Zishen Wang

This project is an exploration of the relationship between human behavioral activity and space, focusing on the study of cracks. It is a direct response to my own experience of the environment in which I live. The "emotional crisis" of being a stranger in a foreign land hidden in urban space is revealed. The project consists of poster, typeface, illustration, book and installation. I hope that this project will not only heal myself, but also resonate with the audience and alleviate their negative feelings in the urban environment.

Cracks and Me & Cracks in the Cube

books

2023

concrete, cardboard, thread, epoxy resin

18 x 22 x 5 cm

Book1 Cracks and Me

This book uses my feelings as a starting point for analysis. I take on the role of a stranger to explore the relationship between urban spaces and people's behaviours and activities, and raise the issue of a foreigner feeling marginalised and out of place in an unfamiliar city. Strangers in the city may be in greater need of urban identity and humanity.

Book2 Cracks in the Cube

This is an interactive book for controlling cracks. The reader can fold and unfold to get more cracks than the existing cracks on the paper. The illustrations are my imaginings and feelings of reorganising the visible cracks. I organise and piece together the emotions of urban separation.