Let's Wait Together
Wang Weiyu
王韦予
Production date
2014
Object Detail
Media
video animation (colour, sound)
Measurements
4 min 35 sec
Notes
Using a series of ink-wash paintings, Wang Weiyu brings to life the story behind a common Chinese saying: “Watching a tree stump waiting for rabbits.” A rabbit runs into a tree stump and falls down dead. The field hand who finds it tells his fellow labourers of his windfall. One by one they all down tools and stare at the stump, hoping the free dinner will come again. The result, of course, is that the crops lie untended and no one has dinner, free or otherwise.
Accession number
2015.534