Samben said: “When I closely examine human nature, I’ll only feel disappointment. But when I look around at the kaleidoscope of human behaviour, the world becomes interesting again.”
Saline means saltwater, it can be water from the sea and also the solution that maintains the function of our body cells. Saline is mild, gentle and boring. The artist puts himself into a mechanism like saline, observes and distills the kaleidoscope of human being. A “bath” is a reverse of that particular day’s dispiriting in private. A place to “bath” contains intimacy among strangers and a willful revealing of oneself. The concepts of being private and being public are intricately intertwined and being calculated, just like when the artist is producing his personal work.
Ox Warehouse invited Mainland video artist Samben to participate in a residency project in Macau. Samben’s works had been exhibited in Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Beijing, Germany and Switzerland. Born in a seaside town, Samben chose “Saline Bath” as the theme for this project. Based on his past animation videos, he tried to showcase this kind of intimate or ambiguous thoughts with elusive visuals, hoping to provide some other insights into the dilemma between common philosophical considerations and people’s actual life.
When: April 11–May 26, 2019
Where: Post-Ox Warehouse Experimental Site, 15 R. do Volong, Macau
How much: Free admission
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