A Lens on Diversity
Vol 23 #4
Artlink 2003
Pg 50-62
alix: Whenever I look for an article I look for an image thats going to jump out at me and make me think 'yep. thats the article I'm going to use' and alot of the time I only want to know more about a certain image rather than about a 12 page article (my short attention span gets me everytime). The article itself is about contemporary art in China and its reflections on social life. But the image that really grabbed me was one by Zhao Bandi. The piece 'Zhao Bandi and the Panda' (2000) combines performance and photography. The series shows Bandi forming a bond with the panda through quirky speech bubbles. In one Bandi asks the panda 'Would you mind my smoking?' in which the Panda replies with 'Would you mind my extinction?' I find both these questions to be quite strong as these are two issues that are quite trivial. There are constant campaigns urging people to quit and constant campaigns to help save the Panda from extinction. Both Panda and Bandi asking these questions puts forth the need for awareness in an 'innocent conversation' sort of manner. I would love to see the full sized version of this photograph and the series one day to see what other trivial conversations the two share.
image from: http://www.galerieloft.com/shop/images/ZHAO-BANDI.jpg
Artlink 2003
Pg 50-62
alix: Whenever I look for an article I look for an image thats going to jump out at me and make me think 'yep. thats the article I'm going to use' and alot of the time I only want to know more about a certain image rather than about a 12 page article (my short attention span gets me everytime). The article itself is about contemporary art in China and its reflections on social life. But the image that really grabbed me was one by Zhao Bandi. The piece 'Zhao Bandi and the Panda' (2000) combines performance and photography. The series shows Bandi forming a bond with the panda through quirky speech bubbles. In one Bandi asks the panda 'Would you mind my smoking?' in which the Panda replies with 'Would you mind my extinction?' I find both these questions to be quite strong as these are two issues that are quite trivial. There are constant campaigns urging people to quit and constant campaigns to help save the Panda from extinction. Both Panda and Bandi asking these questions puts forth the need for awareness in an 'innocent conversation' sort of manner. I would love to see the full sized version of this photograph and the series one day to see what other trivial conversations the two share.
image from: http://www.galerieloft.com/shop/images/ZHAO-BANDI.jpg
posted by Polly Dance at 9:11 AM
1 Comments:
Pandas becoming extinct isn't trivial. Maybe it is more the fact that such serious issues are being asked in a trivial way?
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