kanshu
installation2016
Chinese characters are painted in neon on triangular wood batten.
The colors glow like a commercial street sign under the installed ultraviolet lamp.
Moving in front of the piece the characters change from left to right and also the meaning of the word kan-shu changes.
Depending on the pronunciation of the chinese word, it can mean:
看書 kàn shū - reading a book or 砍樹 kǎn shù - to cut a tree.
The red neon characters are translated to reading a book and the yellow ones to cut a tree.
The colors glow like a commercial street sign under the installed ultraviolet lamp.
Moving in front of the piece the characters change from left to right and also the meaning of the word kan-shu changes.
Depending on the pronunciation of the chinese word, it can mean:
看書 kàn shū - reading a book or 砍樹 kǎn shù - to cut a tree.
The red neon characters are translated to reading a book and the yellow ones to cut a tree.
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triangular wood batten in wooden frame, 105cm x 215cm
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