For multidisciplinary artist Oscar Wang, what he’d like spectators to recollect from Tuesday’s show of Chinese sportswear giant Li-Ning on the Pompidou Center isn’t just the set — it’s the philosophy behind it.
Titled “My-Verse” in English, the concept is without delay a reference to the metaverse and a Chinese proverb that translates to “I even have my very own space, I even have my very own world.” And that’s precisely the type of double-entendre, bicultural wordplay that Wang enjoys.
The set will feature a series of doorways in styles starting from ancient and stately to modern and industrial, with shapes alluding to traditional Chinese architecture. Each can be a “portals blurring the physical and digital — through time and space, from Beijing...
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