Page Turning Machine

The books stacked on bookshelves reflect the mundane lives, or work, piled up over time. In stark contrast, in an empty room stands a desk, a continuously rotating machine, and a single novel.
The Page Turning Machine is designed to slightly tilt the book towards one side. A rod on wheels quickly flips through the pages to create light breezes. Carrying whiffs of bookishness, they gently brush against the face of a reader that is slumped on the desk and dozing on and off. The text becomes merely glimpses, like speed reading, transient and easily forgotten.
Liu draws his inspiration from the scenes of life and from focusing on bodily perceptions. His series of “quasi-props” carry elements of light humor and black comedy. By making interactive devices into extensions of the bodies or thoughts, Liu adds theatrical spectacle and choreography into mundane life. His work breaks the solemn and the stereotypical, bringing fresh air into ordinary life.