Delve into 'The Rings of Stone,' a compelling video installation by multidisciplinary artist Zhixin Liao. This evocative work, created with composer Bernardo Beirão, examines the complex realities of confinement and national borders. Through fragmented narratives and visual mapping, the exhibition questions the abstract relationship between contemporary geopolitics and human social contracts, exploring individual experiences and collective ideologies.
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This exhibition features 'The Rings of Stone,' a video installation by Zhixin Liao, created in collaboration with composer Bernardo Beirão. The work explores the invisible risks and profound impact of confinement and borders, examining the abstract relationship between geopolitics and human social contracts.
Zhixin Liao's video installation, 'The Rings of Stone,' is a contemplative work inspired by a story of a lost Tabernacle. Edited as a form of painting, the film constructs a fragmented narrative that addresses the invisible risks associated with confinement and the restrictive residence requirements faced by global citizens. The project visually maps the landscape along the border between mainland Netherlands and its neighboring countries, highlighting border land-markers such as boundary trees, stones, artificial wetlands, and abandoned checkpoints. These imageries serve to question the abstract relationship between contemporary geopolitics and human social contracts, further exploring the mutual construction between individual personas and collective ideologies. The collaboration with composer Bernardo Beirão was driven by a shared interest in borders. Recorded along the borders of Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany, the video footage is complemented by music that develops slowly through repetition, processes, and accumulation. The chosen Latin text 'Agnus Dei' symbolizes union and the presence of animals for whom these borders do not exist, emphasizing the continuity of the landscape across national lines. The installation also incorporates news anchor recordings in various languages, panned to suggest different origins, highlighting linguistic shifts across borders.
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