| “…I’m more interested in searching for something ‘specious’ with independent significance, an illusion that departs from the order but looks like real fact, and an infinite space that exists between either end of things…”—Hong Hao |  |
Beijing Commune
Do you really know things? The recent Bottom series by Hong Hao forces us to think twice about this question. A philosophical extension of his My Things series, the Bottom series turns things that have always been identifiable specious. In this new series, Hong Hao scans the bottoms of various everyday items, revealing another side of objects commonly seen and used in our daily lives.
The Bottom series eliminates the functionality of the objects, instead, focusing on the abstraction of form and color. The exhibition defamiliarizes items and leads viewers to a philosophical reflection on their knowledge and perception of things. The collective presentation of the bottoms deconstructs the individual identity of objects and reveals that, in the consumer society, the multitude of consumable goods eliminates the cultural identities of things.
