Zhao Yao, Expectations of Form

Zhao Yao’s recent artistic practice tends to stem from questions about the nature of the exhibition system itself, allowing for a form of creation that is also intellectual argument. Expectations of Form is a project based on this particular exhibition, in which all the trash and debris produced while installing ON | OFF is collected by a designated recycling company and displayed. In this way, Zhao Yao puts this essential but normally invisible part of the exhibition into the public eye.

This artwork was featured in the UCCA exhibition "ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice, ” 2013