Artist
Song Dong
b. 1966 · Chinese
Song Dong creates installations and performances around family memory, domestic objects, impermanence and everyday ritual. Waste Not, made with his mother Zhao Xiangyuan, assembled thousands of household objects accumulated over decades.
Installation; performance; video
Major Works
- 2005Waste Not →
- 1996Breathing →
- 1995 onwardWater Diary →
- 1996Stamping the Water →
- 2003 onwardEating the City →
- 1990sWriting Time with Water →
- 1997Touching My Father →
- 2010Doing Nothing Garden →
- 2005 onwardThe Wisdom of the Poor →
- 2000sFamily Members →
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo