityofthesetting.Troopsofall-malered-uniform-cladworkersoperatebulkyapparatus,restandidleinashantyshack,andchitchataboutdailylife,ambitionsandothertopicstopasstime.Inoneofmanymemorablescenes,againsttheslowhummingofheavymachineryandoildrills,theskybrightensandthesunslowlyedgesabovethehorizon,inrealtime,oblivioustotheprogressoflabour.Thetemporalcyclicalityofthefilmisincontradistinctiontothelinearteleologyinthedialecticalconceptionofprogress.
Unlikethemonotonyofso-calledprogressinCrudeOil,JiangZhi’sTheNailshowsanoppositionalmovementthatpitsitselfagainstformidableforceandisdoomedtofailfromthestart.TheNaildocumentsasensationalandcontroversialepisodeintheurbandevelopmentofChongqing,dubbedthe“NailHouse”.Whendevelopersknockedontheirdoor,WuPingandherhusbandrefusedtoselltheirhouse,andthehusbandmovedbackintothehouseinfierceresistance.Thecourtcasedraggedonfrom2003to2007,andwhilstthecouplerefusedanysettlementofferfromthepropertydeveloper,thelandsurroundingthehouseturnedintoaconstructionsite,andwaterandelectricitywerecutoff,whilethe“nailhouse”stoodtallandalonelikeafortressundersiege.Nearingthefinaldaysoffinalofficialappeal,hordesofjournalistsandlocalsgatheredaroundthesite,whiletheprotagonist,WuPing,valiantlydefendedherpropertyrightsundertheruleoflaw.The“NailHouse”wasultimatelydemolished.
AboutPlayandLoopII“PlayandLoopII”istheseconditerationofaneight-weekscreeningprogrammeatBlindspotGallery,featuringworksby18regionalandinternationalartists.Eachweek,videoworksbytwoartistswillbefeaturedandplayedcontinuouslyonloopduringtheopeninghoursofthegallery.Theselectedworkscongealintoweeklythemespertinenttoourcurrentstateofaffairsandbeing.Sedimenting,speculatingandfantasizing,theseweeklyartworkpairingsbecomenavigationpointsbetweenanunrulypastandanuncharteredfuture.ScreeningSchedule:
AboutBlindspotGallerySetupin2010,BlindspotGalleryisaHongKong-basedcontemporaryartgallery.Thegallerybeganwithaprimaryfocusoncontemporaryphotographyandimage-basedart,andhasevolvedtoincludediversemediaincontemporaryart.Thegalleryrepresentsbothemergingandestablishedartists,mainlyfromHongKongandtheregionbutalsobeyond.
Forenquiriesandmediainterviews,pleasecontactMs.MayWongat25176238orbyemailinfo@blindspotgallery.comImageCaption:WangBing,CrudeOil,2009,singlechannelvideo,14hours(Imagecourtesyofartist,MagicianSpace,andBlindspotGallery)JiangZhi,TheNaill,2007,singlechannelvideo,85’15"(Imagecourtesyofartist,andBlindspotGallery)
Week127.6–4.7
HeavyHands PilviTakalaLeungChiWo
TheStroker(2018)Sign(2008)
15’16”13’00”
Week27–11.7
StillDancing MingWongHaoJingban
NextYear|L'AnnéeProchaine|明年(2016)AnAfternoonBall(2013)
17'40"24'21"
Week314–18.7
DailyPhobia
PattyChangNiraPereg
MilkDebtHongKong,Jun8,2019(2019)67Bows (2006)andMelancholy(2009)
13'11"5’51”3’02”
Week421–25.7
GoingAway PattyChangWongKitYi
Shangri-La(2005)ARiverintheFreezer(2017)
40’00”25’25”
Week528.7–1.8
Exile WangBing
ShenXin
Traces(2014)
Strongholds (2016)
29'00"
71'00"
Week64–8.8
Chase IsaacJulienJiangZhi
Baltimore (2003)IntheWoods(2018)
11'56"22'31"
Week711–15.8
StellarContagion
AngelaSuSophiaAl-Maria+VictoriaSin
CosmicCall(2019)BCE(2019)
12'43"9'43"
Week818–22.8
Progress WangBingJiangZhi
CrudeOil(2009)TheNail(2007)
14hrs85’15”
Alsoonview
LukeChingChinWaiLaiLonHinEasonTsangKaWaiWongWaiYin
Screensaver:Sunsets(2014)BlackDream(2019)MusicBox(2018)HouseworkNo.3(2016)Clearingtenthorns(2016)
39’07”6’22”8’16”11’34”1’33”