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Couple to live in glass house
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\05\05\story_5-5-2007_pg9_12
A man and a woman in China are living in a glass house for a month in a work of performance art.
âMy wife and I are to live like a couple in this glass house for one month without going out,â the man said. âIâm trying to express my views on the relations of couples in modern society, which seem transparent, but are blocked or separated by an unseen wall.â
The house, at Beijingâs 798 Factory modern art gallery, is an all glass 12-square-metre two-room cell which allows visitors to see everything the âcoupleâ do.
It is divided into two cells by a glass wall, the âhusbandâ and âwifeâ each occupying a room without communicating. Organiser Mr Huang added: âThe doors have been sealed. At the corner of each cell, there is a small hole, which allows them to receive supplies, like water and food, from the outside.â
The toilet in each room is a corner surrounded by a pink curtain, and all the waste is to be collected in plastic bags and sent out through the holes. âIf they need to have a shower, weâll put a hose through the hole,â says Mr Huang. The âcoupleâ are keeping diaries and hope to publish a book on their experience. ananova
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\05\05\story_5-5-2007_pg9_12
A man and a woman in China are living in a glass house for a month in a work of performance art.
âMy wife and I are to live like a couple in this glass house for one month without going out,â the man said. âIâm trying to express my views on the relations of couples in modern society, which seem transparent, but are blocked or separated by an unseen wall.â
The house, at Beijingâs 798 Factory modern art gallery, is an all glass 12-square-metre two-room cell which allows visitors to see everything the âcoupleâ do.
It is divided into two cells by a glass wall, the âhusbandâ and âwifeâ each occupying a room without communicating. Organiser Mr Huang added: âThe doors have been sealed. At the corner of each cell, there is a small hole, which allows them to receive supplies, like water and food, from the outside.â
The toilet in each room is a corner surrounded by a pink curtain, and all the waste is to be collected in plastic bags and sent out through the holes. âIf they need to have a shower, weâll put a hose through the hole,â says Mr Huang. The âcoupleâ are keeping diaries and hope to publish a book on their experience. ananova
