I've spent the last week at Burning Man, surrounded by aging hippies, rich Europeans, fire twirlers and engineers gone wild. My skin is buried under a seven-layer dip of dust, sweat, sunscreen and spilled beer. My ears are still ringing slightly from the nightly barrage of electronic music. On a given day here, I've seen a lifetime's worth of bare cheeks. I am desperate to go home. But somehow, I'm happy.
Rather than simply repeating the wrecking-ball momentum and fist-shaking incredulity of his previous work, WHO WATERS THE WILTING GIVING TREE takes a fairly intimate view of the usually enigmatic $ilk.
Even if we only walk, we are faster than others," says Sun as he laughs mischievously. He is using the run-walk imagery to describe the state of the Chinese economy compared to its competitors. The businessman had been doing well selling real estate in China. Still, he doesn't want to see his full name published because his business is currently not doing well. There are vacant properties all over, and many apartments are just too expensive. What about the future, what's next? Sun shrugs, suggesting that everything will turn out fine.
At the start of the year, a friend asked artificial intelligence how to console his 10-year-old on the death of a pet. I thought this was the most ridiculous thing ever, given that ChatGPT didn't know the pet, or the 10-year-old. And surely the reason a pet's death occasions such unique grief is that pets are unique, and therefore cannot be imagined by a machine.
One look at the Wire Chair concept and you can't help but wonder if you've stumbled into a visual prank. The entire piece is supported by a single, thin metal tube that loops and bends to hold up a plywood seat and a compact side table.
