In China, almost 90% of individual (children and teenagers) over the age of 6 have non-existent childhoods. In the 12 years of compulsory education, every student has to take the challenges of countless homework and examinations, as well as the pressure from academic competitions. 19484 hours is the average time a student spends on study during the 12 years of compulsory education.
This is a space installation project inspired by Bing Xu’s Book From the Sky. I put myself into this closed space to have the final interaction and farewell with these 19484 hours after the college entrance examination, to vent my emotions and memories.
Material: homework, textbooks, notebooks, examination papers*300kg, glutinous rice glue, white glue, 4*36-inch, 1*24-inch balloons
space: 6x3x3m
The ball on the ground symbolises the consciousness of other people who were also trapped here.
