WHERE DID THEY GO?
2021
2021
The main idea of the concept expressed in the project: The actual number of deaths caused by the infection of COVID-19 does not match the official death toll, and the rate of being infected has obvious difference between China and aboard. There are many ture or fake news are hovering on internet and social media, which aroused my desire to question how significant the situation is and how many people lost their families in the sudden disaster in China.
In Chinese culture, live and death always take significant position for people. when people die, they should more or less have a decent funeral for them and their families. Their families will invite monk come to chant Great Compassion Mantra for praying. However, in this disaster, to prevent the epidemic of virus, people are immediately burned since they die.
This installing work involved voice and sculpture to present my respect of the passed people. The chant may should not be GCM. In stead, the truth of how they died should be a better memorial for the victims and their families. But unfortunately, it is not easy to find the truth. So I gathered information as much as I could. Reciting and recording the reports of death numbers in the past 2 months( the official death toll of the COVID-19 epidemic in China), I also constructed a sculpture of more than 3340 bricks. 3340, the reported number of victims on 16 April. The bricks represent the recorded victims. However, there should have someone that wasn’t be included in the data who should also be blessed. I hope that in this way, people who have not been officially recorded in this epidemic will be blessed.
In Chinese culture, live and death always take significant position for people. when people die, they should more or less have a decent funeral for them and their families. Their families will invite monk come to chant Great Compassion Mantra for praying. However, in this disaster, to prevent the epidemic of virus, people are immediately burned since they die.
This installing work involved voice and sculpture to present my respect of the passed people. The chant may should not be GCM. In stead, the truth of how they died should be a better memorial for the victims and their families. But unfortunately, it is not easy to find the truth. So I gathered information as much as I could. Reciting and recording the reports of death numbers in the past 2 months( the official death toll of the COVID-19 epidemic in China), I also constructed a sculpture of more than 3340 bricks. 3340, the reported number of victims on 16 April. The bricks represent the recorded victims. However, there should have someone that wasn’t be included in the data who should also be blessed. I hope that in this way, people who have not been officially recorded in this epidemic will be blessed.