Xintong Dong - WORKS

Unravelling Time
Sculpture/ hemp rope/ 3D printing/ 100*200cm/ 2022

This installation delves into the confrontation between craftsmanship and time. Through this piece, I illustrate the dissolution of individual agency in the face of inevitability. Throughout my learning journey, I have endeavored to salvage and safeguard numerous endangered crafts, yet ultimately succumbed to the inexorable march of history. A hemp-rope-woven egg is incessantly pulled by a metal winch below, each moment of the hemp rope being tugged showcasing my powerlessness and despair when confronted with the unavoidable outcome of disappearance.