Performance

The Length of 12 × 20 cm

Year: 2012
Medium: Performance; red ink, white clothing and a face mask
Location: Space Station, 798 Art Zone, Beijing
Photography: Xi Jianjun

Printed poster for the 13th OPEN International Performance Art Festival — Poster

The Length of 12 × 20 cm: document 02 — Group photograph from the performance. The source filename identifies Tang Peixian and Xi Jianjun.

The Length of 12 × 20 cm: document 03 — Artist-supplied montage of the performance sequence.

The Length of 12 × 20 cm: document 04 — Performance documentation: the mask and white clothing marked with red ink.

The Length of 12 × 20 cm: document 05 — The artist among participants and viewers during the performance.

The Length of 12 × 20 cm: document 06 — Interaction during the performance. The source filename identifies Cui Jian as a participant.

Artist’s statement

No red, no China! For Qiming Liu, the face mask has long carried the idea of “sensitive words.” Unpicking its seams slowly, carefully and laboriously dismantles the mask, returning it to material itself, without any referential meaning.