Qiu Zhijie
All Those Whom I Have Forgotten, 2009
Installation
Iron, ink, iron rails, railroad ties, water pump, bird specimen
15 x 10 x 7.5 m

"Twenty titles that I considered using for the "ink waterfall" installation:
Nation Building Strategy 2… Black in the Morning, But Snow by Evening… Great
Revolution… Midnight Traveler… All That We Believe Causes us Sorrow… The Dead… The List of Names I Have Forgotten… The Strangers Come Rolling…" Qiu Zhijie

Qiu Zhijie
Ataraxic of Zhuang Zi, 2008
Installation
500 × 250 ×250 cm

At the mouth of the gourd, there is an enlarged syringe needle made of stainless steel. Several black butterflies are put into the gourd that can breathe through the pinhole of the needle.

Qiu Zhijie

Qiu Zhijie was born in 1969 in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China. He graduated from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, and currently lives and works between Beijing and Hangzhou. His work spans multiple media including ink painting, video, performance, and installation.  He is also an active curator.  His major works include Writing the ‘Orchid Pavilion Preface’ One Thousand Times and Light Calligraphy.