Wandering Dogs
2020–2021 · Photography / Installation
Wandering Dogs developed from repeated visits to the urban
fringes of Chengdu and to the two-yuan shops still surviving there.
Cheap toys, tools, containers, seasonal decorations, and other
disposable goods were bought, taken back to the studio, and repeatedly
stacked, tied, dismantled, and rebuilt into temporary structures.
I photographed each arrangement on large-format film with flash just before it collapsed.
The title comes from the stray dogs I kept encountering in the same neighborhoods. Like the shops and the objects they sell, they persist within spaces the city has not yet fully absorbed or cleared away.
The structures remain precarious by design. They hold only briefly, resisting both usefulness and stable classification.
I photographed each arrangement on large-format film with flash just before it collapsed.
The title comes from the stray dogs I kept encountering in the same neighborhoods. Like the shops and the objects they sell, they persist within spaces the city has not yet fully absorbed or cleared away.
The structures remain precarious by design. They hold only briefly, resisting both usefulness and stable classification.
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《游犬》源于对成都城市边缘地带及其间尚存的二元店屡次走访。廉价的玩具、工具、容器、
节庆装饰，以及种种一次性商品被买下，带回工作室，反复堆叠、捆扎、拆卸、重组，
搭建成临时的结构。
我用大画幅胶片配合闪光灯，在每一组装置即将崩塌的瞬间拍下它们。
标题来自我在同一片街区反复遇见的流浪狗。如同那些店铺和它们货架上的商品，它们栖身于 城市尚未完全吞没或清理的空间之中。
这些结构有意保持岌岌可危的状态。它们只能短暂存立，既拒绝被使用，也抗拒被归入任何 稳定的类别。
我用大画幅胶片配合闪光灯，在每一组装置即将崩塌的瞬间拍下它们。
标题来自我在同一片街区反复遇见的流浪狗。如同那些店铺和它们货架上的商品，它们栖身于 城市尚未完全吞没或清理的空间之中。
这些结构有意保持岌岌可危的状态。它们只能短暂存立，既拒绝被使用，也抗拒被归入任何 稳定的类别。