The Death of Heywood
2012
Mixed Media, 80 x 80 x 140 cm
The work is a participatory sculpture that serves food through mechanical lockers/drawers. Different drawers become accessible or locked at specific horizontal angles. The design is inspired by Bagua, known as the eight trigrams or gossip in English. Participants are invited to turn each tier and explore the drawers. The three levels are interconnected; turning one level will cause all three levels to move together, with the immediately adjacent level moving in the counter direction. The drawers contain various types of food and secret items, telling a larger story of a poisoning case hidden behind a mysterious mechanism and political discourse.
