Liu
- 2023
- installation
- In March 2023, I attempted to herd a flock of six kites across the skies of New Haven, grazing a patch of sea in my hometown, Shenzhen. They were carried by the winds, wrapped around by the towering buildings in the city center, swaying and tumbling, barely reaching a depth of 1.7 fathoms (approximately three meters) before crashing miserably, broken on the ground, or entangled in tree branches. At that time, I ran and screamed on the New Haven Green, trying to control them with the strings, but I was utterly helpless and powerless and could not control anything. That is my failed work, “Nomadic, Collage I”.
- In May, I attemptedretried to fly pieces of Shenzhen’s sky on the ground of Edgewood Gallery. Six kites are constrained in the wood frame, rampaging around in vain and finding a way out until they are entangled with each other and get completely stuck. This video documents my second attempt, “Nomadic, Collage II.”