Form as Emptiness I,2021

performance, vase, soil, Tibet incense, candle, blood; premiered on March 18, 2023, at Hua International, Beijing, China, Performer: Chen Zhou.


Two white porcelain vases, one candle, and a small mound of soil with burning incense on it. The artist, barefoot and one ear painted white, collects the gaze of the audience into the vase through a mysterious ritual and eventually shatters it.

 

Form as EmptinessI performance video still, performance at“Atlas of Affinities: Vol.2, Scores for Movement”opening, Hua International, Beijing China, 2023