Fallen Gospel
落难福报
Year 年份
2024
Type 类型
IInstallation, Performance
装置 行为
Material 材料
Resin, Electronic Components, Wheelchair,Smart Phone,Western-style clothes
树脂,电子元件,轮椅,智能手机,西装
Concept 概念
这是一场关于资本、技术和身体政治的戏剧奇观。 一个化身为资本家的机器人,被机械地推着穿过上海市中心熙熙攘攘的街道。 它用机械的语调单调地重复着资本家曾经宣扬的所谓真理--奋斗、成功、感恩和赞美诗。 这些长期融入社会集体意识、塑造当代生存哲学的短语,如今在刻意的重复中被剥离成毫无意义的噪音。
在这场表演中,资本的力量和技术的无形机制以一种具有讽刺意味的鲜明方式表现出来。 资本主义机器人的设计并非代表个人,而是作为一种 "符号",揭示资本权力的自动化运作。 机器人的动作没有情感和自主思维,只是由他人推动,通过重复、空洞的语录展示了资本权力的冷漠和无形。 路人表现出的厌恶也反映了公众对资本的潜在恐惧和疏远。
This is a theatrical spectacle about capital, technology, and the politics of the body. A robot, personifying a capitalist, is mechanically pushed through the bustling streets of downtown Shanghai. It monotonously repeats the supposed truths once preached by capitalists—struggle, success, gratitude, and hymns—in a mechanical tone. These phrases, long integrated into the collective social consciousness and shaping contemporary philosophy of survival, are now stripped to meaningless noise through deliberate repetition.
In this performance, the power of capital and the invisible mechanisms of technology manifest in an ironically stark manner. The design of the capitalist robot is not to represent an individual but to serve as a "symbol" revealing the automated operations of capital power. The robot's movements, devoid of emotion or autonomous thought, merely propelled by others, showcase the indifference and invisibility of capital power through repetitive, hollow quotations. The aversion shown by passersby also reflects the public's latent fear and distancing from capital.