许志锋

[wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] Xu Zhifeng aka Shaw explores the theoretical and social experience of architecture through performance pieces and art exhibitions that intervene in urban spaces. He studied architecture at the Fine Art College of Shanghai University between 2003 –2008 and currently lives and works in Shanghai.(website)

Urban DNA (pictured here) is an installation created during the 2013 Shanghai Eco Design Fair. The artwork consists of a dynamic system of residual objects spiraling 6 meters up to the sky arrayed around an armature of steel pipe.

Artist statement: “The scale of this work is in similar proportion to the city as the dna molecule is to the body. The individual components of the work come from all over Shanghai (via Futian, a not-for-profit recycling center). These bottles, packages and other waste reflect what we use, drink, eat. They are like imprints of the city’s genes, and assembling them this way provides an opportunity to reflect on our wastes as integral to what the city is.”[/wpcol_1half] [wpcol_1half_end id=”” class=”” style=””]

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