“disCONNECTION” by Xing Danwen
Title:
disCONNECTION
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Creation Year:
2002-2003
Artist Statement:
disCONNECTION uncovers, through Xing Danwen’s unforgiving eye, the story underneath mountains of electronic garbage. Xing traveled many times to southern China to photograph a population of over 100,000 living on the fringe of life, recycling thousands of tons of electronic waste dumped in China by the West.
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Curated by Zhang Ga
