Jing Bang
Subtitle: a country based on whale
By: Sun Xun; translators: Goh Ngee Hui, Teo Han Wue, Teng Yen Hui
Contributors: Goh, Ngee Hui, translator; Teo, Han Wue, 1945- translator; Teng, Yen Hui, translator; STPI (Gallery : Singapore)
Publisher: STPI
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
ISBN-13: 9789810777852
Subjects: Installations (Art); Chinese Art; Exhibitions; Imaginary places in art; Modern Art
Other titles: Country based on whale : Sun Xun
Description: "'A Country Based on Whale' is an ambitious establishment of a brand new 'country' by Sun Xun. Inspired by the annals of Singapore's journey to independence, over 40 artworks - including passports, national flags and citizen guidebooks - were created to sow the seeds for Jing Bang, a country that will exist for only six weeks, and takes its name from the ephemeral emergence of a whale surfacing for air. By further allowing interested applicants to register for citizenship, Jing Bang launches an ontological and critical investigation on the anatomy of a 'country', provoking thoughts about what it takes to create one, and what citizenship means to an individual."--STPI website.
Notes: Project occurred from September 18, 2012 - May 14, 2013 at STPI, Singapore.

Text in English and Chinese.