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Rhetoric of Desire
2003
BY
WU Yu-Tang
Rhetoric of Desire
2003
mixed media
1360 × 712 (cm)
Rhetoric of Desire
2003
mixed media
1360 × 712 (cm)
Rhetoric of Desire
2003
mixed media
1360 × 712 (cm)
Rhetoric of Desire
2003
mixed media
1360 × 712 (cm)
Rhetoric of Desire
2003
mixed media
1360 × 712 (cm)
Rhetoric of Desire
2003
mixed media
1360 × 712 (cm)
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Through referencing sex as the subject and replacing logical thinking with magical thinking, I restore the Shin Leh Yuan Art Space back to space with open meaning. Through seeking, in this space, the scattered aesthetic that is constructed of many elements and which has no center, I return to primitive themes of sex and desire. In this work, any element must rely on links to create meaning, such as links to history, culture, text, and personal memories and associations. Elements also form new networks of relationships, thus meaning is determined but also opened up by it. This is a space where many layers of meanings are separate but not isolated. Through this, we can observe the flow of desire rather than its solidification. The floor is carpeted with a white fluffy fabric, with circles cutouts around the room to reveal the floor underneath. A bed bounded by string, a tricycle, and a toy horse are placed in these circles, metaphorizing the various sexually suggestive elements embedded in our mind. Other elements are dispersed along the wall, pillar, and ceiling, creating a scattered and non-linear link with the previous objects. Everyday, a new bouquet of roses will replace the previous, which will be discarded on the floor, until the exhibition ends. The space also includes mating calls of birds and intermittent moaning sounds; together with the visual objects, olfactory objects (roses), they create a flowing rhetoric of desire.

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