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¡¤Xiao Lu¡¤Beijing
¡¶Sperm¡·
Multimedia installation
installation / performance
Yan'an Kangda Hotel
May 21 - 23, 2006
In the 6th floor¡¯s small meeting room of the Kangda hotel, the artist presented an installation work composed of a special freezer made in Beijing, 12 glass bottles and file folders.According to the work¡¯s explanation, the artist hoped to have someone donate sperm to her, helping her to realize the long-cherished wish of having a baby in what is her last year to successful undergo artificial insemination.
In conjunction with the work, the artist organized a discussion onsite regarding love, marriage, sex, ethics and social morality and justice. For Xiao Lu, human beings have many kinds of life needs that can be satisfied in many ways, and it is not possible to establish a single acceptable pattern. In a similar manner, art is the same as life ¨C for if art is not a deeply innate need, then what relationship does it posses with its surrounding, and what is the practical meaning of its existence£¬ Art that loses its connection to life and everyday existence risks metaphysical crisis.
As Xiao Lu states, ¡°art is my sandbag¡±. It is only when two sides sincerely conflict is there a reaction, and only then is there art.
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