Voice to Voice is an interdisciplinary art project that spans video installation, live performances, and architectural design. It explores how people tend to assess and define their self-worth based on their work. Wang undertook several trips to interview people using a specifically designed mobile interview pavilion in Norway and China. Interviews and travels were documented.
The project raises questions such as: How does our work impact our sense of self-worth? Does work still reflect a person’s merit and value? How is the value of work defined by capital and social status today in a society where utilitarianism is a dominant philosophy? How is our work and reward system deviating from an individual’s sense of value and meaning, and what alternative mindsets and practices exist? And as AI increasingly replaces human labour, how do we redefine our value as human beings outside the narrow framework of production and consumption?
Voice to Voice is the third part of Jingyi’s Performative Event Series: Value Trilogy. The two previous works were Post Capitalistic Auction – a performative art auction that premiered at BIT in 2018 – and JUDGE ME, a performative court trial questioning how we value artworks and the people who create them: the artists (presented at METEOR 2021).
