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M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong. By donation, © Zheng Guogu
Zheng Guogu 鄭國谷
Punishment of Illegal Land Use, No.1―No.26 違法用地處罰, 第1-26號
2007–2008
This installation consists of twenty-six framed documents related to Zheng Guogu’s development of an agricultural area on the outskirts of Yangjiang, a second-tier city in the Pearl River Delta and Zheng’s home town, since the early 2000s. Inspired by the Age of Empires series of video games, which involves building civilisations, Zheng initially called the development Age of Empire, and later renamed it Liao Garden. It has since become his residence, his studio, an art project in itself, and the subject of several of his works. The building project involves negotiation with different parties, as well as the violation of building codes and illegal use of land. Here, in a work that demonstrates Zheng’s integration of art and life, he reflects on how he has been punished for his use of the land.
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