Zhou Tao

One Two Three Four 2008 A3

Created for the Seventh Shanghai Biennale at the Shanghai Art Museum, Zhou Tao’s 1,2,3,4 records morning staff meetings in over forty shops and companies in the immediate vicinity of the People’s Square. Regardless of occupation, the...

South Stone 2011 A3

For over five months, Zhou situated himself in an underdeveloped village surrounded by the high skyscrapers of Guangzhou to produce South Stone. Interweaving footage of a village’s landscape, residents, and animals with his seemingly...

There is no single entry to the practice of Zhou Tao, who denies the existence of any singular or real narrative or space. Through often subtle and humorous interactions with people, things, actions, and situations, Zhou’s videos invites us to experience the multiple trajectories of reality—what he calls the “folding scenario” or the “zone with folds.” For him, the use of video is not a deliberate choice of artistic language or medium, instead the operation of the camera is a way of being that blends itself with everyday life.