In the winter, the local farmers in my village, Shijian village, in the south of China ,always build up some same greenhouses for protecting their vegetables in the gardens. These days, I work in the garden, ’s-Hertogenbosch. I have found farmers there cover their land with non-woven fabric in the cold weather. According to the idea “greenhouse”, I have collected the used-fabrics from them and “plant” vegetables on the fabrics with charcoal. In the end, I make a sculpture with the fabrics: Paradise Garden.111, during the witte rook residency at Liniestraat 111, Breda.
About 25 years ago, we didn’t have enough electricity in my village. So we always worked under the light of oil lamps in the evening. That time, my mother usually took me to check how the vegetables grew in the garden with oil lamps. I organized a presentation of this installation in the evening, viewers could see the vegetable drawings on the fabrics with oil lamps, in order that they can immerse deeply into my childhood memories.
