Everything is Everything
2007 · 6m · Documentary
On the occasion of the Taipei Biennale, Me, my friends and my gallerist went to Taipei city, then found mere materials in daily use which is you can easily find in most of asian city. We were collecting the moment of improvised "performance" with those objects to activate possibility of how we could see things differently. Originally made in 2006 for the installation version. And in 2007 I edited it into single channel.
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