The “Docents” performance took place in the graduation exhibition "Zhiyin Snack Club" of the 105th Grade Master of Fine Arts Department of TNUA. Four professional guides were arranged to guide the audience, leading the audience in detail with their bright smiles and graceful body movements, bring audience to know the details of art works in the exhibition. Out of on-site tour hours, the audience can watch the online tour video through the QRcode link.
Four guides dressed in formal suits greeted the audience with abrupt and everyday objects, including toy guns, chopsticks, fine mesh sieve, and papaya, leading the audience to approach the works of art from different perspectives and situations. Through formal clothing, sincere smiles, rich body language, place with daily objects, contrasting combinations, and silent guided tours, highlight the absurdity of performance with discontinuous situation.
The silent guide service seems like a farce disturbed the sacred structure of the art field while intervening the audience; at the same time, the process of eager to be guided, wanting to understand the artworks, couldn’t hearing the guide, overwhelmed, and confused. In the chaotic process of wondering, the audience re-establishes the relationship with works, exhibitions, and art fields.
