Song Dong

This exhibition is by an artist named Song Dong. In collaboration with his mother, who had lived through the Revolution, he presented every single item she had saved over fifty years. You can watch the piece being installed here.

I wish I had taken some close ups because she really saved every little thing, bottle caps, shoelaces, plastic bags folded into triangles. This subject has been the theme of my summer, as evidenced here and here. I've been troubled by the stuff of life, wondering where it goes when you die, who will have to deal with it, yet at the same time, needing to be surrounded by objects of beauty.