Mark Aldred

Starship China 2016

How China has become the world's largest economy by 'purchasing power parity' is potentially relevant to everybody. Yet, I believe, this idea has not necessarily been given critical artistic representation or attention. Drawing on historical research, I have extracted what I believe to be five key 'acts' in China's meteoric transformation and the consequences inherent in these acts. Being 'absent' as these events occurred and unfolded, I have utilized 'symbolic representation' and 'symbolic objects' to denote these events through the medium of photography. I have chosen to present the images as a series of lightboxes because of the sense of depth they create which as the potential to draw the viewer into the image. Moreover, as a commercial tool, the lightbox seemed especially appropriate to represent China's development into a commercial society. The series of work presented for exhibition, unfold a sequential narrative. The photograph Starship China serves as a prologue to the five acts. The Party is Still in Control, is an epilogue. A series of satellite images 'orbit' each of the five acts, representing the consequences inherent in each act.

中國星艦 2016

中國如何運用 購買力平價學 演變為全球最大的經濟體系 似乎對每一個人都有切身 關係 但中國的 近年 歷史(由1978至現在)就缺乏了藝術性的表述 本人對燈箱的 深 度 有深刻的印象 燈箱有能力 把觀眾吸引過來 由於燈箱具商業用途 可適當地代 表中國如何發展成為商業社會

本人做了詳細的歷史研究 選取了五個主要令中國轉型的 行動 及其後果 由於未能 目睹事件的發生 本人只可從攝影師的角度作 象徵性表述 然而 本人要拍攝 東 西 ……我的象徵性物件收藏

第一張圖片– 中國星艦 作為五個行動的序幕 黨仍在控制中 為結語 五個法案的 A4 軌道 圖片代表每個行動的後果

Starship China, 36 by 43 inch lightbox 2016, 1/5 limited edition

Open Door Policy, 30 x 35 inch lightbox 2016 1/5 limited edition End of Collective Farming, 30 x 35 inch lightbox 2016 1/5 limited edition

Special Economic Zone, 30 x 35 inch lightbox 2016 1/5 limited edition One Child Policy, 30 x 35 inch lightbox 2016 1/5 limited edition

Campaign Against Spiritual Pollution, 30 x 35 inch lightbox 2016, 1/5 limited edition The Party is Still in Control, 36 by 43 inch lightbox 2016, 1/5 limited edition

Polyandry, A4 lightbox 2016 1/20 limited edition Two Child Policy, A4 lightbox 2016 1/20 limited edition Bare Branches, A4 lightbox 2016 1/20 limited edition

Cadmium Rice, A4 lightbox 2016, 1/20 limited edition Wrestling with The Eel of Economic Liberalism, A4 lightbox 2016, 1/20 limited edition