The old market building where the installation is located is located in Taipingxu, facing the Xijiang River. The north goes to the market, and the south goes to the market. Taipingxu began in the late Ming Dynasty and flourished in modern times. It was once an important node on the waterway connecting eastern Guangdong and western Guangdong. In the 1980s and 1990s, fishermen, merchants, and villagers gathered here for business every 369th day of the lunar calendar. This was the most dazzling “landmark” in Xiqiao at that time.
With the development of urbanization, most villages face the same problem, with the outflow of young people and the decline of village vitality. The market economy and the era of networking have also gradually weakened the importance and necessity of such occasions as the market. The deserted streets, the old double-story buildings with red and green bricks, the occasional cement houses, and the few old people sitting at the door chatting, all declare that the prosperity of the past has become decadent.
Between the quiet village and the visible rapid development of the riverside, the design attempts to juxtapose the two time scales of “history” and “future” to create a surreal scene and let people return to imagination.
The three-story building structure is wrapped in reflective materials. The old street environment is reflected on the structure, and the boundaries become surging and blurred. The towering multimedia lamppost is covered with colorful light clothes. During the day, the colorful clothes flutter in the wind, fresh and romantic; at night, the multimedia lamppost becomes the new “lighthouse” of Xijiang River, adding a surreal dream color to Pingsha Island and Xijiang River on the opposite bank.
“Lighthouse of Time” will be exhibited in the Taipingxu Art Area of ”Art in Qiaoshan – 2022 Guangdong Nanhai Land Art Festival” from December 2022 to summer 2024.
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