Renown

Zhou Xiaohu

周啸虎

Production date
2007

Object Detail

Media
fibreglass, silicone, clothing, video camera, microphone, tripod, DVD (NTSG)
Measurements
installation dimensions variable
video 4 min 30 sec
Notes
Renown (2007) appears to be an actual press conference taking place in the gallery. Startlingly realistic figures of TV cameramen and a microphone-wielding journalist interview the artist, appearing in the form of a video projected onto a white model of himself. In a global context where accusations of ‘fake news’ are regularly levelled at media organisations, Zhou Xiaohu reflects on the artificiality of the ‘presser’; those being interviewed so often lie, evade and ‘spin’ the truth.
Accession number
2007.088
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