Jarosław Kapuściński

Transcience

Video/installation by Xiaoze Xie

2011 · 12 min 30 sec

Depicting the flight of books through the air in slow motion, the video was inspired by book-burning events through history, addressing the challenges to memory, knowledge and intellectual discourse presented by changing times. Theatrically lit from below, the books glow as they roll, their pages unraveling. The disturbingly graceful movement is enhanced by a soundtrack. Adapted elements from an old Chinese guqin piece Ping Sha Luo Yan ("Wild Geese Descend on the Sandbank") were recorded by Wang Fei under the direction of Jarosław Kapuściński and re-edited with the video.

Premiere

  • 2011

    • Chambers Fine Art Gallery, New York City, NY

Presentations

  • 2013

    • Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
    • Zero State: 2013 The First Biennale of Installation Art in China, Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing

  • 2011

    • Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, University of California Santa Cruz
    • Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
    • Chinese Contemporary Art in Songzhuang, Song Zhuang Art Center, Beijing