LIGHT, HEAT, POWER. 2025 

In 1843, following the Treaty of Nanking, imposed after Britain’s victory in the First Opium War, Shanghai was forcibly opened to foreign trade and carved into a patchwork of colonial concessions. As the Western Industrial Revolution progressed, driven by the energies of Light, Heat, and Power, by the early 20th century Shanghai had become the most symbolic metropolis of modernity. 

Mao Dun had opened his novel Midnight with the description of Shanghai: “On top of the Western-style buildings, an enormous neon advertisement blazed like fire: LIGHT, HEAT, POWER.” In 2025, the artist wrote these three words in an abandoned and unfinished building in Shanghai by using long exposure.Through this work, the artist exposures the violence brought by the desires of capital and the forces of modernity.  

光，电，热。  2025 

1843年，随着南京条约的签订，上海成为中国最早开埠的港口和拥有租界的城市之一。伴随着西方工业革命的推进，在光，电，热的能量驱动下，到20世纪初上海已是中国最具现代性象征的大都市。茅盾曾在他的小说《子夜》开头描写到，“…在一所洋房顶上异常庞大的霓虹电管广告，射出火一样的赤光和青磷似的绿焰：LIGHT, HEAT, POWER.”  2025年，艺术家在上海一所未完成的废弃建筑中，使用相机长曝光的方式，写下这三个单词，以此回应现代性能量背后的创伤。