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This work was created in 2023 by the two-artist duo D u e (Xueying&Jing) and was showed in Hamburg, Germany.
Children immersed in the childish game of cat’s cradle engage in meaningless contests within a designated area. The game is a basic need and instinct in childhood, and also a way for humans to establish socio-political relationships with the world. Two characters face each other, each bound by strict rules and limitations. Through the game of cat’s cradle, they continuously engage in strategic play, as if trapped in a kind of obsession. Meanwhile, through countless repetitions and a system of counting wins, they encroach upon each other’s living space; red signifies traces and brands. However, the absurdity of this conflict and struggle is that it yields no spoils of universal significance. The structural form of the game is its own meaning. Cat’s cradle attempts to reveal those things that are suppressed and hidden behind the formation of culture, those overlooked and unseen elements.
