SNJYRB No.126# Metempsychosis of the smoke

two parts installation in both first floor and second floor.

In the first floor, visitors first find In the middle of the exhibition hall, an infusion set is hung from the ceiling and black ink is slowly injected into a small transparent gourd on the floor.

Twenty small transparent gourds (50 35cm ) and twenty enlarged syringe needles made of stainless steel. The empty small gourds are placed at the corner of the wall.

When a gourd is filled during the two months exhibition, a syringe needle made of stainless steel will be attached to it and then the gourd will be replaced and put on the other side.

When visitors up to the second floor, they will find a long iron table. (90(H)*400(L)*60(W) cm)in the middle of the space, just above the gourd downstair.

At both ends of the table there are 4 ink-rubbing machines, which continuously rub four specially-made ink sticks. Ink will flow into the exhibition hall downstairs through the hole in the middle of the table, and down the funnel at the bottom, and finally through the infusion pipe and the hole in the floor.

Four infusion bottle racks will continuously supply the ink-rubbing machines with water.

The shape of the ink sticks is the same as the bridgehead of Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge where three red flags are erected. The ink stick is 24cm -high, 5cm -thick and 7cm -wide, weighing 1 kilogram.

Note 1: Three Red Flags was a famous political slogan in 1950-1960s, it was the symbol of Mao's thoughts.

Note 2: the solid chinese ink sticks,are made from the ash of the smoke from deal wood, oil,and coal. )