Source: Qilu Evening News
Throw money in the water, can you imagine?
Someone did
recently
Artist Yang Yeqiu engaged in "performance art"
1,000 grains of pure gold rice were made from 500 grams of gold
And then one by one
Thrown into the Huangpu River and all corners of Shanghai
What is the concept of 500 grams of gold?
Calculated according to the gold price
It costs more than 200,000 yuan!
Yang Yezhong said: These pure gold rice
Thrown into the Huangpu River, trash cans,
Sewers, in the grass...
"We don't waste food,
We only waste gold! ”
Yang Yezhao held up the pure gold rice in his hand and said.
He said:
Want to do it in this way of performance art
To satirize the waste of food
Yang Yezhao's amazing move
Also rushed to the hot search
The first reaction of most netizens is
"I don't understand"
Many netizens were shocked:
Art is certainly not something that ordinary people can understand
And it's too expensive to play with art
Some netizens also questioned:
This performance art itself is waste
Some netizens said:
This is clearly speculation
On the 15th,
Yang Yezhong responded to many questions from netizens
At the same time: October 13th
He has made about 900 grains of rice from pure gold
Thrown into shanghai's multiple sewers, garbage cans,
Huangpu River and other places
There are about 100 left
He was on World Food Day on the 16th
Continuing this "performance art"
Throw these pure gold grains of rice into the Huangpu River
"Different people have different views on this matter, and the level of acceptance is different, and I understand it." Yang Yeju said that he was born in the countryside, and he has known the hardships of farmers growing grain since childhood, and he is currently involved in both business and art circles. Before the relevant state departments issued an appeal, hoping that everyone would cherish the grain, but many people were concerned by a gust of wind and forgot after a while.
"I want to stand up and be alerted, and that's one of the reasons. On the other hand, when I usually order takeaway, if the rice delivered can't be eaten, it will be thrown away, which is also a wasteful behavior, and my heart is very entangled and painful. Yang Yeqiu said that he wanted to wake up himself and others.
More than a month ago, he selected a reputable jewelry sales merchant on the shopping platform to buy gold and asked the other party to process it into a grain of rice, costing a total of about 230,000 yuan.
There are many ways to wake up the world
Why can't other means be taken
For example, made into gold grains of rice for exhibition?
Yang Yeqiu said that the golden rice grains were exhibited, just a metaphor, what about after everyone has seen it? Does not attract attention and reflection! "I think the most important thing is to show the wasteful process. In fact, throwing away rice is like throwing away gold. That's the wake-up call. ”
Many people on the Internet saw this news and questioned that the rice that was thrown away was not pure gold, and Yang Yeju responded: "I swear to heaven that it is 100% true, 'rice' is solid, and the size is exactly the same as the real grain of rice." To do such a thing, you need to show it sincerely. If it is a fake golden rice grain, I am definitely not confident. When there is a ghost in the heart, it will shrink back in the face of public opinion. This thing will certainly stand up to scrutiny. ”
For various controversies, Yang Yezhong explained: "Gold itself is a part of nature, and to return gold to the earth is to return to the place where it grows, because gold is originally part of the soil." Throwing rice away, it is originally a boiled thing, let it become rotten things, but also has a bad impact on the environment. Therefore, I think that wasting gold is not a waste, wasting rice is a real waste. ”
The pure gold rice was thrown into sewers, trash cans, the Huangpu River and many other parts of Shanghai. Yang Yeju said that he did not pay for the participation of the photography and video crew, but only took some photos and would also take videos. However, the grains of rice are relatively small, and they may not be able to see clearly when shooting.
As for many people saying that the cost of doing a performance art in this way is not too high," Yang Yezhong said: "My original intention was to express that rice is actually more valuable than gold." A lot of art is made with money. What we create is spiritual wealth, and art is more important than money. ”
Yang Yezhong said that after the release of the work, he also received extreme private letters cursing him, but within the scope of his acceptance, he would not go to his heart, "two-thirds of the people realize the importance of the food problem is enough."
After reading the response, some netizens said
The "irony" that can be found in it
Such performance art
What do you think?