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M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong. By donation, © Shi Guorui
Shi Guorui 史國瑞
Bird’s Nest Stadium 15 Jan 2008 鳥巢 2008年1月15日
2008
This negative print features the iconic Beijing National Stadium, which was designed by artist and activist Ai Weiwei and Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Shi constructed a large camera obscura near the site and placed a piece of light-sensitive photographic paper within, exposing it to the projected image of the stadium. This latent image challenges the fundamentals of photography and provokes contemplation of disappearing memories.
Mapping Chinese Art, 1972–2012: Selections for the M+ Sigg Collection. M+, Hong Kong, 2019. sigg.mplus.org.hk
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