Ruyue Gan

The lingering shadows of humanity that still exist in the highly civilised modern society

This is an interactive installation inspired by a human trafficking cases. A mentally disturbed and chained woman who has given birth to eight children has sparked a huge public controversy.It is a confinement and sexual exploitation in full view of the public, behind the facade of the "peaceful age" and this visible chain, there are countless other "invisible chains" in our society, more or less wrapped around the short, long, wrinkled or delicate necks of many women.Chains are about power, about freedom, about the shining line of dignity that separates the human from the "non-human”.

Ruyue Gan is a Chinese multidisciplinary artist. With a background in filmmaking, she current practice reveals the alienation and absurdity of life in modern society, reflecting on the human life and the psychological reality, brings an experience that is related to everyday experience but goes beyond everyday perception.