QILAI! QILAI! QILAI! (ARISE! ARISE! ARISE!)

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2001
styrofoam landscape, model houses, model train, sound installation

A scale model landscape of a village, with a train running back and forth. A village with miniature public loudspeakers (public address system). A sound installation that starts with the first accords of the Chinese national anthem; followed by a voice-over narration describing a small village. The landscape is made of styrofoam with german scale models (size H0).

This work is part of a series of scale model landscapes:
> Gaolou (High-rise)
> Yanhuo (Firework)

Qilai! Qilai! Qilai! has been shown at the following places:
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Leipzig
Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna
MAC – Museum of Contemporary Art, Marseille