My Things No. 1
Photographic Print
2001 (made)
2001 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
In his series ‘My Things’, which he began in 2001, Hong Hao confronts the issue of consumption and waste by capturing his own daily habits. He scanned discarded objects that he collected over a one-year period, then reassembled the images into large-size collages. The series explores his personal relationship with the material world and addresses the consumerism that characterises modern life.
Of this series, the artist says the following: 'By flattening the third dimension, scanning embodies a calm observation without any pre-judgement, a plain testimony, a relevant context for aesthetic exploration. Throughout the process of scanning, an intimate relationship is established among human and things, things and machine. In this connection, scanning has become a routine of my everyday life.' (Excerpt from Hong Hao's notes, published in Hong Hao catalogue, Pace Beijing, 2013, p. 35)
Of this series, the artist says the following: 'By flattening the third dimension, scanning embodies a calm observation without any pre-judgement, a plain testimony, a relevant context for aesthetic exploration. Throughout the process of scanning, an intimate relationship is established among human and things, things and machine. In this connection, scanning has become a routine of my everyday life.' (Excerpt from Hong Hao's notes, published in Hong Hao catalogue, Pace Beijing, 2013, p. 35)
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | My Things No. 1 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Photographic colour print, scanning, aluminium backing board |
| Brief description | Photographic print, 'My Things No. 1', Hong Hao, China, 2001 |
| Physical description | Photographic print, in colour, made of scanned images of discarded objects reassembled in a densely packed composition. Mounted on aluminium backing board. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the support of the Cecil Beaton Fund |
| Summary | In his series ‘My Things’, which he began in 2001, Hong Hao confronts the issue of consumption and waste by capturing his own daily habits. He scanned discarded objects that he collected over a one-year period, then reassembled the images into large-size collages. The series explores his personal relationship with the material world and addresses the consumerism that characterises modern life. Of this series, the artist says the following: 'By flattening the third dimension, scanning embodies a calm observation without any pre-judgement, a plain testimony, a relevant context for aesthetic exploration. Throughout the process of scanning, an intimate relationship is established among human and things, things and machine. In this connection, scanning has become a routine of my everyday life.' (Excerpt from Hong Hao's notes, published in Hong Hao catalogue, Pace Beijing, 2013, p. 35) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.10-2016 |
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| Record created | July 31, 2015 |
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