An interesting artist we discussed today was a guy by the name of Song Dong. Song Dong was born in Beijing in 1966. He graduated from the fine arts department of Capital Normal University there in 1989 ever since then he has been a house hold name in the development of Chinese art. Song’s ways of depicting his art is by incorporating performance, photography, projection, video and installation. He also uses his art to explore the relationships with his family, the public and objects. In Song’s photographic series and short video pieces, he addresses the fast development of his country.
“City of Biscuits”
Song Dong’s City of Biscuits depicts a traditional Asian city linked to a more modern city with a stadium and church. He made this because he saw concern in every city in Asia looking identical and he wanted to show that things could be different. Song also says that Asians have to look towards the future and not make everything look the same. Song enjoyed this project saying it was fun because he could create this with help from Asians like himself. Dong said he chose biscuits because they looked like building blocks. It is estimated that 72,000 biscuits including chocolate digestives, rich tea and fruit shortcake were used in this week- long project. Song has also built biscuit cities in Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai and Paris. Song admits he has yet to have one biscuit but plans on eating one or two before he finishes his art career. - Conner-
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