FANG-YI KUANGCURRENT

GROUP EXHIBITION  
Resonant Differences
SHANGHAI
ART FLOW TAI ART CENTER
07.29-08.31 2025

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Recurrence Field                      ALL WILL COME IF WE WORK HARDER                      145°- 250°                      

I’m Spying On You From The Attic                      Stranger Nextdoor                      Return South                      Borderfruit                      Red Oil


                

                                                                   







                    Return South
                    Video
                    5’42’03
                    2025


                    “return south” is a meditative act of collective reclamation. In this performance video, the artist and a partner meticulously sheath a decommissioned J-5 fighter jet—once a tool of aerial combat—in layers 
                    of fragile rice paper. Over time, the jet’s corroded metal body, marked by histories of conflict and obsolescence, dissolves into a spectral white monument.

                    The work confronts the paradoxical fate of retired war machines across China: displayed in public parks as "educational" playground objects, they mask the violence of their origins under the guise of nostalgic 
                    patriotism. By enveloping the jet in rice paper—a material synonymous with cultural preservation and impermanence—the artists perform a ritual of erasure and rebirth. The resulting form evokes a ghostly fossil, 
                    a shrouded relic, or an unpainted terracotta warrior, blurring lines between militaristic display and sacred burial.