Empty Town by Yu Yoyo
2nd April
All this week the poet and artist Ella Frears is joining our PTC YouTube Takeover with a series of videos about Yu Yoyo’s collection ’My Tenantless Body.’
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Empty Town
carry loneliness on your shoulderfrom the navel upward voidcollapsethe physiological necessityof drinking a glass…Continue reading the English translation
空城
把孤独扛在肩上肚脐以上的部位都视为无效比如去喝一杯水应该打破它的实际意义不是人体需求而是要把空荡的房间全部淹没来去的声音都把你当作码头一样环绕接着是电视机里的人像正在施行暴力而你却毫发无伤这未免太过无趣…
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