Net
 
 
  2020 2019 2018 2017
2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
1991 1990      
 

 

This indoor artwork spins at high speed, utilizing the principle of visual persistence, causing overlapping images that blur together. One side of the piece features poetry, while the other side displays drawings, all of which are connected to the concept of "nets." The illustrations depict spider webs, fishing nets, neurons, lightning, and roads on the ground. The seven poems include Yuan Haowen's "Snatching a Fish: Poem of the Goose Tomb", which contains the line: "The one that escaped the net cried in sorrow but could not leave, ultimately throwing itself to the ground and dying." This poem was also quoted at the beginning of “The Return of the Condor Heroes”: "I ask what is love in this world; it makes people vow to love each other until death. Flying together across the world, the old wings have weathered many seasons." Other poems include Su Dongpo's "Ode to the Red Cliff" with the line: "Casting a net to catch fish, with large mouths and fine scales, resembling the perch of Songjiang. But where could I find wine?" and Du Fu's "Dreaming of Li Bai" which reads: "Now that you are caught in a net, how could you have wings?" Tao Yuanming's verse, "Long have I been trapped in a prison," also ties into the theme of nets.