Video
28 Types, 36 Cases
- Year
- 2010
- Medium
- Digital video
- Running time
- 3 min 59 sec (complete supplied version)
- Director
- Qiming Liu
- Cinematography
- Qiming Liu
- Editing
- Qiming Liu
Made in April 2010, this video records the names of people whom the artist’s text describes as suspects or prisoners who died under unusual circumstances in detention centres in mainland China in preceding years. The text counts twenty-eight types and thirty-six cases as of 9 April 2010.
The names and descriptions below follow the artist’s 2010 text. Its quoted expressions belong to the work’s account at that time; they are not presented here as independently established causes of death.
The supplied files differ in length. The complete version labelled “+2 minutes of silence” runs 3 min 59.57 sec, and the other version runs 2 min 20.01 sec. The original written introduction gives “2.12mins”, while the folder is labelled “2.16分”. The complete supplied version is presented without removing the silence.
1. “No comment” death — Xie Yuanhai (谢元海), 8 July 2003, Guangxi.
2. “Hanged himself with an undershirt” (hanging, case 1) — Liu Jianmin (刘建民), 19 March 2005, Henan.
3. “Breathing” death (breathing, case 1) — Zhi Guoyu (郅国玉), 19 April 2007, Hebei.
4. “Convulsions” death — Fang Jiangwei (方江伟), 29 November 2007, Hebei.
5. “Hanged himself” (hanging, case 2) — Yuan Zhongru (袁忠儒), 2 March 2008, Yunnan.
6. “Died after leaving the police station” — Shi Changqiong (石昌琼), 9 January 2008, Chongqing.
7. “Nightmare” death — Li Wenyan (李文彦), 27 March 2009, Jiangxi.
8. “Jumped from a building” — Li Qingquan (李清权), 18 November 2008, Siping.
9. “Hit a wall while playing hide-and-seek” — Li Qiaoming (李乔明), 12 February 2009, Yunnan.
10. “Toilet” death (case 1) — Chen Xujin (陈绪金), 16 February 2009, Jiangxi.
11. “Heartbeat” death — Xian Jing’an (冼敬安), 14 April 2009, Hainan.
12. “Fell from a bed” — Wen Longhui (温龙辉), 23 March 2009, Fujian.
13. “Electrocuted during emergency treatment” — Deng Yonghong (邓永红), April 2009, Fujian.
14. “Incorrect sleeping position” death — Chen (陈某强; name partly anonymised in the source), 11 April 2009, Fujian.
15. “Madness” death — Lin Lifeng (林立峰), 25 June 2009, Guangdong.
16. “Hunger strike” death — Qi Changjiang (祁长江), 17 September 2009, Beijing.
17. “Sleeping” death (case 2) — Lin (林某俤; name partly anonymised in the source), 12 October 2009, Fujian.
18. “Cause cannot be classified” death — Chen Xuechuan (陈雪川), 2 November 2009, Hebei.
19. “Ectopic pregnancy” death — Chi Hong (郗红), 9 November 2009, Inner Mongolia.
20. “Opened handcuffs with a banknote and hanged himself with shoelaces” (hanging, case 3) — Xing Kun (邢鲲), 12 December 2009, Yunnan.
21. “Deteriorating physical condition” death — Ma Ke (马可), 13 December 2009, Beijing.
22. “Sleeping” death (sleeping, case 3) — He Shebiao (何舍彪), 22 December 2009, Zhejiang.
23. “Bathing” death — Feng Linjun (封林君), 6 January 2009, Yunnan.
24. “Drinking boiled water” death — Wang Yahui (王亚辉), 21 February 2010, Henan.
25. “Breathing” death (breathing, case 2) — Zhou Lingguang (周凌光), 8 March 2010, Guangzhou.
26. “Beaten to death by a fellow prisoner” — Yang Sen (杨森), 30 November 2006, Henan.
27. “Beaten to death by a fellow prisoner” — Luo Jingbo (罗静波), 4 March 2009, Hainan.
28. “Beaten to death by a fellow prisoner” — Liu Yushan (刘玉山), 31 March 2009, Guangdong.
29. “Washing his face” death — Xue Hongfu (薛宏福), 7 April 2010, Hubei.
30. “Excitement” death — Wang Huixia (王会侠), 12 December 2009, Shaanxi.
31. “Natural” death — Yang Xiu’an (杨秀安), 31 March 2010, Sichuan.
32. “Toilet” death (case 2) — Ren Huaiguang (任怀光), 2 March 2010, Inner Mongolia.
33. “Insufficient evidence” death — Pu Zemin (蒲泽民), 27 March 2010, Sichuan.
34. “Showering” death — Mu Damin (穆大民), 14 March 2010, Henan.
35. “Needle prick” death — Yu Weiping (于维平), 13 November 2009, Shandong.
36. “Skeleton” death — Dong Xiongbo (董雄波), 9 April 2010, Hebei.