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Hu Yun b. 1986
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During the year 1939-41, my grandfather was working in a French garment factory in the French Concession Shanghai. Under the influence of the undercover CCP (Chinese Communist Party), he had chance to read the book titled "Red Star Over China" (in Chinese 《西行漫记》, or 《红星照耀中国》), which gave him a fantastic picture of the Red Zone (Shanbei). Later he made his decision of leaving his life in Shanghai to join the party, decision that changed his entire life.
During the 70s’, My grandfather got one original English copy of the book from his friend as a gift, until today he still sees the book as one of the most important treasure he has. I have borrowed his book and made a 3d scan. For this installation, the scan file has been printed out as a black book.
Despite the great influence of the book (Red Star Over China), my grandfather has never been to the actual area (the red zone, Shanbei). With the invitation I got from Ocat Xi’an, I had a chance to go to Xi’an (the capital city of Shanxi province) and later I found out the satellite observation station and the story of the first satellite which China launched in 1970 . This satellite only has one function which is broadcasting a short song to the out space, The East is Red 东方红. As the satellite is solar powered, maybe its still somewhere in the space playing the music. I decided to insect this romantic story into this work, using a music box to play this song.
This is a piece sliced from a Chinga Meteorite. Fragments of the meteorite were found in 1913 by gold diggers in Tuva near the Chinge River after which it is named. Studies from the fluvial deposits in which the meteorites was found, estimate that it flew over west part of China and fell in Russia about 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. I decided to put it into this work, cause it is a real star which flied over China.