Chen Hangfeng
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Texts
- Artificial Snowflake, Installation, 2011
- Bubble City Bubble Life, installation, metal, bubble machine, IV drip, 2 x 2 x 2m, 2009-2010
- Cups,spotlight, wall, cups, water, mechanic device and timer, dimensions variable, 2010
- Don’t Move, cut plastic shopping bags, acrylic paint, glue, pins, board, fans, sensor, timer, transformer 120 x 100 x 4 cm, 2011
- Invasive Species: The Vegetables Chen Hangfeng text animation (duration: 4.03 mins), photo, light box, LED and controller, power adapter, dimensions variable, 2010
- It Comes and Goes
- Scattered Scenes Along Mei Creek
- Winds Blow from the West: Orchid, Cut plastic shopping bags, pins, wood board, mini fans, timer, transformer, power source, 60 x 80 (cm), 2010
Exhibitions
- Follies of a Species
November 9th, 2013 - December 21st, 2013 - Cold Comfort
February 4th, 2012 - March 18th, 2012 - Learning from the Literati 2September 6th, 2011 - October 17th, 2011
- Collective Consciousness August 6th, 2011 - August 30th, 2011
- Refracted Realities
April 9th, 2011 - May 9th, 2011 - Learning from the Literati 1September 9th, 2010 - October 31st, 2010
- Make Over January 24th, 2009 - March 13th, 2009
Bubble City Bubble Life, installation, metal, bubble machine, IV drip, 2 x 2 x 2m, 2009-2010
An IV drip filled with soap is linked up to a bubble-making machine which is encased by a wire cage. When the bubble machine is turned on, it releases swarms of bubbles which collide with the wire mesh of the cage and either stick to it or and burst. Only a few of the very lucky ones will manage to escape through holes in the cage. “Bubble City Bubble Life” deals with reality, dreams and hopes. The bubble is a metaphor for a beautiful utopia (which will never be realized) and it conjures up the utopian ideals of the Expo. The IV drip is a metaphor for the human energy and resources which are being pumped into Shanghai to provide life support for this dream. The wire cage references the social structures we live in; we can see through them but we can not really change them. Only few of the bubbles are brave enough to “break” the system and release themselves. But obviously the holes in the cage are not created by the bubbles, nor does the cage suffer any damage from their escape.
