Li Xiaofei
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Texts
- A Bar of Chocolate
- A King Crab
- About Assembly Line
- About Li Xiaofei’s “New York in Spring,” series
- Assembly Line – No. 11
- Assembly Line Foreign Boss, Video, 09”46′, 2010
- Assembly Line, 2012
- Assembly Line—No.30
- Li Xiaofei 2
- “A Packet of Salt,” audio, color, HD, PAL, 07’23”, Chinese, English subtitles, 2013
Exhibitions
- Crabs and Chocolate : Li Xiaofei Solo ShowFebruary 22nd, 2014 - March 26th, 2014
- Follies of a Species
November 9th, 2013 - December 21st, 2013 - Learning from the Literati 4
September 14th, 2013 - October 29th, 2013 - Learning from the Literati 3
September 5th, 2012 - October 10th, 2012 - Assembly Line : Li Xiaofei Solo ExhibitionJuly 28th, 2012 - September 3rd, 2012
- Forgotten PlacesNovember 26th, 2011 - January 7th, 2012
- Collective Consciousness August 6th, 2011 - August 30th, 2011
- Catalogue Essay
Assembly Line – No. 11
Assembly Line – No. 11 (Three – Channel Video)
Silent / Color / HD / PAL / 04’00’, 04’00’, 04’00’ / 2012
The coal briquette was the predominant source of energy in China during the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Within the last few decades, China’s urbanization process has rapidly progressed. Oil and coal, rather than coal briquettes, are what keep most cities running now. This said, the material is still widely used (albeit on a smaller scale than in the past), meaning that there’s still a market for it today.
During production, pieces of briquette emerge from a machine. Each has its own body temperature — this is the beginning of its life, if ‘life’ can be defined in this way. We tend to believe that a slowly depleting individual existence has the potential for endless imagination, consciousness, an unbowed and unbending character. Born from machines, these briquettes start their journey not organically but produced in modular sequence, each seemingly identical to the next.
