Lot Essay
When humans view the world with bare eyes, the vision presented is in perspective. As we observe the horizon, the curvature of the ground eludes from our perspective and the world appears flat. This fundamental world view is deep-rooted in society, as the ancient Chinese saying goes 'sky is round and ground is square.' Zu Do Yang strives to breakthrough precisely such visual limitation. He skews the way of seeing with hemispherical photography, which allows light to pass through only one hole to create an interesting way to see the world. This challenging way of working method is out of perspective, but its abstract vision provides spectators with an incentive to start questioning our perception.
Seeing Playground-Polar (Lot 1545) from a distance, it could be mistaken as a photo of earth from outer-space. Approaching the work, a night scene emerges with an extroverted and lonesome playground lighting up a cloudless atmosphere with sky-blue; in Playground-Br-Polar (Lot 1545), the supposedly boundless sky is caged in the introverted ruby red ground and locked by some Corinthian columns. From Zu Do Yang's work and through his lenses, one may perceive a different world concept.
Seeing Playground-Polar (Lot 1545) from a distance, it could be mistaken as a photo of earth from outer-space. Approaching the work, a night scene emerges with an extroverted and lonesome playground lighting up a cloudless atmosphere with sky-blue; in Playground-Br-Polar (Lot 1545), the supposedly boundless sky is caged in the introverted ruby red ground and locked by some Corinthian columns. From Zu Do Yang's work and through his lenses, one may perceive a different world concept.