China

Liu Jailing was born in 1984, Hunan Province, now teaches in Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art.

Liu graduated from Total Art Studio, China Academy of Art, and her work involves in painting, video, multi-media, public interactive works. She applies the filed-study as the basic methodology. Her works are exhibited in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. And collected by several institutions.

Solo Exhibitions: 2012, Evaluating the Cloth, Donghua University; 2009, Look Up, Zhengda Modern Art Museum. Group exhibitions: 2015, Production of Institutions: Filed Survey of Contemporary Art in Guangzhou, Guangdong Museum of Art; Power of People, Minsheng Modern Art Museum, Beijing; Circulating Working, Shenzhen Box Space; Weft 30 Degrees, Museum of Tokyo Art Academy; 2014, Inter the Waves, Huayu Youth Art Prize.

According to the ancient Greek mythology, the Fatal Sisters, Clotho, Lachésis and Atropos, spin the thread of destiny for the humankind. Clotho who stands for future weaves the thread of life. Lachésis who stands for present protects the thread of life. Atropos who stands for death cuts off the thread of life. Our life is divided into three parts. Inspired by the Fatal Sisters, “the Magnifying Glass of Time” also manages to divide time experience. Therefore, I divide daytime into two parts and insert a night scene into them, engendering a change in the original timeline.

White Room: A woman is weaving woolen yarns constantly after punching in. One end of the thread is gradually forming a textile while the other end breaks through the wall.

Black Room: there is wind, darkness and a spotlight in the room. The thread passes through the spotlight loosely or tightly.

The other half of the White Room: There is a huge clew providing thread for the weaving woman in the other end. The clew can rotate like a planet.