{Incident – Process – State

1992’s Document was Wang Jianwei’s first attempt at a “grey system” experiment, in which he eliminated viewing by means of a document, initiated what he designated as “grey areas” and interspersed, transitional spaces, and, in conjunction with the process of scientific experimentation, generated predictions and signals. Signals. The language may not seem very sophisticated today, but this way of thinking has profoundly influenced his practice since then. In the following year’s Event, Process, State, he blurred the boundaries between art, science and philosophy, as well as between the individual and society. –Lu Mingjun