Avant-garde Chinese artist Wang Gongxin exhibits his work 'Video Artist' at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne using fourteen Sony VPL-FH31B projectors.

Sony Poyectors with Wang Gongxin on the NGV

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) melbourne (Australia) choose Sony's professional projectors to exhibit the last three works of the avant-garde Chinese artist Wang Gongxin. The immersive video works on display in this art gallery are: Dinner table(2006); Relating – it's about Ya (2010) and Basic colour (2010). An exhibition that can be visited for free until September.

For the staging of this presentation by Wang Gongxin, which is made under the name "Video Artist", a total of fourteen projectors have been used Sony VPL-FH31B.

Wang Gongxin's Relating – it's about Ya has been defined by the NGV as "an exuberant experience that develops at a fast and relentless pace the life of Beijing with an intense display of sound, color and movement”. And for its realization nine projectors have been required.

Sony Poyectors with Wang Gongxin on the NGV

For its part, Basic colour is a five-channel video installation showing close-ups of a naked body in which the human form is hidden and abstracted by different pigmentations.. The third work, Dinner table, recently acquired by the NGV shows a Chinese banquet loaded with carefully presented dishes. It is projected onto a white table whose tilt seems to defy gravity by sliding slowly and almost impossible upwards..

Wang GongxinFor Wang Gongxin the technology of Sony projectors has been a key element for this event since "these devices show all the details in bright colors, allowing my ideas to be reflected in my work. They give me the possibility to show my art to its full potential. Sony VPL-FH31B projectors allow me to maximize the possibilities of my work and make a more sensitive representation of life”.

VPL-FH31B projector provides ultra-high quality images with WUXGA resolution (1920×1200) and Full HD compatibility, in addition to providing a brightness of 4.300 Lumens. likewise, incorporates an H/V lens shift function, Dicom GSDF simulation mode and edge blending ensure large images seamlessly with multiple projectors.


You liked this article?

Subscribe to our RSS feed And you won't miss anything.

Other articles on
by • 6 May, 2014
• section: Case studies, display, production, projection