Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
In dark light, a man approaches a huge chopping block and throws the carcass of a goat onto the block. Then he begins coldly and wildly cutting the carcass into pieces hour by hour, day in and day out. The lone actor’s anger, violence, suffocation, sadness, and disappointment are all depicted in this methodical cutting action in a disturbing piece that resonates universally. Perhaps this venting is the best means available to deal with unresolved feelings of anger, hatred, self-defense, or other negative feelings, to relieve oneself of far worse mental diseases.
During the production of this video, the artist tried to buy a pair of big-bladed machetes from kitchenware shops. The knife vendors all looked at the artist with suspicion and watched carefully as he exited the stores. He was told that there were no such knives, and on one occasion, a group of people came together to be on guard against him. He was assumed to be potentially dangerous or mentally ill. In this exercise, the artist quickly realized life is full of dangers, terrors, violence, insecurities and suspicions.
More at publicdelivery.org/wang-qingsong
In dark light, a man approaches a huge chopping block and throws the carcass of a goat onto the block. Then he begins coldly and wildly cutting the carcass into pieces hour by hour, day in and day out. The lone actor’s anger, violence, suffocation, sadness, and disappointment are all depicted in this methodical cutting action in a disturbing piece that resonates universally. Perhaps this venting is the best means available to deal with unresolved feelings of anger, hatred, self-defense, or other negative feelings, to relieve oneself of far worse mental diseases.
During the production of this video, the artist tried to buy a pair of big-bladed machetes from kitchenware shops. The knife vendors all looked at the artist with suspicion and watched carefully as he exited the stores. He was told that there were no such knives, and on one occasion, a group of people came together to be on guard against him. He was assumed to be potentially dangerous or mentally ill. In this exercise, the artist quickly realized life is full of dangers, terrors, violence, insecurities and suspicions.
More at publicdelivery.org/wang-qingsong
