ZHIKANG CAI


    INSTALLATION

      Echoes between Decay

      Divide, Distance, Disappear
      Silent Declaration
      Disappearing Ways




    PAINTING

       


      

    PHOTOGRAPHY









Echoes between Decay


2023

500cm*400cm*200cm

Plastic
Aluminum
Steel
Tree root
Leather
Water
Copper
Air pump
Bone nail



Echoes between Decay is based on the spatial context of hospital wards, discussing the medical system's intervention and connection with life. The progress in healthcare has enabled the visualization of life's states, resulting in a series of solutions and protocols to cope with illness and death. t also systematically denies death itself - natural death becomes death that can be scientifically accounted for. Based  on personal experiences and reflections, the pivotal moments of the medical system in determining death become the central of this work.

The form of this work is based on the functionality of medical equipment, and the deconstruction and deformation of medical space. Through the mutual intervention of materials, the direct connection between function and life is presented. At the same time, the flow of water and air symbolises living beings, contrasting the centre with the sides. The sound of the bubbles creates a connection with the audience, whose gaze on the space completes the work.