INVISIBLE WORLD / Li Zhengde

INVISIBLE WORLD
Artist: Li Zhengde

Li Zhengde's photo collection "INVISIBLE WORLD" is a collection of works that capture the night of Shenzhen with long exposure to visualize the changes in the city and the flow of time. This book captures the memories of a rapidly transforming city and traces of time that are invisible to the naked eye.

Book design: Tang Yayi
Edit: Wan Chaofan
Limited edition of 500
Publication date: October, 2024
Number of pages: 40
Size: W305 x H305 x T10mm
Binding and printing: Saddle stitched case, 4C
Language: Japanese / English / Chinese
ISBN: 978-4-908851-10-0 C072

"INVISIBLE WORLD" has two meanings.
These photographs were taken in the real world at night in Shenzhen, China, and over exposures ranging from a few tens of seconds to over an hour, time is condensed on the film as a "fossil" of unexpected light and shadow. However, our naked eyes can only see that moment, and cannot see the passage of time. This is the first meaning. Here, time and space work together to create a flat image.
In modern China, the rapid and hectic wave of urbanization is sweeping through the city, and changes are happening day by day. A city can be reborn in 30 years, and the transformation of Shenzhen is the most dramatic in China. In the midst of the constant demolition and reconstruction, the city's memories are gradually lost and become unseen. This is the second meaning. If you are in this situation, you will not be able to see the past or the future.

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Li Zhengde

Born in the 1970s in Anhua, Hunan Province, China.
Founder of the art space "Shokoen." His work is centered on photography, but also spans the fields of conceptual art, performance art, and painting.
His works have been exhibited at museums including Minsheng Museum of Contemporary Art (Shanghai, China), Guangdong Museum of Art (Guangzhou, China), Shenzhen Art Museum (Shenzhen, China), Guan Shanyue Art Museum (Shenzhen, China), Folkwang Museum (Essen, Germany), and Brandts
His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Art and Visual Culture (Odense, Denmark), Sorelik Cultural Center (Palma, Mallorca, Spain), PhotoL.A (Los Angeles, USA), and Saddleback College (Los Angeles, USA).

2013 China Dengke Documentary Photography Award Winner
2016 Lianzhou International Photography Festival "Punctum" Award (nominated)
2017 Dali International Photography Conference DIPE Grand Prize Winner
2020: Work "Layer" selected as one of the Top 10 works of the Chinese Photography Year
2021 Shenzhen Aohu Art Village Artist of the Year Award Winner