Where would I stay

soil from china, mild steel,metal chain

200cm x 200cm x220cm

2024 Any beginning and ending is just a piece of land. The land is the source of life, and human beings are always embarking on new lands and new journeys. I have always been fascinated by unknown lands, so I moved from China to the UK and many other countries, traveling through different lands. I use the swing as a symbol, because my life is like sitting on the swing ,and swinging. Swinging back and forth. When swinging backward, I come back to my homeland; when swinging forward, I see the distant land. I am like a swing constantly oscillating between the reality and my homeland, never able to fully stop on a single piece of land. I've always been on the border between the two.

As I gazed at the land here, I had the illusion that the space in front of me existed in my eyes, and my homeland thousands of miles away also existed in my mind. 

I can't tell if it's my hometown or if it's a distant land. This instantaneous feeling makes the connection thousands of miles away close at hand. The nature of the soil has not changed, but we change the perspective of the land, dividing it into different regions, countries, and borders.

So I brought the soil from my native China and "transplanted" it into the architecture of the RCA. Half of it is the land of my hometown, and half of it is the land in front of me. I started from the land and eventually came to another land.

The land and gravity draw everything to the surface, it's not just keeping my body on the land, but also attracting my soul.

When I connect with the soil, I forget where I truly am, accepting the most majestic element: The land, which brings me peace.

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