Unit

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Release Date: 2024-02-01

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The sound installation “Unit” and a series of photographs called “Cutting Qinghai” resulted from a journey to the Chinese Qinghai province/Tibetan culture region of Amdo in July 2008. They were presented at The Third Guangzhou Triennial, subtitled “Farewell to Post-Colonialism”, Guangdong Museum of Art/Time Museum, Guangzhou, September 6, 2008—November 18, 2008. The book “Cutting Qinghai” is included in the download of this edition as a bonus item.

Acknowledgements: Guo Xiaoyan, Emma Guo, Goethe-Institut China, in particular Qiao Cui, Egon Kurth, Günter Matten and Bernhard Göbel (hardware), Hong Zheng, Petra Schwindt at the Stadt Frankfurt am Main (Referat für Internationale Angelegenheiten), Dale Lloyd, Vanessa Zheng, Puntsok Tsering Duechung, and to all those people of ­Qinghai who pointed out the way.
Design by Ana Carvalho.
Originally released on CD by and/OAR, USA, in 2012 (cat. no. and/41a) and-oar.org/and_41.html.