Shannan Hu

‘Feed me’ is performance in which I printed my own face, 2.4m in size, stitched as a balloon and cut open the mouth.

‘Feed me’ comes from my experience of living between the ages of 25 and 28, when I was in a phase of constant expansion, and needed to feed myself. The piece performs a struggle with my own desires. The work is also reflected in my response to the Shannan’s Funeral at age 28.

See the article It's too late published on Content Free

In the context of our recognition of the existence of 'time', a concept created by human beings, speed and efficiency are over-praised and over-hyped in capitalism and neoliberalism. We exploit nature and others, as well as our selves. Faster iteration, more efficient work and life are seen as the new meaning of existence.

Slowness is a natural way of perceiving the world around us. We spend too much time adorning memories of the past and fantasies of the future to the neglect of the present. When we remember and imagine the picture of our lives, what we can describe is often feelings and emotions in the moment. Moments are more the means by which we carry our lives and are not linear time.

My work focuses on the feeling and creation of moments, in which time is neglected, but the interconnection between people, nature, material, objects are given the opportunity to be revealed.