The original version of this work was created by the artist in 2011 at the group exhibition "Read at Night@Hangzhou" (participants were required to enter the exhibition hall at 12 midnight and complete the work by 12 noon the next day, marking the opening of the exhibition). Before the exhibition opened, the artist wrote this sentence using night glow paint. This sentence was almost invisible during the exhibition but would absorb light and illuminate the exhibition hall when people turned off the lights and left.
The digital version of this reworked version is visually bound to the day and night of the time and place it exists in. It is like a clock, appearing or disappearing as time passes, connecting people's emotions, lives, and work with that inevitable "night".
Huang Songhao (b. 1990) is a Shanghai-based artist and curator, graduated from the China Academy of Art.
As the principal of the institution, he participated in the establishment of the non-profit art organization "Raiden INST" in 2019 and curated a series of exhibitions and projects related to sci-tech art, focusing on the impact of contemporary technology and media on the production of art. As an artist, he co-founded "Radical Space." His works often mobilize the participants' physical experiences and game mechanisms to reveal the situations of individuals and collectives. His works have been exhibited at the Shanghai Biennale, the Macau Biennale, Ming Museum of Contemporary Art, chi K11 Art Museum, Taikang Space, etc.
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