DIGIMAG 66 - JULY / AUGUST 2011

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Paul Gladston: A Gust of Wind signifies a catastrophic event: the

works, such as (1991) and (1988), had something to do with politics. I’m not sure about those interpretations, and I don’t want to explain it any further.

violent destruction of a richly furnished domestic setting by a sudden storm. Why did you decide to stage such an event as it might be carried out in a film studio and then represent/reproduce it through the

What I felt during the early stages of my development as an artist was that there is a kind of underlying force or power. Sudden changes or disasters, which have been caused either by nature or human beings, made me realize that people live in an illusion, and this feeling has become stronger as my career as an artist has developed. All these beautiful and supposedly stable states are so fragile. They are just illusions. Changeable and destructive states are inevitable. THEY are the realities.

use of multi-channel video? Zhang Peili: I’ve always believed that people live in an illusion and that there is some kind of hidden force or “superpower” behind this illusion. This superpower is not controlled by human beings and is not subject to perception. What we perceive or discover is not the superpower. Some critics thought Document that some of early onmy Hygiene No. 3 30×30

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