Between Reality and Transcendence – Exhibition

 Between Reality and Transcendence

Performance and Installation
10 minutes at Emily Carr University Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada, 2009
Installation View at Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, 2010

 

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Chun Hua Catherine Dong puts a red ring on her neck and face back to audiences
Chun Hua Catherine Dong knees on the floor and tries to wear a red ring
Chun Hua Catherine Dong pushes herself while her neck is attached to a wall
“Between Reality and Transcendence” is a ritual performance that worships death. The beauty of suicide is not sorrowful and depressing, but a way of rebellion, liberation, and transcendence. Life is a cycle; I walk through on the path of this life cycle at the beginning and come back to the beginning, but with new awareness and wisdom.

video documentation of the performance available upon request

photo courtesy of the artist