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\\ Pablo Wendel
›Terracotta Warrior‹
video projection DVD, single-channel video, 2006, 8´38´´min. stereo, ed 7+3
Erhältlich über brouwer-edition.com
From March till August 2006 Pablo Wendel was a student at the Department of New Media, Performances and Body Language and Theatre at the China National Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou. His major works are performances which are documented by photo and video (16:9). For his performances in China Wendel received great attention all over the world.
The Terracotta-Army in Xi´an in the North West of China is one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century. 2200 years ago it was given as a burial object for the first chinese imperior Qin Shihuangdi. About 7000 lifesize terracotta warriors were made to watch over the gigantic sepulchre construction.
On september 16th student Pablo Wendel, disguised as one of the terracotta warriors, stood for ca. 10 minutes between the more than 2000 year old soldiers. His costume consisted of a coat of mail, a hat of paper-mâché and shoes of old car tires. To appear as authentic as possible, he had even brought a pedestal whereon he stood during his performance. |
