In the Wind

Multimedia artists Jiang Zhi's 38th video art film. A four-channel black-and-white instillation. Four surreal, relentless scenes. The endless and fierce winds subsume suffering, alienation, loneliness, and struggle -- and become a metaphor for the uncertain and irreversible destination of individuals faced with violent external forces. 'Sisyphus's Boulder' allows a new interpretation of the myth of Sisyphus: the boulder he shoulders against the ferocious wind seems weightless, and his submission to the lithic absurdity of fate outlines the doubts we face within the suspension of our current meaning and signification system. Another panel depicts the back of an old man, slowly advancing down a road, with fluttering childhood balloons whipped about by ceaseless winds -- previous eras pass by while the future arrives, standing within the center of a social transformation storm and beholding a complex mentality of being.