A temporary image of the city
Other than the cake being sliced, Yuan Chongyn also makes another interesting comparison: the uneven floors and rooms of the Lilong, with the different colors, revealed during the destruction phase, also remind him of the work of the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. Colors, as a matter of fact, are an important aspect of “Inside Out”. They were pretty much the same inside the Lilong structures: white, light blue and green, sand and marron. For Yuan Chongyin, these colors exemplify the cultural phenomenon, economical and industry situations at that period of time in Shanghai. And today these colors are telling the story of the city by being temporarily “exhibited” on the street, and become a symbolic image of the city.
Tomas Pinheiro
