de Sarthe is pleased to present artist Xin Yunpeng’s third solo exhibition Simultaneous with the gallery, featuring a new body of installation and video works. The exhibition focuses on the intertextual juxtaposition of visual space and time. Through the artworks, the artist reconstructs his personal memory and evokes collective resonance under a site-specific context. Simultaneous opens on 14 May and runs through 2 July.

Xin Yunpeng’s Simultaneous (2022) comprises 12 parabolic photography lights facing each other in a circle. The lights are programmed to flash consecutively every second in a counterclockwise sequence. Owing to their close proximity and the highly uneven ratio of light to space, it becomes challenging for the naked eye to distinguish which light is emitting the flash and which ones are simply reflecting off of the other. Through this process, Xin Yunpeng is able to create a sense of directionless confusion using ready-made objects while generating tension in the surrounding atmosphere.

Contrary to the literal meaning of “simultaneous”, Towards the World (2022) is a ten-screen video installation that documents a subway train entering the same station at different times. The artwork is a further development from the body of video works shown in Xin Yunpeng’s 2018 exhibition. As the train drives through the ten screens, the delay in timing between each panel fragments the image of  Towards the World (1980s) - the mural inside the station - and creates a kind of broken timeline.

Gallery address: 20/F, Global Trade Square, No. 21 Wong Chuk Hang Road